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01-05-2006, 07:18 PM | #1 |
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This shouldn't happen to a BMW
My 325i is practically brand-new, and was working perfectly until yesterday. It was fine on the way to school in the morning too. But when I was leaving school, I noticed the windshield wipers were on. So, I tried to turn them off. Didn't work. Then I noticed some of the warning lights were on (stability control, FTM, drive-off helper). But thats not all. I tried to lower the radio volume with the buttons on the steering wheel, but it didn't work. Then i tried the turn signals. Didn't work. Nothing was working. So I managed to drive home and contacted the dealer and now they are supposed to be looking at it. My question is, has this ever happened to anyone else before? And why pay 40k for a car if the computer is going to screw up for no reason??? Hopefully I can pick it up this weekend. (My dealer is about 1.5hrs away...)
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01-05-2006, 07:57 PM | #2 |
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Bummer. Sounds like a malfunction in the electronics. Good luck, and keep your chin up!
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01-05-2006, 08:01 PM | #3 |
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It's electronics. BMW is not known to have extremely reliable electronics. And when problems occur, it's usually electronics. But you can't really blame BMW for this. No matter how well things are designed, there is always a chance of failure.
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01-05-2006, 08:20 PM | #6 |
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any dealer. if they give you problems, call bmwna
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You can take a BMW under warranty (including under maintenance) to any dealer or BMW authorized service center. I’m guessing qwert either really likes another dealer that is 1.5 hours away or qwert lives in a remote area of Georgia. |
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01-05-2006, 08:38 PM | #8 |
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"The more complex the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain."
-Montgomery Scott My parent's Merc S500 did a similar thing once where all the electronics went out one at a time over a four hour period. New computer placed. All better. Warranty covered.
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01-05-2006, 08:49 PM | #11 |
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Sorry to hear about your trouble...but yeah, everyone's right in saying it's the electronics...just seems funny that everything happened at once for you.
For me, I constantly--well maybe once a month or so--have your problem with the volume knob. Usually, it seems to get stuck at a certain volume and I can't turn it up or down after starting the car. But I wait and after about 20 seconds, it starts working. If that doesn't solve it, I usually do a hard reset for the iDrive, which on occasion fails to load, too. The hard reset has always fixed the volume and iDrive load problems for me. |
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01-05-2006, 09:03 PM | #13 |
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probably a combination of electronics and software. too bad you can't press Ctrl-Alt-Delete and restart things.
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01-05-2006, 10:48 PM | #16 | |
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you're a rare case of all the members on this board you're the only one this has happened to. you only hear about the problems on places like internet forums, as most people have enough sense to not start a post like, "hey, 15,000 miles still no problems" I've owned BMW's exclusively for about 10 years and the worst thing that happened to me (only thing that stranded me) was a fuel pump (at the time it failed the car was 10 years old) seems like a pretty good brand reliability wise from where i sit |
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01-06-2006, 11:54 AM | #17 |
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I think Car and Driver magazine had some sort of electronic meltdown on their test drive but still gave it their "first place" in a competition.
1.5 hours away from a dealer in Georgia? I'm in GA too near Atlanta. You must be in either extreme south or north of the state. If you are taking it to Atlanta I would recommend United BMW in Roswell, they seem to have a good attitude and service. Your problem is why I wouldn't buy some brands. I live far enough out that it's over an hour each way to some brand's closest place. I found out with a previous BMW (before the Roswell one opened) that I had better things to do that shuttle my car back and forth through Atlanta traffic. I'm afraid this problem (long hauls for repairs) is going to be with you the whole time you own it. Hope the car is more reliable in the future. 10,000 miles now on our E90 and no problems, so maybe it's a fluke. |
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01-06-2006, 12:46 PM | #20 |
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Did you try and "self remedy" the problem?
By this I mean- turning the car off, taking the key out and then restartng it. Maybe even leaving it to go into sleep mode (locking the car and waiting about 30mins (like when the start/stop button light goes out). When I had my slight problem with my car (the steering wheel lock jamming) - sticking the key in and out fixed the problem (i have comfort access) It's not such a major problem. The car was still mobile. YEs, it shouldn't happen...but as mentioned before...out of the thousands of members on this board- it's only happened to you. |
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01-06-2006, 12:56 PM | #21 |
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My X5 did that once. I did a "CTRL-ALT-DEL" and it was fine afterwards. How does one do that? Simple. Disconnect the positive battery cable for an hour or so. Done.
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01-06-2006, 01:37 PM | #22 |
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Sounds like a slight glitch in the Junction box. Maybe the JB controller wasnt clicked in properly and it slightly shook loose during driving.
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