Cream Sauce

Just wanted to say something that caught my attention driving to work today about my question about "what to do other than service lights" it was raining today and the rubber on the wiper blades don't look like they are doing their job properly not been changed since brand new... so I guess "what to do other than service lights"... change wiper blade rubber !

AchtungE60

As it stands this statement is untrue. We have to define "electronic" because the entire car is pretty much electronic. Most parts do not need programming and they're electronic. Coding and programming are two different things as well.

OP - As far as maintenance goes, if you're relying on lights to let you know what to do then you're not really being proactive. For example checking brake pads and replacing before the light illuminates or the sensor gets triggered will save you $. In addition some pads have a different wear life! To strengthen this point not all conventional oil lasts as long as the BMW LL oil. I don't want to start a debate about oil but take a top brand in the U.S. and compare them in the same class and they have different lives. I would learn a lot about the car itself from others here who own that specific car and what to look for. Good luck

AUSaxon00

Maybe BMW could add a few more helpful maintenance reminders to the iDrive, like a reminder to wash your wheels when they get dirty



The only problem is this icon would pop up on a daily basis...

Cream Sauce

Yeah well pointed out regarding brake bads, my mechanic checks them everytime one of the lights come on and I take the car to him. But still I don't really think their is much more than the service lights and being proactive as you said. Answering my own question in a way

Cream Sauce

For anyone who might read this thread I am going next Saturday to the mechanic and it looks like this is the process for brake fluid change Click I really wonder if he will do it in this process go through the bleeding etc I shall be their keeping a close watch

In one part it says:

So for my right hand car it is: back left, back right, front left, front right ?

AUSaxon00

Correct. Start with the brake furthest from the master cylinder and work your way to the closest.