10-06-2019, 07:55 AM | #1 |
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Brake fluid change in 2001 warning??
How many other folks have had the "Brake Fluid should have been changed in 2001" error appear in the Connected Drive app? My car is only 2 weeks old and it just popped up today.
Sure I've seen others posting on this... Presuming I'll have to take it into a dealer. What was the resolution and how long did it take? |
10-06-2019, 08:29 AM | #2 | |
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Odd that yours has happened after a few weeks of ownership, I had assumed it was a setting up the car fault. |
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10-06-2019, 09:41 AM | #3 | ||
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How's ownership going?? My wife borrowed mine for a girls weekend away in Tenby, just waiting for it to get back... :-) Sold the Mondeo via Autotrader this weekend, surprisingly easily and got a reasonable price for it too. Family luggage capacity now substantially reduced :-) |
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10-07-2019, 02:31 PM | #4 | |
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Less good was their response. "Oh, it's software problem, we'll need it all day. Can fit you in, in about 2 weeks. Perhaps try your lease company they may be able to sort something quicker..." Interestingly the report printout does indicate a new software version available. Nothing from the car when I try the OTA update. Now booked into my local dealer on Monday for further investigation. Somewhat different experience from the 20 minute "coffee & cake" fix :-( Gotta love the BMW customer experience consistency... |
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10-28-2019, 04:32 PM | #7 |
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I got this same problem and, after complaining to my dealer over the phone, they sent me a set of instructions that I'm almost sure was a copy paste of this post:
https://g20.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1637292 The best thing, though... it worked! Saved me a trip to the garage. |
10-31-2019, 04:31 PM | #8 |
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#metoo!
Got the 330e about 2 weeks ago. Day 1 it was fine. Day 2 the brake fluid warning message came up on both the app and the car. Phoned BMW, told it was a quick job to bring it in... 4 hours later at the dealership... sorted... until midnight the same day... at exactly midnight the app got a notification saying guess what, brake fluid change required since 2001! Was also back on the car as well. Now being referred to a tech expert who’s apparently in dialogue with BMW in Germany but am not overly being kept very up to date on any timescales. Pretty poor really.
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11-01-2019, 04:58 AM | #9 | |
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11-01-2019, 04:34 PM | #10 |
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Thanks, I’ll have a look and see which version I’m on.
Quite brilliantly, the same dealership I took it into for sorting/is set up as my default service partner, phoned me today to book in because they’d noticed my brake fluid change was due!! |
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11-04-2019, 06:01 AM | #11 | |
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Which was your local dealer please so I can ask mine Sandal Huddersfield, to speak to yours for the fix!? Am relaying this to them now but may be useful to get them to talk to your dealer! Thanks! |
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11-04-2019, 07:41 AM | #13 | |
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They’re saying I can take it in for (another) update but Saying BMW havent formally confirmed if a particular software update officially fixes it as yet. Apparently some are still fixing with the updates and then re-faulting... but I have to wonder if am on .53 and it’s as far on as .70 now! Let’s see if the next visit resolves it. |
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However, I can say with certainty that this is not a guarantee. My last car had a bug I was waiting to be fixed. Dealer kept opening Puma cases and BMWNA told them 3 times the current software fixed that issue, when it didn't. I ended up returning the lease with the bug never fixed. It was known and confirmed by my dealer and in 2 years, and 3 software updates, never fixed. It's an imperfect world we live in.
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11-06-2019, 09:22 AM | #15 |
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Well I’ve been in today for my .70 software update.
Let’s hope this does the trick. So far the fault isn’t showing on the car or the App. Was a little apprehensive opening the app as it was there before I took the car in, but thankfully it’s gone from both. Let’s see if it fixes it permanently this time or returns overnight again. Pray for me please! |
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11-07-2019, 07:24 AM | #16 |
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After the .70 software update it’s been fine so far overnight and today. This is the first time since it was delivered it’s not had the fault, or, the fault has come back overnight following previous attempt to reset it. So far so good. No brake fluid service message on either the car or the app. |
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11-10-2019, 02:14 PM | #19 |
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11-10-2019, 02:28 PM | #20 | |
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Last time it came on, for me it was bang on midnight (notification in the app and also was in the car the next morning - didn’t go out and check it at that time!). |
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11-11-2019, 03:22 AM | #21 |
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Well mine was on again this morning hey ho. Will try and reset again later. Not sure I can be arsed going to dealer if it’s not going to hold!
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11-11-2019, 09:07 AM | #22 |
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So my local dealer just called me to say BMW have now confirmed this issue is officially fixed by means of a software update, but as of yet they don’t have that update at my dealer.
If my problem reoccurs (fixed so far for a week by the .70 update) then I’ve to book in for the official fix. Tried asking what else it fixes but he didn’t know. So anyone holding off booking it in, looks like the software update now imminently hitting BMW service partners officially fixes this, we hope! |
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