Strange Warning Triangle Appeared: Help
02-19-2006, 05:41 PM
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Maybe I was wrong earlier. Given your reset problems, may it was the Bermuda Triangle that appeared. 
02-19-2006, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Znod' post='242960' date='Feb 19 2006, 08:41 PM
Maybe I was wrong earlier. Given your reset problems, may it was the Bermuda Triangle that appeared.
02-20-2006, 03:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Bimmer32' post='242949' date='Feb 19 2006, 08:07 PM
I used the same key. It was after church service, I started the car, and the settings were gone. I think it might be a combination of things that started when I started the car the first time in the morning to go to church. The Idrive screen was very dimmed, but the stations was there. I tried turning the lights on, off, auto, but the Idrive screen remain dimmed. After church service, the Idrive was back to normal brightness, but all the stations gone.
02-20-2006, 08:06 AM
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Yep....37-38 degrees is when mine goes off in both my 5 and 3 series.
02-20-2006, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by tcoz' post='243098' date='Feb 20 2006, 06:36 AM
Maybe your key memory somehow was erased. Did you reprogram everything and, if so, has it remained?
02-20-2006, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Bimmer32' post='243332' date='Feb 20 2006, 03:45 PM
Yes, I reprogrammed everything, and so far, it sticks. Could it be a bad or weak battery in the key. Does anyone know if the key takes a regular battery or does it recharge everytime you stick in the ignition?
Hopefully, your problem was just a one-time loss of key memory
02-20-2006, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by big_ipaq' post='243340' date='Feb 20 2006, 03:53 PM
The screen will be dim whenever temperature is below a certain level. I can search a thread where I asked this question, and got many confirmations.
02-21-2006, 04:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Bimmer32' post='243472' date='Feb 20 2006, 08:07 PM
If by design that it dims by certain temperature, what is the reason behind it?
02-21-2006, 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by tcoz' post='243626' date='Feb 21 2006, 07:19 AM
It isn't by design. It's an LCD display and just reacts this way when it's very cold. I think I even read somewhere that there is a heater built into it so that it reacts a little more quickly under these circumstances.
