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Originally Posted by GFK007
I always rest my foot on the clutch, but I've been doing that for years.
Going to the service center on Tuesday morning, so hopefully I can get to the bottom of this.
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This could be the root of your issue. Prior cars may not have had the software or alert system to let you know the damage occurring to the throwout bearing. I can recall my driving instructor decades ago pounding into our heads to keep our foot off the clutch other than for a shift.
Try driving for a while with your foot off the clutch unless in the process of a shift, and see if the message ever returns. I am close to positive that BMW designed the car with the expectation that the clutch pedal would have zero pressure when a shift is not occurring.
There are many listings on Google as sources for the potential harm of this practice. Here is just one of them:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riding_...ing_the_clutch