Wait Till June 6th For SW Upgrade
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My Ride: Silver 530i Sports and Premum Package with Navigation. 06/04 build date.
I called my local dealer yesterday to take my car in for it's first service. I told them of the problems I was having and they told me that the new software should fix the problems. Unfortunately, I was told that the first appointment was June 6th. They said that they only have one machine to do the upgrades and that it takes about 8 hours. They told me that they are trying to get BMW to pay for a second programming station but it would be some time before they get it.
The good news is that they are going to do the upgrade for free and also enable bluetooth. I was worried that they were going to charge me, but the impression I got was that they were doing the upgrade on all of the cars when they come in for service - at least the 2004s.
I really haven't had any serious problems with the exception of the active stearing failing a couple of times at startup. I was always able to fix this by restarting the car.
Wayne
The good news is that they are going to do the upgrade for free and also enable bluetooth. I was worried that they were going to charge me, but the impression I got was that they were doing the upgrade on all of the cars when they come in for service - at least the 2004s.
I really haven't had any serious problems with the exception of the active stearing failing a couple of times at startup. I was always able to fix this by restarting the car.
Wayne
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My Ride: X3 | 3.0 | 6-speed manual
Originally Posted by wgrupp' date='Apr 26 2005, 11:46 AM
I called my local dealer yesterday to take my car in for it's first service. I told them of the problems I was having and they told me that the new software should fix the problems. Unfortunately, I was told that the first appointment was June 6th. They said that they only have one machine to do the upgrades and that it takes about 8 hours. They told me that they are trying to get BMW to pay for a second programming station but it would be some time before they get it.
The good news is that they are going to do the upgrade for free and also enable bluetooth. I was worried that they were going to charge me, but the impression I got was that they were doing the upgrade on all of the cars when they come in for service - at least the 2004s.
I really haven't had any serious problems with the exception of the active stearing failing a couple of times at startup. I was always able to fix this by restarting the car.
Wayne
The good news is that they are going to do the upgrade for free and also enable bluetooth. I was worried that they were going to charge me, but the impression I got was that they were doing the upgrade on all of the cars when they come in for service - at least the 2004s.
I really haven't had any serious problems with the exception of the active stearing failing a couple of times at startup. I was always able to fix this by restarting the car.
Wayne
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My Ride: 2004 545i - 6 speed manual (July 04 build), silver-grey/black, sports package std equipment (18", active roll, active steering, adaptive headlights), premium sound, bluetooth enabled, folding rear seat, lumbar, 3m hood/bumper protective film, rear tint, euro reflectors.
8 hours for a s/w upgrade - thats a bunch of Crap. There is no way it can take that long - one car a day! They typically charge 1-2 hours labor for a s/w upgrade.
Tell your SA, if they are backed up for doing downloads, that is fine - but not to give you a bunch of BS.
Tell your SA, if they are backed up for doing downloads, that is fine - but not to give you a bunch of BS.
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Originally Posted by wgrupp' date='Apr 26 2005, 11:46 AM
I called my local dealer yesterday to take my car in for it's first service. I told them of the problems I was having and they told me that the new software should fix the problems.
Wayne
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Originally Posted by jsal' date='Apr 26 2005, 09:43 AM
8 hours for a s/w upgrade - thats a bunch of Crap.? There is no way it can take that long - one car a day!? They typically charge 1-2 hours labor for a s/w upgrade.
Tell your SA, if they are backed up for doing downloads, that is fine - but not to give you a bunch of BS.
Tell your SA, if they are backed up for doing downloads, that is fine - but not to give you a bunch of BS.
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Have you every loaded a dozen songs onto your iPod? Ever burn a CD? Better yet, ever copy a file with the /v (verify) flag or upgrade the firmware on your home broadband router? Any of these tasks take you 8 hours? Neither does the CIP reload.
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My Ride: 2007 Titanium Gray 550i, with sport, nav, HUD, Logic7, sat radio, cold weather, rear side airbags, rear seat heaters, and it goes like a bat outta hell!
Originally Posted by Magneto' date='Apr 26 2005, 10:44 AM
Have you every loaded a dozen songs onto your iPod?? Ever burn a CD?? Better yet, ever copy a file with the /v (verify) flag or upgrade the firmware on your home broadband router?? Any of these tasks take you 8 hours?? Neither does the CIP reload.
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If they have problems in loading in the software it can take 8 hours easily. The ccc software is layered, meaning they cannot simply do an update to the modules that require it. In many cases, updating 1 module requires that other modules and layers be updated first. I've had mine fully reloaded quite a few times now, and it has never taken less than 4.5 hours.
It is exactly like loading a pc. If something goes wrong with one of the layers or layers are loaded in the improper order - the only solution is to reload windows from scratch. It is essentially the same process here.
Your dealer should not be charging for software upgrades if there is a problem with the vehicle. That should be covered under the warranty. If you have voice activation then just tell them the voice activation is not working. Their only solution to that problem is to reload just about everything because voice activation I believe is on one of the highest layers which requires many layers beneath it to be installed. Sometimes, it may be quicker for the dealer to simply turn on a full reload rather than to figure out what you really need.
It is exactly like loading a pc. If something goes wrong with one of the layers or layers are loaded in the improper order - the only solution is to reload windows from scratch. It is essentially the same process here.
Your dealer should not be charging for software upgrades if there is a problem with the vehicle. That should be covered under the warranty. If you have voice activation then just tell them the voice activation is not working. Their only solution to that problem is to reload just about everything because voice activation I believe is on one of the highest layers which requires many layers beneath it to be installed. Sometimes, it may be quicker for the dealer to simply turn on a full reload rather than to figure out what you really need.
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My Ride: Silver 530i Sports and Premum Package with Navigation. 06/04 build date.
"What problems did you tell them that you had? I need an excuse!!"
3 times the active steering failed when I started the car
The audio would not un-mute a couple of times until later in the day.
Windshield wipers auto sensitivity adjustment doesn't seem to do anything.
Headlights stay on in fairly bright light.
Oil level warning came on but the level doesn't seem to be low.
I think the active steering is the one that got them. He hesitated on that one and told me if for any reason I felt unsafe in the car I should bring it in right away. He said that they would probably have to keep it for a week though. Since it only happened at startup and cleared when I restarted it I opted to wait.
3 times the active steering failed when I started the car
The audio would not un-mute a couple of times until later in the day.
Windshield wipers auto sensitivity adjustment doesn't seem to do anything.
Headlights stay on in fairly bright light.
Oil level warning came on but the level doesn't seem to be low.
I think the active steering is the one that got them. He hesitated on that one and told me if for any reason I felt unsafe in the car I should bring it in right away. He said that they would probably have to keep it for a week though. Since it only happened at startup and cleared when I restarted it I opted to wait.
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iPod, PDA, iDrive, they're all just computers with the ability to be reloaded with programming instructions and configuration information. The sophistication comes in writing the programs and testing them to insure they have no flaws before they are distributed to the masses (something that is marginally successful thus a need for reloading).
The time consuming part about downloading software is insuring that the download occurred without corruption. In eight hours you could check all the bits yourself manually.
The time consuming part about downloading software is insuring that the download occurred without corruption. In eight hours you could check all the bits yourself manually.