05-06-2015, 03:04 AM | #1 |
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idrive occasionally reboots itself. Problem?
Hi all. This has occurred about 5 times since July last year. I was wondering if anyone has experienced the same thing, what causes it, and is there any solutions. For your info, I upgraded to the Harman/Kardon hi-fi system.
So this is what happens: I listen to music on iphone 6 via bluetooth. Suddenly there's no sound at all. After 1-2 mins, the idrive screen displays the BMW logo (I guess it's rebooting/resetting itself). And after a few minutes, the screen and sound becomes back to normal again. On one occasion, the bass disappeared and I turned off/on the car and it became normal. A friend of mine also experienced the same thing. She took it to the dealer and of course the dealer found nothing. I did a quick search on google and found other BMW models have similar problems as well. Some had to change the ccc (Car Communication Computer). I hope it's nothing too serious. Any help appreciated. Thanks! |
05-06-2015, 02:53 PM | #4 |
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Is this the "secret menu" in the Check Control display between the speedo/tach gauges? The one that's triggered by the last 5 digits in the VIN? I haven't played with that yet ...
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05-06-2015, 03:13 PM | #6 |
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I've got a p3 gauge installed, so oil temp is taken care of ... but I had no idea about the iDrive screen temp. That's very cool, and worth paying attention to. Thanks!
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05-07-2015, 12:52 AM | #7 |
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Come to think of it, it hasn't happened during winter...maybe it is overheating. But what exactly is overheating? the idrive screen? the amp? the computer? Yes, I live in Hong Kong, so summer temperature is brutal.
I haven't played around with the secret menu yet. I'll have a look in the next few days. |
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05-07-2015, 12:59 AM | #8 | |
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If it's rebooting then it's the computer that gets hot and as fail safe reboots Specially if you leave car parked under the sun for extended periods of time |
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05-08-2015, 04:24 AM | #9 | |
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By the way, how come ur so knowledgeable about this sort of stuff? impressive! |
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05-08-2015, 08:26 AM | #10 | |
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I just know when computers overheat they reboot.... |
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05-08-2015, 08:50 AM | #11 |
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Mine has rebooted on a couple occassions and I live in Chicago where up until yesterday hasn't been warm at all. So, for me anyway, it's not an overheating issue. Sounds like software glitch, I do have my phone plugged into USB and run Rhapsody radio app, so that connnection could play a role?
If it keeps happening I'll take it to dealer to examine. Car is a month old
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05-08-2015, 08:54 AM | #12 |
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could be the rhapsody app having some bug and making idrive run out of memory or run the cpu high % and thus overheating too....
try to drive with the phone plugged in but listen to the regular radio for a while :-D |
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05-09-2015, 08:39 PM | #13 | |
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I did notice, however, on 2 occasions, the idrive rebooted itself after listening to music at a higher volume. Maybe it's the amp overheating? I'll try to replicate it next week to see if this is the cause. |
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I have seen this reboot with changes after the cars negative terminal has been disconnected and reconnected. Usually it happens once on initial startup and after it reboots. Just a thought.
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05-12-2015, 07:23 PM | #17 |
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mine does it at random, usually 2 or 3 minutes after I start a drive. Also, sometimes my rearview camera doesn't work, or the brightness on it is set to 0
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05-13-2015, 04:00 AM | #18 | |
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My rear view camera had the same problem once a couple of months ago too, but after I restarted the car it went back to normal and it never happened again. : |
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05-14-2015, 06:18 AM | #20 | |
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Just chiming in, I just took delivery of a '15 M235, and I had about four reboots in about 2 days... two of them driving home w/ the car... I have the car in for a few cosmetic things and I told them about the reboots, they'll do the usual (+ I'd like them to flash update everything, I did the bluetooth update but it rebooted anyways since then). I suppose if I still have occasional reboots after the latest update... it's just life? |
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05-14-2015, 09:18 AM | #21 |
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I've had the same issue 2 or 3 times. It's been a 3 or 4 months since it has occurred again, but same symptoms as everyone else is describing.
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05-14-2015, 11:30 AM | #22 |
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I've had mine reboot a couple times. It wasnt hot out when it happened, but here in CO the UV can heat up surfaces in the car pretty fast even if its cool out, so I dont know if heat was the issue or not.
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