[koston]

Okay, so I've been driving fairly conservatively during break in. The car is about three weeks old and almost at 1200miles/2000kms. I've hit 4.5k RPM two/three times and have kept speed under 100MPH/160KPH.

Recently, I was driving on the highway and the dash started playing up after I overtook someone (100-115KPH at low RPMs). For reference, the oil temp was at 230F/110C and there was very light rain. I also have an ELM327 on the OBD port and a dashcam connected to the 12V plug.

The dash started flashing every few seconds and is similar to the video above except every light on the dash went out.

I pulled off at the next exit and stopped at the side of the road. Dash continued to flash, so I turned off the car and waited a few minutes.

Restarted the car and it seemed fine. After this, I drove for another two hours without issue.

Has anyone encountered this issue before and, if so, is it a simple fix?

[Moel]

This is just a finger in the air guess, but I know on my old Alfa 159, the odometer would flash in the event of a canbus failure...maybe this is a similar thing?

(A canbus failure in itself is not a bad thing, it just means a component it was expecting to be on the canbus network isn't there)

Alternatively, the clocks are dying as the YouTube video suggests.

[koston]

Originally Posted by Moel

This is just a finger in the air guess, but I know on my old Alfa 159, the odometer would flash in the event of a canbus failure...maybe this is a similar thing?

(A canbus failure in itself is not a bad thing, it just means a component it was expecting to be on the canbus network isn't there)

Alternatively, the clocks are dying as the YouTube video suggests.

Thanks, it seems to have fixed itself and the OBD reader isn't showing any codes, so I'm hoping it was just a random glitch.

[ThreeToTwo]

If it's any consolation, my previous E90 had a similar 'event'. I was pulling away from traffic lights at quite low rpm when I noticed the ABS warning light was on. "No brakes!", I thought as I looked again and saw more warning lights, then realised that every warning light was illuminated. My lights were steady, not flashing.

The brakes worked as I reached the end of the traffic stream in front (more traffic lights). I couldn't believe that so many systems had failed so...I turned the car off and then on again after 5-10 seconds. No warning lights and everything seemed to be working.

I had that car for 5 years and it never happened again. I assume a computer somewhere under the bonnet had a once-in-a-lifetime set of events and crashed, a reboot cleared the problem.

[MikeyJ]

Maybe your car just doesn't like Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons?