On Sunday we were just coming off a motorway when the display popped up a lovely 'Drivetrain problem. Drive moderately. Proceed to your nearest dealer' type message. The car didn't feel any different so we stopped, called BMW Mobile Care (watched the car do a diagnostic check and upload the info to BMW) who offered to recover the car or suggested driving on if it felt ok. We choose to continue and the car was fine. On Monday I dropped the car off at the local BMW dealer and they said that the only problem was a report from some sort of sensor which detects which direction the car was pointing. They checked the sensor's connection but nothing was wrong. It was just a 'glitch'. I think that a couple of other people on here may have had similar experiences. Anything I should be worried about?
On an ungrateful note, when we picked the car up they said 'Oh and we washed and valeted it for you.'. Now on the face of it this is a nice gesture but I was somewhat livid. When we collected the car on day one it was unwashed, went straight to a detailers for a nice coating and has never even seen a sponge. Quality cleaning products and sensible techniques only since then. I can't see any marks or swirling fortunately. It had never occurred to me that for a simple diagnostic check that they'd wash it too. Guess from now on I'll leave a 'Clean this on pain of death!' note in the car whenever I hand over the keys.
On an ungrateful note, when we picked the car up they said 'Oh and we washed and valeted it for you.'. Now on the face of it this is a nice gesture but I was somewhat livid. When we collected the car on day one it was unwashed, went straight to a detailers for a nice coating and has never even seen a sponge. Quality cleaning products and sensible techniques only since then. I can't see any marks or swirling fortunately. It had never occurred to me that for a simple diagnostic check that they'd wash it too. Guess from now on I'll leave a 'Clean this on pain of death!' note in the car whenever I hand over the keys.
