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F10 530D giving 160hp?

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#1 ·
Hi all, am literally new to this forum and never joined despite having F30 330D before this car and today is literally my first day on here and first post, so apologies if this has already been said

So on so on 30th August 2024 I bought my F10 5 series 530D 2024 (64 reg) and realised am lacing power, it doesn’t pull the way my 330d did and so I turned on the sports display and noticed it’s only giving me 160hp and around 280 Torque. Only ones did it give me the full power of 258hp and 580 odd torque and that was driving back from work on a Saturday but ever since it’s been on this low end power

We’ve checked the MAF sensor and and the turbo is not under boosting nor over boosting

There’s no codes on dash either


It doesn’t even give any smoke from the back
Like you would if there's over fuelling or too much air

I tried doing an ECU reset by disconnecting the battery for 15 mins and reconnected but it still
Remembered the settings and no
Reset took place 🤦‍♂️ did I do something wrong or is there a different method for this car ?



Any help or advice would be much appreciated as this car is soo slow
Without its full
Power potential

Thanks in advance
Nas
 
#5 ·
Buy yourself a suitable scanner to check fault codes,expect to pay around ÂŁ130.00 for a decent dedicated BMW one.
The current ones available are equal to professional BMW diagnostics ( clever chinese) and should give you some indication where the problem lies plus forum advice on any codes can help.
Diagnostic scanners do not fix faults but steer you in the right direction at substantially reduced cost over the dreaded Main Stealer route.
 
#17 ·
Okay so it’s weird today again it gave me full power going to a friends house but when I got in it to go home again half the power 🤦‍♂️ still need get it plugged in
 
#19 ·
yeh id id think tthat being f series single turbo.soemthing is wrong but quick fix i think,maybe turbo maybe wastegate actuator,but as said,we will stop guessing,and as said get it scanned from a bmw specilaist,no dearer than any other garage,using ista
 
#20 ·
Quick update in what I’ve found - not had time to take car in yet due to my schedules

However, if I reset the throttle by holding down the gas pedal for 5 seconds with ignition on, I get full power but soon as engine turns off be it by start stop or end of journey, it’s back to half power

Just thought I’d post here until it goes in
 
#21 ·
Something similar as I have. My 525d 2.0 biturbo has all power in 1.to4. gear, but from 5. gear it only shows 180-200 hp in sport display. I put stage 1 and again in 1.to4.gear it shows 240hp( that is max value in display ) but from 5.gear it drops the power. I checked everything with ISTA and all is perfect. No codes. Wtf. Biturbo is a pain in the ass to fix , 2 pressure converters, 3 vacuum valve, and so on. Only thing i saw was that my wastegate flap was little open, couse when I actuated bypass flap or any other flap on turbo, wastegate lever closed and than opened about 1 or 2mm like pressure converter gave vacuum on wastegate and it shouldnt. I am a mechanic and cant figure it out.