idrive just stopped...
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dropped kids of at school radio came on as usual was on radio4, odd wife never listens to that. back home. cup of tea back in car and the screen comes up with the main menu but doesnt respond to anything. the volume on of maual button otn eh dash works but no audio. The wheel of menu do nothing. Stopped and left off for a minute tried again and still the same. only this time the time at the botton just reads --:--.
Any clues? Car is a 55 530d
Any clues? Car is a 55 530d
Try disconnecting the battery for a minute, remove both terminals and then reconnect, my E46 M3 Bluetooth module used to jam up regularly and I had no audio whatsoever, this cured it everytime, inconvenient but it was far easier (and cheaper) than a new module.
Might not work for your I drive but there's no harm in trying it
Might not work for your I drive but there's no harm in trying it
Beardy10 said:
My old 54 plated 535d had a couple of issues with iDrive freezing up. If your car is still under warranty and you have the time I would book it in and get it sorted...they will probably update all the software for you at the same time.
My 2008 335d did this a couple of times - iDrive crashed and rebooted while I was driving. Software update cured it.daemon said:
Pity the O/P hasnt bothered coming back to let us know if he made any progres...
This could be due perhaps to the circa £1900 for a new idrive control unit! - I bet he's absolutley fuming if it indeed turns out that's what it is.I read recently of someone with similar issues and managed to find a second hand one at like £1100 !
I predict in 10 years time, the myriad of BMW's Audi's Merc's (and other marques) with these controller type interfaces that interact with all sorts of systems in the car giving up !
I think I'm going to open a repair centre.. oops, was that out aloud?!
Hopefully it's something much cheaper for the OP - and it'd be good if they came back with an update.
Cheers, Dennis.
DennisCooper said:
daemon said:
Pity the O/P hasnt bothered coming back to let us know if he made any progres...
This could be due perhaps to the circa £1900 for a new idrive control unit! - I bet he's absolutley fuming if it indeed turns out that's what it is.I read recently of someone with similar issues and managed to find a second hand one at like £1100 !
I predict in 10 years time, the myriad of BMW's Audi's Merc's (and other marques) with these controller type interfaces that interact with all sorts of systems in the car giving up !
I think I'm going to open a repair centre.. oops, was that out aloud?!
Hopefully it's something much cheaper for the OP - and it'd be good if they came back with an update.
Cheers, Dennis.
dised PC or an overrated ECU. Not looked into BMWs setup too much but i am old Audi man to heart, is there any equivalent to VAGcom i can introgate the ECU with? The OP did reply yesterday... albeit it took over 24 hours to reply to the request, which is clearly a black mark in some peoples book! However, thanks for helping me find a resolve, its appreciated. Hope this thread saves someone else in the future, and that i dont have to do this too often.
istoo said:
The OP did reply yesterday... albeit it took over 24 hours to reply to the request, which is clearly a black mark in some peoples book! However, thanks for helping me find a resolve, its appreciated. Hope this thread saves someone else in the future, and that i dont have to do this too often.
When you had put your original post on first thing on thursday it was disappointing that by friday evening you didnt seem to be going to reply. Often people put queries on here and people take the time to respond in order to help out - then we never hear back from them, which, as you said doesnt help anyone with a future problem of the same time.Of course this is all now a moot point as you did subsequently respond!
daemon said:
istoo said:
The OP did reply yesterday... albeit it took over 24 hours to reply to the request, which is clearly a black mark in some peoples book! However, thanks for helping me find a resolve, its appreciated. Hope this thread saves someone else in the future, and that i dont have to do this too often.
When you had put your original post on first thing on thursday it was disappointing that by friday evening you didnt seem to be going to reply. Often people put queries on here and people take the time to respond in order to help out - then we never hear back from them, which, as you said doesnt help anyone with a future problem of the same time.Of course this is all now a moot point as you did subsequently respond!
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