What Does This Indicator Light Mean?
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06 525. For the past week on initial startup often I am getting a triangle with a snow flake in the middle being displayed on the Indicator Warning Lamps Display. Its only displayed a few seconds, then goes away. Additionally on the control display screen (idrive) I noticed yesterday it said something to the effect of "outside temp 38 deg", I think thats what it said. This was displayed at the same time the triangle and snowflake was. Can't find any mention of this in the manual.
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Originally Posted by sixgun95' date='Oct 30 2005, 08:51 AM
06 525.? For the past week on initial startup often I am getting a triangle with a snow flake in the middle being displayed on the Indicator Warning Lamps Display.? Its only displayed a few seconds, then goes away.? Additionally on the control display screen (idrive) I noticed yesterday it said something to the effect of "outside temp 38 deg", I think thats what it said.? This was displayed at the same time the triangle and snowflake was.? Can't find any mention of this in the manual.
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Originally Posted by amigo525' date='Oct 30 2005, 09:14 AM
yah!..you will see it each time we drop below 38 or so
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BMW's have been warning of the temperature drop for at least 25 years now. It's the little things that set them apart...
Can't say about the '06 owners manual but in the '04 manual .pdf, it's on page 65 (.pdf page 67) in the "Controls" section, under "Ice Warning."
Can't say about the '06 owners manual but in the '04 manual .pdf, it's on page 65 (.pdf page 67) in the "Controls" section, under "Ice Warning."
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I've been getting it, plus a chime, when the temp. hits 37 degrees F. And I remember seeing this in the manual, though I'm not sure I agree with their theory that an air temperature 5 degrees above freezing implies an ice risk.
More to the point - has anyone tried to correlate the temperature the car shows you with actual? I have and it's been anywhere from 10 low to 5 high. So I wouldn't rely on it.
More to the point - has anyone tried to correlate the temperature the car shows you with actual? I have and it's been anywhere from 10 low to 5 high. So I wouldn't rely on it.
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Originally Posted by sixgun95' date='Oct 30 2005, 12:19 PM
[quote name='amigo525' date='Oct 30 2005, 09:14 AM']yah!..you will see it each time we drop below 38 or so
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[/quote]My 95 Volvo 850 has this indicator whenever the outside temperature drop before 36 degree F. So nothing new to me.
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I started getting this thing a couple of days ago. To be honest, it scared me at first coz I thought something went wrong again. It is going to be really annoying considering we have half-year long winter here.
Originally Posted by Mr.PC' date='Oct 31 2005, 01:42 PM
I've been getting it, plus a chime, when the temp. hits 37 degrees F.? And I remember seeing this in the manual, though I'm not sure I agree with their theory that an air temperature 5 degrees above freezing implies an ice risk.
More to the point - has anyone tried to correlate the temperature the car shows you with actual?? I have and it's been anywhere from 10 low to 5 high.? So I wouldn't rely on it.
More to the point - has anyone tried to correlate the temperature the car shows you with actual?? I have and it's been anywhere from 10 low to 5 high.? So I wouldn't rely on it.
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Originally Posted by JFiRB' date='Oct 31 2005, 09:04 PM
I started getting this thing a couple of days ago. To be honest, it scared me at first coz I thought something went wrong again. It is going to be really annoying considering we have half-year long winter here.
[quote name='Mr.PC' date='Oct 31 2005, 01:42 PM']I've been getting it, plus a chime, when the temp. hits 37 degrees F.? And I remember seeing this in the manual, though I'm not sure I agree with their theory that an air temperature 5 degrees above freezing implies an ice risk.
More to the point - has anyone tried to correlate the temperature the car shows you with actual?? I have and it's been anywhere from 10 low to 5 high.? So I wouldn't rely on it.
[quote name='Mr.PC' date='Oct 31 2005, 01:42 PM']I've been getting it, plus a chime, when the temp. hits 37 degrees F.? And I remember seeing this in the manual, though I'm not sure I agree with their theory that an air temperature 5 degrees above freezing implies an ice risk.
More to the point - has anyone tried to correlate the temperature the car shows you with actual?? I have and it's been anywhere from 10 low to 5 high.? So I wouldn't rely on it.
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Originally Posted by norham' date='Oct 31 2005, 04:24 PM
[quote name='JFiRB' date='Oct 31 2005, 09:04 PM']I started getting this thing a couple of days ago. To be honest, it scared me at first coz I thought something went wrong again. It is going to be really annoying considering we have half-year long winter here.
[quote name='Mr.PC' date='Oct 31 2005, 01:42 PM']I've been getting it, plus a chime, when the temp. hits 37 degrees F.? And I remember seeing this in the manual, though I'm not sure I agree with their theory that an air temperature 5 degrees above freezing implies an ice risk.
More to the point - has anyone tried to correlate the temperature the car shows you with actual?? I have and it's been anywhere from 10 low to 5 high.? So I wouldn't rely on it.
[quote name='Mr.PC' date='Oct 31 2005, 01:42 PM']I've been getting it, plus a chime, when the temp. hits 37 degrees F.? And I remember seeing this in the manual, though I'm not sure I agree with their theory that an air temperature 5 degrees above freezing implies an ice risk.
More to the point - has anyone tried to correlate the temperature the car shows you with actual?? I have and it's been anywhere from 10 low to 5 high.? So I wouldn't rely on it.
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