Blinking IDrive!
12-16-2010, 10:23 AM
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F10 530D SE March 2010
I was driving today for about an hour and the iDrive just started blinking. I had the sat-nav on with the automatic day/night detection selected. Even when I selected the main menu the blinking persisted. I stopped for lunch and after an hour I restarted the car and the blinking had stopped. I then drove for on for another hour and the bloody blinking had started again. When I say blinking I don't mean that the screen goes blank then reappears it is probably best described as the screen brightness adjusts itself momentarily between bright and dim every few seconds.
I just went back out and started the car again and it's not blinking now.
Has this ever happened to anyone else?
I was driving today for about an hour and the iDrive just started blinking. I had the sat-nav on with the automatic day/night detection selected. Even when I selected the main menu the blinking persisted. I stopped for lunch and after an hour I restarted the car and the blinking had stopped. I then drove for on for another hour and the bloody blinking had started again. When I say blinking I don't mean that the screen goes blank then reappears it is probably best described as the screen brightness adjusts itself momentarily between bright and dim every few seconds.
I just went back out and started the car again and it's not blinking now.
Has this ever happened to anyone else?
12-16-2010, 10:58 AM
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My Ride: 2011 BMW 550i; Dark Graphite Metalliic/Oyster, 4.4 TT V8, 8-sp AT, Sports Package, Dynamic Handling, Premium Package 2, Cold Weather Package, HUD
You might want to check the screen and makes sure it's clean...no smudges, dust or fingerprints.
12-16-2010, 11:51 AM
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Sounds like some component within the display module is overheating and causing the blink you are describing. If you shut the car off to go to to lunch and it was fine when you came back it probably cooled off enough to work and it took an hour to overheat again.
Time for a service visit!
Time for a service visit!
12-16-2010, 03:21 PM
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12-16-2010, 04:14 PM
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F10 530D SE March 2010
I was driving today for about an hour and the iDrive just started blinking. I had the sat-nav on with the automatic day/night detection selected. Even when I selected the main menu the blinking persisted. I stopped for lunch and after an hour I restarted the car and the blinking had stopped. I then drove for on for another hour and the bloody blinking had started again. When I say blinking I don't mean that the screen goes blank then reappears it is probably best described as the screen brightness adjusts itself momentarily between bright and dim every few seconds.
I just went back out and started the car again and it's not blinking now.
Has this ever happened to anyone else?
I was driving today for about an hour and the iDrive just started blinking. I had the sat-nav on with the automatic day/night detection selected. Even when I selected the main menu the blinking persisted. I stopped for lunch and after an hour I restarted the car and the blinking had stopped. I then drove for on for another hour and the bloody blinking had started again. When I say blinking I don't mean that the screen goes blank then reappears it is probably best described as the screen brightness adjusts itself momentarily between bright and dim every few seconds.
I just went back out and started the car again and it's not blinking now.
Has this ever happened to anyone else?
This what i experience in my 545i last year , in fact it was the alternator.