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What is this warning..?

Post by BullyB » Tue Feb 03, 2015 4:37 pm

My wife just sent me a picture of a warning light that came on today.
As I'm away working I found an online manual but it wasn't there.

Any ideas?
It's a 2008/12 X-Drive 35d

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Re: What is this warning..?

Post by IceQueenX » Tue Feb 03, 2015 4:52 pm

From memory I think it means a service is due soon?

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Re: What is this warning..?

Post by pvr » Tue Feb 03, 2015 5:45 pm

Never seen that one before. Mine needed a service last week and it came up with the more helpful message "service due"  :))
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Re: What is this warning..?

Post by X5Sport » Tue Feb 03, 2015 6:24 pm

As IQ says, it needs a service.  If you leave it too long then it goes red!

pvr...the warning goes out very quickly (5secs or less) but the iDrive message does indeed stay a while longer.

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Re: What is this warning..?

Post by X Box » Tue Feb 03, 2015 6:28 pm

Is that the one for 'yearly inspection' ie. MOT?
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Post by X5Sport » Tue Feb 03, 2015 6:30 pm

Does that not come up with 'Inspection' in the iDrive?  I can't remember now, but it is the same symbol.
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Re: What is this warning..?

Post by pvr » Tue Feb 03, 2015 6:32 pm

On my iDrive the Inspection shows for March for mine, but there is nothing on the front screen. I.e. I have to go in the iDrive to see it.
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Re: What is this warning..?

Post by touring » Tue Feb 03, 2015 7:14 pm

You get this if your battery is low, look for a warning on your Idrive under status.
This will show the warning symbol, highlight this and it will tell you what is wrong.

I had this symbol regularly as I only did short journeys, and it "hammered" the battery.
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Re: What is this warning..?

Post by BullyB » Tue Feb 03, 2015 8:26 pm

Thanks guys, I will get the wife to look through the iDrive and see what is due.
Shouldn't be the MOT but possibly it isn't set correctly.

Strange warning light however, "Service" would have been better.
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Post by IceQueenX » Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:23 pm

Agreed it's an odd symbol. Looks like it should mean: WARNING - you are parked on a pedestal!

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Post by pvr » Tue Feb 03, 2015 10:10 pm

Looks more like the garage floor was rather excited to see the car  :))
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Re: What is this warning..?

Post by graemeX5 » Wed Feb 04, 2015 7:19 am

[quote="IceQueenX"]
Agreed it's an odd symbol. Looks like it should mean: WARNING - you are parked on a pedestal!
[/quote]

On that theme it could be a car parked in fountain  :))
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Re: What is this warning..?

Post by BullyB » Thu Feb 12, 2015 7:33 pm

Well, it hasn't come up again so I will assume it's fixed for now  :)
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Re: What is this warning..?

Post by 535dboy » Fri Feb 13, 2015 12:15 pm

[quote="graemeX5"]
[quote="IceQueenX"]
Agreed it's an odd symbol. Looks like it should mean: WARNING - you are parked on a pedestal!
[/quote]

On that theme it could be a car parked in fountain  :))
[/quote]

Given that it was a woman driving it, this is entirely possible!!!
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Re: What is this warning..?

Post by IceQueenX » Fri Feb 13, 2015 4:25 pm

[quote="535dboy"]
[quote="graemeX5"]
[quote="IceQueenX"]
Agreed it's an odd symbol. Looks like it should mean: WARNING - you are parked on a pedestal!
[/quote]

On that theme it could be a car parked in fountain  :))
[/quote]

Given that it was a woman driving it, this is entirely possible!!!
[/quote]

Surely you will end up parking in odd places when the Leaf conks out at random  :))

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