swaggy

I bought a CPO 2009 528i xDrive back in July with 36,xxx miles on it. I drive it mostly to work so it's all highway miles and I just hit 41,xxx. I started wondering if it's time for an oil change so I started paying attention to the Engine Oil indicator in the Service Info menu of iDrive. For the past two weeks it's been fixed at 9000 mls. I would have expected the oil life indicator to decrease as I drive the car every day. The same for front and rear brake pads. Is this normal? Should I just take it to the dealer for service anyway? The service menu does say my Brake Fluid is due in 10/2012 although I have not seen any alerts yet so I may have to take it in soon anyways.

Appreciate any pointers, thanks.

pcy

oil life indicator decrements in 1000's (or 500's), I think.
Next, you will see 8000.

swaggy

Thanks for the reply.

Do the brake pad indicators also decrement in 1000s?

SilberGrauE60

The oil life indicator begins counting down from 15,000 mi. You've put 41,xxx - 36,xxx = 5000 miles on it, so the indication of 9,000 miles left is spot on. This is consistent with your driving style = mostly highway miles. BMW will only change the oil under the maintenance plan when the iDrive says it is time, or if it has been 1 year since the last oil change.

luigi524td

If you or the dealer perform a DIY oil service between iDrive notifications do not reset the oil change iDrive. That'll throw off the computer tracked notifications. Because I'm now a low-mileage driver I often find myself doing two oil changes a year - one at the calendar click down and one in-between ... resetting iDrive on the second change.

swaggy

Thank You all, that explains it!

Booyaazaa

15k mi is a lot of miles between changes. I go to a indy shop to have a oil change at 7500 mi and they know not to reset the oil change gauge in the iDrive.