Family member had a weird no-start issue on our 2012 Mz5 6MT. I was not in the car at the time so I can't say what happened, but I thought I'd post what little I know in case anyone has feedback.
She stalled trying to get rolling on a steep uphill. When she went to restart the car, it wouldn't even crank. Not sure I understand correctly but I believe I heard the DSC light stayed on between start attempts. She tried restarting several times, sometimes taking the key out fully before retrying. Eventually, after many attempts, it fired up and seems to have been fine since then.
I realize this is horribly incomplete info. Anyone have any ideas about what this might mean and/or what to check? We're coming up on 165k miles and really don't want this car to surprise us with no-starts, so I'm open to thoughts on hair-trigger preventive maintenance as well.
She stalled trying to get rolling on a steep uphill. When she went to restart the car, it wouldn't even crank. Not sure I understand correctly but I believe I heard the DSC light stayed on between start attempts. She tried restarting several times, sometimes taking the key out fully before retrying. Eventually, after many attempts, it fired up and seems to have been fine since then.
I realize this is horribly incomplete info. Anyone have any ideas about what this might mean and/or what to check? We're coming up on 165k miles and really don't want this car to surprise us with no-starts, so I'm open to thoughts on hair-trigger preventive maintenance as well.