The service interval
03-08-2006, 11:20 AM
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So currently I have about 579 miles on my 550i. Isn't the service interval supposed to start counting down? When I start the car, it STILL shows 15000 miles with a date in 2007? Shouldn't it be now 14421 miles by now??
So currently I have about 579 miles on my 550i. Isn't the service interval supposed to start counting down? When I start the car, it STILL shows 15000 miles with a date in 2007? Shouldn't it be now 14421 miles by now??
03-08-2006, 11:24 AM
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I have ~3300 and it shows 13000 left...so I think it maybe every 1000 or 2000 miles.
03-08-2006, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by the_maxx_guy' post='251731' date='Mar 8 2006, 03:20 PM
Ok,
So currently I have about 579 miles on my 550i. Isn't the service interval supposed to start counting down? When I start the car, it STILL shows 15000 miles with a date in 2007? Shouldn't it be now 14421 miles by now??
So currently I have about 579 miles on my 550i. Isn't the service interval supposed to start counting down? When I start the car, it STILL shows 15000 miles with a date in 2007? Shouldn't it be now 14421 miles by now??
The smallest interval it counts by is every hundred miles.
(but maybe it'll do tens and single digits when you're close to the targeted service?)
03-08-2006, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by the_maxx_guy' post='251731' date='Mar 8 2006, 02:20 PM
Ok,
So currently I have about 579 miles on my 550i. Isn't the service interval supposed to start counting down? When I start the car, it STILL shows 15000 miles with a date in 2007? Shouldn't it be now 14421 miles by now??
So currently I have about 579 miles on my 550i. Isn't the service interval supposed to start counting down? When I start the car, it STILL shows 15000 miles with a date in 2007? Shouldn't it be now 14421 miles by now??
03-08-2006, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Bimmer32' post='251758' date='Mar 8 2006, 09:12 PM
The service interval has a brain of its own. Seriously, drive it hard and you'll see the count down much faster for oil, brakes, etc.
03-08-2006, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by the_maxx_guy' post='251731' date='Mar 8 2006, 10:20 PM
Ok,
So currently I have about 579 miles on my 550i. Isn't the service interval supposed to start counting down? When I start the car, it STILL shows 15000 miles with a date in 2007? Shouldn't it be now 14421 miles by now??
So currently I have about 579 miles on my 550i. Isn't the service interval supposed to start counting down? When I start the car, it STILL shows 15000 miles with a date in 2007? Shouldn't it be now 14421 miles by now??
So, your car is not even close be braken in... Have you been driving easy?
The iDrive, if you check it, can show absurbe values for a while, but soon it will
also adapt and show the real measures.
I have had some funny brake pad milages whilst my E60's been new.
The service interval is up to you...
03-08-2006, 12:24 PM
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Mine has 3500 miles and the indicator shows 14000 miles left. Not sure how this thing works.
03-08-2006, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by xe460' post='251768' date='Mar 8 2006, 04:24 PM
Mine has 3500 miles and the indicator shows 14000 miles left. Not sure how this thing works.
15k miles is only a general rule of thumb, not the actual mileage you should be getting service at.