OK, I give up, what are the BMW suggested service intervals?
02-27-2009, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Allen' post='802280' date='Feb 26 2009, 02:23 PM
Your car doesn't really have intervals based on mileage. Instead your car monitors all relevant parameters...miles, speed, time, RPMs, etc. to decide when it is time for the various services to be performed. So when it is time to get the oil changed, you should get a message on your dash saying so. Same for brake fluid, and most other things.
Isn't it great...just sit back and drive...the car will tell you if it needs anything..........
BTW, you should find the oil change light coming on at roughly 14K - 16K miles.
Isn't it great...just sit back and drive...the car will tell you if it needs anything..........
BTW, you should find the oil change light coming on at roughly 14K - 16K miles.
Follow the above poster's advice if you want your car not to last.
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Originally Posted by silly_me' post='802267' date='Feb 26 2009, 08:14 PM
I searched and came up goose eggs (even went out to BMW’s website… nada), maybe I’m just an interdweeb, either way what are the service intervals for the BMW 5er (specifically the 545i)?
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The iDrive measures a lot of different things to give you the next service time.
To mention some: time, driven km's, MPG etc.
So if you drive long distances cool the service intervals will be a lot longer,
compared to if you only burn around the block in rush hour.
The LCI don't no more give you a time for the inside air filters change,
the are to be changed at every service.
The break pads indicators (on the iDrive) helps you with them,
and at every second pad change the disks need to be changed also.
Brake fluids should be changed ever second year and the cooling fluid every third.
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