2021 VW Tiguan: Blind Spot System Down

At Prairie Autohaus Ltd. in Saskatoon, Canada, owner Yogi Thakore faced a tricky ADAS issue on a 2021 Volkswagen Tiguan. The shop reported that the lane change assistance warning lamps wouldn’t engage. Fault codes showed databus errors, open circuit warnings for the mirror lamp and a window regulator motor fault.

2014 BMW 328i (F30): Transmission Stuck in Park


A 2014 BMW 328i (F30, N26 engine, automatic transmission) came into the shop with serious drivability issues: the transmission wouldn’t come out of park and the dash displayed a powertrain malfunction warning. The vehicle was logging fault codes related to position specification errors and undesired power transmission in neutral.

BMW F60 Cooper S: Cold-Start Smoke Mystery

At Madness Motorworks in Tigard, OR, a BMW F60 Cooper S came in with a troubling symptom: cold-start smoke pouring from the tailpipe. The shop needed clarity on whether this was a turbo failure or something else lurking under the surface.