BMW Repair: battery symbol, camshaft sensor, diagnostic report

Question
The car is a 528i 1997 bmw, what do you mean by fault?
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Followup To

Question -
"hi, i recently have had problems with my car's performance, it runs
like i am driving with the brake on. the car has no power. usually when i
have my car on drive and i am at a stop, if i let go of the break it
will move foreward, not anymore and when i drive upto my driveway i need
to really press on the gas for it to go up. my check engine light came
on and it said i needed a speed sensor then the check engine light
turned off and the battery symbol came on. i changed the alternator and the
light is still on and my car still has no power. What can be wrong with
my car? please help!

iris "


Answer -
Iris, What year and model car are you working on? What was the fault EXACTLY(details). This sounds like a faulty camshaft sensor. Depending on what car you have you can have upto four of these sensors. Let me know what fault you had exactly and the description.
-Evan

Answer
Iris, usually the car's engine computer (DME) will store a fault in it's memory when the car is running with increase emmissions(or rough). You need to go to a shop and have the engine computer faults read out with a scanner. Ket me know what faults you find exacty as they read. A dealership diagnostic report is the best, but I realize some don't like the dealer.
-Evan