DTC Modes On/Off/ Totally Off?

BavarianRocket · 12-05-2006, 03:08 PM

Has anyone else experienced the DTC still kicking in while you have it deactivated? I read somewhere on this forum that it is possible to hold the button down and completely turn it off???? Is that correct? Thanks

Josh49 · 12-05-2006, 03:36 PM

Holding the button down turns everything off. Correct.

geoff2010 · 12-05-2006, 03:37 PM

if you push it once you get the little DTC light... if you hold for X seconds you get the DTC light + the spinny tire light.

ALPINE6SPD · 12-05-2006, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by geoff2010

if you push it once you get the little DTC light... if you hold for X seconds you get the DTC light + the spinny tire light.

X= close to 3 seconds.

ska///235i · 12-05-2006, 04:16 PM

when a car reaches a speed of about 43 mph, normal DSC operation is reinstated until speed once again drops below this threshold, at which point DTC kicks back in.

tctic · 12-05-2006, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by ska

when a car reaches a speed of about 43 mph, normal DSC operation is reinstated until speed once again drops below this threshold, at which point DTC kicks back in.

What do you mean by that? From what I know, DSC is totally off if you press and hold the button for 3 seconds regardless of the vehicle speed.

Chio · 12-05-2006, 04:41 PM

could have used that in the snow last week!!!!! FN traction control!!!!

ska///235i · 12-05-2006, 05:02 PM

I'm no expert but this is how I look at it
DTC is part of DSC....when deactivated, DSC is reinstated when speed reaches 43mph. Once DSC is reinstated...so does DTC
Once the speed drops below this treshold....DSC will remain deactivated, but DTC kicks back in.....

so bacisally.....you cant completely turn off the system
if we can completely turn this off....we'll be doing some badass drifting

therealm3 · 12-05-2006, 05:23 PM

where did you find this?

Quote:

Originally Posted by ska

I'm no expert but this is how I look at it
DTC is part of DSC....when deactivated, DSC is reinstated when speed reaches 43mph. Once DSC is reinstated...so does DTC
Once the speed drops below this treshold....DSC will remain deactivated, but DTC kicks back in.....

so bacisally.....you cant completely turn off the system
if we can completely turn this off....we'll be doing some badass drifting

ska///235i · 12-05-2006, 05:32 PM

I read it in some BMW mag....

RiXst3r · 12-05-2006, 05:37 PM

When its off, its off... like this...

heezyo2o · 12-05-2006, 05:39 PM

I don't believe that 43 mph threshold is correct. When you fully turn it off, it's off.

E30M3Driver · 12-05-2006, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by heezyo2o

I don't believe that 43 mph threshold is correct. When you fully turn it off, it's off.

Yep, when it is off, it is off.

Josh49 · 12-05-2006, 06:29 PM

When the car reaches 88 mph, you're going to see some serious sh*t....

Jaws · 12-05-2006, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Josh49

When the car reaches 88 mph, you're going to see some serious sh*t....

ska///235i · 12-05-2006, 08:10 PM

OK...here's the source

What I said earlier is incorrect, but this is how it goes……

Source: BMW Innovation (date 2006) Page 24-25
BMW’s advanced control systems: Skidding has met its match
Last Paragraph:

“DSC incorporates DTC. This helps to provide improved traction by fine-tuning the system’s response to a variety of specific road conditions……blah blah blah…………………….
During sporty driving when you want controlled wheelspin, you can deactivate DSC with a flick of the consule switch (although the ABS system is always on). When DTC is selected, engine intervention is deactivated at low speeds, leaving only the individual brakes to control wheelspin. When the vehicle reaches a speed of about 43 mph, normal DSC operation is reinstated until speed once again drops below this threshold, at which point DTC kicks back in. At every speed, your BMW is actively working to stick to the road.”

I know E90fleet had talked about this before......time to do a search

Snakeii · 12-05-2006, 09:10 PM

10 seconds to hold the dtc button tc is compleatly off and no interferaqnce will occur at all, dtc on gives you ass wobble then gets it back but can be a hinderance at low speed on wet leaves because you willnot move! when it is on, thats the problem im getting atm when i drive to my friends house its coverd in wet leaves and i just wheel spin then dtc turns on bogs the car down and i barly move

s4iscool · 12-05-2006, 09:27 PM

Its only 3 sec like the other poster wrote. And you get the icon in your gauge cluster. Boy that 335 takes a beating! I recommend he does a break in oil change :O

Snakeii · 12-05-2006, 09:30 PM

takes longer than 3 secs for me =/ but ah well, imo tc off and doing a launch from 4k rpm wheelspin in 1st only and then when it gets to the redline change to 2nd and off you go

dtc off boges the car down too much imo

mybimmer37 · 06-17-2009, 07:52 PM

Hello I just got my 2006 325XI and I am wondering is it normal for that triangle service light to come on when I press the DTC button?

ibimmer954 · 06-17-2009, 08:05 PM

Yes

mybimmer37 · 06-17-2009, 08:50 PM

Thank you , I will be able to sleep tonight.

12-05-2006, 03:08 PM	#1
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12-05-2006, 03:36 PM	#2
Josh49 Major General 254 Rep 6,664 Posts Drives: E90 325xi Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Boston, MA iTrader: (33)	Holding the button down turns everything off. Correct. __________________ E90 325XI, MYSTIC BLUE ON BLACK/ALUM, STEP, NAV, PDC, CWP, XENON, SIRIUS, ALARM, MUD GUARDS, CLEARBRA, CHROME GRILLS AND TIPS, VALENTINE 1 (HARDWIRED), HO CERAMIC 40%, 161'S, REAR FOG MOD, LUX 4.0, BLACKLINES, OEM PEDALS, MTEC FOGS, GRUPPE-M REP INTAKE. 156'S AND RUBBER MATS FOR THE WINTER.
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12-05-2006, 03:37 PM	#3
geoff2010 Mmmmmkay 70 Rep 433 Posts Drives: 2017 S6 + 2017 340 M sport Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Boulder, CO iTrader: (0)	if you push it once you get the little DTC light... if you hold for X seconds you get the DTC light + the spinny tire light.
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12-05-2006, 04:16 PM	#5
ska///235i ***** noob 1412 Rep 10,477 Posts Drives: 325xi>M235i>428GCx Mspor Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Boston iTrader: (34) Garage List 2006 325xi [0.00]	when a car reaches a speed of about 43 mph, normal DSC operation is reinstated until speed once again drops below this threshold, at which point DTC kicks back in. __________________ 2006 325xi (Sold) 2014 M235I (Current) 2015 428xi Gran Coupe (STB)
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12-05-2006, 04:41 PM	#7
Chio Lieutenant 140 Rep 597 Posts Drives: G80 M3 Cp, x7 M60 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: STL iTrader: (1)	could have used that in the snow last week!!!!! FN traction control!!!!
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12-05-2006, 05:02 PM	#8
ska///235i ***** noob 1412 Rep 10,477 Posts Drives: 325xi>M235i>428GCx Mspor Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Boston iTrader: (34) Garage List 2006 325xi [0.00]	I'm no expert but this is how I look at it DTC is part of DSC....when deactivated, DSC is reinstated when speed reaches 43mph. Once DSC is reinstated...so does DTC Once the speed drops below this treshold....DSC will remain deactivated, but DTC kicks back in..... so bacisally.....you cant completely turn off the system if we can completely turn this off....we'll be doing some badass drifting __________________ 2006 325xi (Sold) 2014 M235I (Current) 2015 428xi Gran Coupe (STB)
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ska///235i ***** noob 1412 Rep 10,477 Posts Drives: 325xi>M235i>428GCx Mspor Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Boston iTrader: (34) Garage List 2006 325xi [0.00]	I read it in some BMW mag.... __________________ 2006 325xi (Sold) 2014 M235I (Current) 2015 428xi Gran Coupe (STB) Last edited by ska///235i; 12-05-2006 at 08:08 PM..
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12-05-2006, 05:37 PM	#11
RiXst3r 285 Rep 6,510 Posts Drives: M235i Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Ohio iTrader: (14)	When its off, its off... like this...
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12-05-2006, 05:39 PM	#12
heezyo2o Second Lieutenant 9 Rep 280 Posts Drives: . Join Date: May 2005 Location: so cal iTrader: (0)	I don't believe that 43 mph threshold is correct. When you fully turn it off, it's off.
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12-05-2006, 06:29 PM	#14
Josh49 Major General 254 Rep 6,664 Posts Drives: E90 325xi Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Boston, MA iTrader: (33)	When the car reaches 88 mph, you're going to see some serious sh*t.... __________________ E90 325XI, MYSTIC BLUE ON BLACK/ALUM, STEP, NAV, PDC, CWP, XENON, SIRIUS, ALARM, MUD GUARDS, CLEARBRA, CHROME GRILLS AND TIPS, VALENTINE 1 (HARDWIRED), HO CERAMIC 40%, 161'S, REAR FOG MOD, LUX 4.0, BLACKLINES, OEM PEDALS, MTEC FOGS, GRUPPE-M REP INTAKE. 156'S AND RUBBER MATS FOR THE WINTER.
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12-05-2006, 08:10 PM	#16
ska///235i ***** noob 1412 Rep 10,477 Posts Drives: 325xi>M235i>428GCx Mspor Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Boston iTrader: (34) Garage List 2006 325xi [0.00]	OK...here's the source What I said earlier is incorrect, but this is how it goes…… Source: BMW Innovation (date 2006) Page 24-25 BMW’s advanced control systems: Skidding has met its match Last Paragraph: “DSC incorporates DTC. This helps to provide improved traction by fine-tuning the system’s response to a variety of specific road conditions……blah blah blah……………………. During sporty driving when you want controlled wheelspin, you can deactivate DSC with a flick of the consule switch (although the ABS system is always on). When DTC is selected, engine intervention is deactivated at low speeds, leaving only the individual brakes to control wheelspin. When the vehicle reaches a speed of about 43 mph, normal DSC operation is reinstated until speed once again drops below this threshold, at which point DTC kicks back in. At every speed, your BMW is actively working to stick to the road.” I know E90fleet had talked about this before......time to do a search __________________ 2006 325xi (Sold) 2014 M235I (Current) 2015 428xi Gran Coupe (STB)
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12-05-2006, 09:10 PM	#17
Snakeii Private First Class 11 Rep 191 Posts Drives: 330iSE E90 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Swindon, England iTrader: (0)	10 seconds to hold the dtc button tc is compleatly off and no interferaqnce will occur at all, dtc on gives you ass wobble then gets it back but can be a hinderance at low speed on wet leaves because you willnot move! when it is on, thats the problem im getting atm when i drive to my friends house its coverd in wet leaves and i just wheel spin then dtc turns on bogs the car down and i barly move
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12-05-2006, 09:27 PM	#18
s4iscool Major 26 Rep 1,138 Posts Drives: 06 330i Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Neccos iTrader: (2)	Its only 3 sec like the other poster wrote. And you get the icon in your gauge cluster. Boy that 335 takes a beating! I recommend he does a break in oil change :O
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12-05-2006, 09:30 PM	#19
Snakeii Private First Class 11 Rep 191 Posts Drives: 330iSE E90 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Swindon, England iTrader: (0)	takes longer than 3 secs for me =/ but ah well, imo tc off and doing a launch from 4k rpm wheelspin in 1st only and then when it gets to the redline change to 2nd and off you go dtc off boges the car down too much imo
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06-17-2009, 07:52 PM	#20
mybimmer37 New Member 3 Rep 26 Posts Drives: 2006 325XI Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: GTA iTrader: (0)	Hello I just got my 2006 325XI and I am wondering is it normal for that triangle service light to come on when I press the DTC button?
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06-17-2009, 08:50 PM	#22
mybimmer37 New Member 3 Rep 26 Posts Drives: 2006 325XI Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: GTA iTrader: (0)	Thank you , I will be able to sleep tonight.
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