John Carrier wrote:
> "mark barron" <mbarron@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:XmNMj.24$7t4.1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Car has 90,000 miles. I run with 89 octane or better almost all the
time.
>> This was definitely true for this last incident today.
>> I have had the car about 13 months. The first misfire codes (Cyl #2 and
>> Cyl #5) occurred at fairly high revs in 2nd gear in last October. Since
>> them I have have
>> same error codes on same cylinders about 3 times. I stored the car from
>> Jan 1 to March 15. Today for the first time I found a misfire cyl#1
code.
>> The car goes into Limp Home Mode and then seems to reset itself, if I
turn
>> the ignition off for a couple minutes. Seems to me the likeliest
>> candidates
>> are the coil, plug and the connector between the two. But now that it
has
>> affected three different cylinders, I am thinking maybe it has to
>> be something upstream of the coils? I don't like that thought.
>> Any thoughts? Many Thanks, Mark
>
> There have been two service bulletins issued on the coils. The first
was to
> replace any failed coiled, the second was to swap out the whole lot of
'em.
> Have you had the coils replaced? I think with the recall it would be a
> freebie, even though you're over warranty.
>
> Given that, you're about due for new plugs. 100K is just about the
absolute
> limit on the plugs and you're 90% of the way there.
>
> Recommend you contact local dealer and determine if you're entitled to
coil
> replacement. If that doesn't solve the problem, then plugs are plan B.
>
> R / John
>
>
Thanks, so very much for your thoughts. I contacted a BMW dealer here
in Michigan. He informed me that there are no recalls for coils or on
matters that could relate to misfires. I believe you and not him, so
I plan to try a different dealer.
Thanks, Mark
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