Lone Yellow Exclamation Point Center Screen

[dmotraz]

So something interesting happened today, I had to hit my brakes a tad bit hard on the highway and a large yellow exclamation point appeared in the dash (nothing around it, no gear, no triangle, just a lone giant yellow exclamation point). After letting my car cool down for a few hours it has not gone away, it appears every time I insert the key into the ignition. Once I start the engine up no problems, car is running fine but it still has the fault indicator next to the odometer. When I go to the check portion of the cluster list and click in on the stalk it doesn't give me any information other than the giant yellow exclamation point front and center. Any ideas?

(checked the manual, I believe it may be something wrong with the door latch sensor, but in their infinite wisdom BMW saw fit to put their warning symbols in B/W and not color. In the manual it says a lone exclamation point is door open ignition on, I've never had that symbol pop up ever in that situation, and this symbol appeared after hard braking at highway speeds.)

[Gangplank]

I think you're correct.

[dmotraz]

Originally Posted by Gangplank

I think you're correct.

I'm hoping so, I'm trying to avoid the BMW dealership goat rope of "something terrible is wrong with your car"

Yes I still use the dealership, still got 2k left on the car, gotta pay it off before the fun begins.

Additional note:

This exclamation point remains on even with my door shut, now even though that may be the solution, I'm not 100% certain that it is simply because of that...

[1and1]

I'd think open & close doors/hood/trunk & test for effect. If symptom persists next would pull codes...

Or, if you have the means, skip the other stuff and just pull the codes... See what it has to say for itself.

[FLATBMW]

! Refers to the drivers door being open

[128Styll]

Originally Posted by FLATBMW

! Refers to the drivers door being open

You saved me from a whole day of worry!