A FEW WEEKS AGO, HAVING JUST DONE AN OIL CHANGE, I TRIED TO RESET THE OIL SERVICE LIGHT USING THE HIDDEN MENU / TRIP MILEAGE SWITCH ETC., WHICH I HAVE DONE PLENTY OF TIMES BEFORE.
I WAS UNABLE TO PULL UP THE VARIOUS SERVICE ITEMS, HOLDING THE TRIP SWITCH IN JUST TOOK ME TO THE '01._FGSTNR' MENU, WHICH WAS VERY STRANGE AS THIS NORMALLY ONLY HAPPENS IF YOU GO PAST THE SERVICE ITEMS.
THIS WAS A FEW WEEKS AGO AND THERE WERE 400 MILES REMAINING BEFORE AN OIL CHANGE DUE AT THAT TIME, AS I AM AWARE IF YOU LEAVE OIL SERVICE TILL ITS OVER 1,000 MILES EXCEEDED YOU CAN'T RESET IT THIS WAY.
I THOUGHT I'D JUST CHECK WITH THE iDRIVE SERVICE SCREEN AND THIS CAME UP ON SCREEN OK. THE PROBLEM SOON BECAME APPARENT.
AFTER JUST A MINUTE THE SERVICE SCREEN THEN WENT BLANK AND REMAINED SO FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES THEN CAME BACK ON FOR A FEW MINUTES.
THERE ARE NO LOOSE CONNECTIONS.
HAVING MONITORED THE PROBLEM OVER LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THE SCREEN CONTINUALLY 'COMES AND GOES'.
CAN ANYONE POINT ME IN RIGHT DIRECTION AS TO WHAT THE FAULT IS. IF ITS ECU RELATED THEN I'M KNACKERED AS CAR ISN'T WORTH REPLACING THESE ITEMS.
EVERYTHING WORKS FINE OTHERWISE.
I WAS UNABLE TO PULL UP THE VARIOUS SERVICE ITEMS, HOLDING THE TRIP SWITCH IN JUST TOOK ME TO THE '01._FGSTNR' MENU, WHICH WAS VERY STRANGE AS THIS NORMALLY ONLY HAPPENS IF YOU GO PAST THE SERVICE ITEMS.
THIS WAS A FEW WEEKS AGO AND THERE WERE 400 MILES REMAINING BEFORE AN OIL CHANGE DUE AT THAT TIME, AS I AM AWARE IF YOU LEAVE OIL SERVICE TILL ITS OVER 1,000 MILES EXCEEDED YOU CAN'T RESET IT THIS WAY.
I THOUGHT I'D JUST CHECK WITH THE iDRIVE SERVICE SCREEN AND THIS CAME UP ON SCREEN OK. THE PROBLEM SOON BECAME APPARENT.
AFTER JUST A MINUTE THE SERVICE SCREEN THEN WENT BLANK AND REMAINED SO FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES THEN CAME BACK ON FOR A FEW MINUTES.
THERE ARE NO LOOSE CONNECTIONS.
HAVING MONITORED THE PROBLEM OVER LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THE SCREEN CONTINUALLY 'COMES AND GOES'.
CAN ANYONE POINT ME IN RIGHT DIRECTION AS TO WHAT THE FAULT IS. IF ITS ECU RELATED THEN I'M KNACKERED AS CAR ISN'T WORTH REPLACING THESE ITEMS.
EVERYTHING WORKS FINE OTHERWISE.