"Car unable to drive. Automatic shutdown initiated"

5tony · 10-03-2023, 06:30 PM

Yesterday, I was driving back home in my 50e. Battery totally discharged from a long drive. I'm in Sport individual mode. Suddenly car alert sounds and I see a brief message that said: Car unable to drive. Automatic shutdown initiated. It seems like the car started to slow down and initiated a lane change automatically and suddenly went back to normal. Made it back home without further incident and charged overnight. No issues driving it today.

Has anyone else ever seen this message?

krypttic · 10-03-2023, 06:34 PM

Man, that’s scary. Did it ever happen again? I wonder if it was a brief software glitch, or modules not communicating correctly. I’ve had a few issues that likely resulted from software gremlins, but not anything like that.

nZtiZia · 10-03-2023, 07:02 PM

something triggered the vehicle to stop driving for that moment. I’d get that checked out

the steps the vehicle took are similar to the Emergency Stop Assistant, but that feature isn’t automatic; it requires specific input by an occupant

streborx · 10-03-2023, 07:52 PM

Seems that BMW getting out of the luftwaffe business was a good move (lol).

10-03-2023, 06:30 PM	#1
5tony Lieutenant 147 Rep 500 Posts Drives: '21 M5/'15 X5 35i/'88 M3 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Atlanta iTrader: (1)	"Car unable to drive. Automatic shutdown initiated" Yesterday, I was driving back home in my 50e. Battery totally discharged from a long drive. I'm in Sport individual mode. Suddenly car alert sounds and I see a brief message that said: Car unable to drive. Automatic shutdown initiated. It seems like the car started to slow down and initiated a lane change automatically and suddenly went back to normal. Made it back home without further incident and charged overnight. No issues driving it today. Has anyone else ever seen this message? __________________
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krypttic Lieutenant 255 Rep 549 Posts Drives: 2024 BMW X50e with Executive P Join Date: Apr 2023 Location: Phoenix, AZ iTrader: (0)	Man, that’s scary. Did it ever happen again? I wonder if it was a brief software glitch, or modules not communicating correctly. I’ve had a few issues that likely resulted from software gremlins, but not anything like that.
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nZtiZia Major General 4656 Rep 8,700 Posts Drives: eVeRyOnE mAD! Join Date: Dec 2020 Location: neither here nor there... iTrader: (0) Garage List 2021 BMW X5 xDrive 45e [9.88]	something triggered the vehicle to stop driving for that moment. I’d get that checked out the steps the vehicle took are similar to the Emergency Stop Assistant, but that feature isn’t automatic; it requires specific input by an occupant
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10-03-2023, 07:52 PM	#4
streborx Major 653 Rep 1,078 Posts Drives: 2022 BMW X7 M50i Join Date: Jul 2022 Location: Colorado iTrader: (0)	Seems that BMW getting out of the luftwaffe business was a good move (lol).
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