E90 Navigation Problem!

voltron1011 · 05-24-2005, 02:51 AM

All new cars out there (Toyota, Honda, etc) with gadgets will have bugs. That is just the nature of the beast.

haroldho · 06-04-2005, 11:11 PM

thought i'd post an update for the board.

for the past two and a half weeks i've been calling the dealership every few days to hear each time that they're still waiting to hear back from bmw and navteq. a few days ago, after my patience ran out, i let the service guy in the dealership know that if BMW has no idea what to do, then they need to at least bring in the car and start experimenting with replacing different parts. he said that there was a lot of buck passing going on at BMW, but that he would send someone over to pick up the car this week.

Armen52 · 06-05-2005, 12:56 AM

I'm sorry to hear that Harold. Keep us posted.

pharding · 06-05-2005, 07:23 AM

Try this. In order to reset the Nav and I-Drive do the following at the same time. Press down and hold: volume control knob, cd eject button, and DVD eject button. It resets this system, if it should ever lock up or act goofy. On my 545 with Nav and I-Drive I had to do this 2 or 3 times over the course of a year. Somehow my wife locked it up twice.

haroldho · 06-05-2005, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by pharding

Try this. In order to reset the Nav and I-Drive do the following at the same time. Press down and hold: volume control knob, cd eject button, and DVD eject button. It resets this system, if it should ever lock up or act goofy. On my 545 with Nav and I-Drive I had to do this 2 or 3 times over the course of a year. Somehow my wife locked it up twice.

thanks for the tip, but it didn't work. it did reboot the idrive however. hmm, i hope it didn't erase my presets.

johnfkitchen · 06-07-2005, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pharding

Try this. In order to reset the Nav and I-Drive do the following at the same time. Press down and hold: volume control knob, cd eject button, and DVD eject button. It resets this system, if it should ever lock up or act goofy. On my 545 with Nav and I-Drive I had to do this 2 or 3 times over the course of a year. Somehow my wife locked it up twice.

A rose by any other name? Alt-ctrl-delete?

haroldho · 06-10-2005, 04:59 AM

I got my car back from the dealer. Apparently it was an idrive software issue, as the car was calculating the correct coordinates from GPS, but idrive's nav software was displaying the wrong location. The shop guy didn't really go into detail about what exactly the problem was and how they fixed it, but he said they ran a bunch of diagnostics on the idrive and through that somehow they fixed the problem. I just hope the software doesn't flip out again.

drfluid · 06-10-2005, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by haroldho

I got my car back from the dealer. Apparently it was an idrive software issue, as the car was calculating the correct coordinates from GPS, but idrive's nav software was displaying the wrong location. The shop guy didn't really go into detail about what exactly the problem was and how they fixed it, but he said they ran a bunch of diagnostics on the idrive and through that somehow they fixed the problem. I just hope the software doesn't flip out again.

Wow, that's a good new!
Hope it never ever go wrong again.
BTW, was the fix covered by the warranty?

Gary · 01-16-2007, 10:36 PM

I had the same problem with my nav showing me driving in the middle of a lake 20-30 miles east of my actual location. my problem corrected itself when I shut the car off and restarted it. Haven't had it come back since. I will be interested if you find a more permanent fix in case it does decide to come back.

05-24-2005, 02:51 AM	#23
voltron1011 Colonel 119 Rep 2,909 Posts Drives: 2011 135i, FJR-1300 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wiesbaden iTrader: (2)	All new cars out there (Toyota, Honda, etc) with gadgets will have bugs. That is just the nature of the beast.
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06-04-2005, 11:11 PM	#24
haroldho New Member 4 Rep 21 Posts Drives: 1987 schwinn Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: US iTrader: (0)	thought i'd post an update for the board. for the past two and a half weeks i've been calling the dealership every few days to hear each time that they're still waiting to hear back from bmw and navteq. a few days ago, after my patience ran out, i let the service guy in the dealership know that if BMW has no idea what to do, then they need to at least bring in the car and start experimenting with replacing different parts. he said that there was a lot of buck passing going on at BMW, but that he would send someone over to pick up the car this week. Last edited by haroldho; 06-05-2005 at 02:17 AM..
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06-05-2005, 12:56 AM	#25
Armen52 Captain 33 Rep 663 Posts Drives: 2006 330i Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2006 330i [0.00]	I'm sorry to hear that Harold. Keep us posted. __________________ E90 330i delivered 6/29/2005, ZSP/ZPP/ZCW/Step, Arctic/Gray/Walnut
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06-05-2005, 07:23 AM	#26
pharding Major 308 Rep 1,128 Posts Drives: 23 Audi Q4 e-tron + 14 X3 28i Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago iTrader: (0)	Try this. In order to reset the Nav and I-Drive do the following at the same time. Press down and hold: volume control knob, cd eject button, and DVD eject button. It resets this system, if it should ever lock up or act goofy. On my 545 with Nav and I-Drive I had to do this 2 or 3 times over the course of a year. Somehow my wife locked it up twice. __________________ 23 Audi Q4 e-tron; 23 i4 M50 on order 14 X3 Retired: 20 Tesla Model 3 LR AWD; 17 540i x; 14 550i Euro Del; 11 550i Euro Del; 08 550i Euro Del; 06 330i Euro Del; 04 545i Euro Del; 01 530i Euro Del
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haroldho New Member 4 Rep 21 Posts Drives: 1987 schwinn Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: US iTrader: (0)	I got my car back from the dealer. Apparently it was an idrive software issue, as the car was calculating the correct coordinates from GPS, but idrive's nav software was displaying the wrong location. The shop guy didn't really go into detail about what exactly the problem was and how they fixed it, but he said they ran a bunch of diagnostics on the idrive and through that somehow they fixed the problem. I just hope the software doesn't flip out again.
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Gary Private 8 Rep 61 Posts Drives: 2007 Arctic 335I Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Norcal iTrader: (0) Garage List 2006 330XI [0.00]	me too I had the same problem with my nav showing me driving in the middle of a lake 20-30 miles east of my actual location. my problem corrected itself when I shut the car off and restarted it. Haven't had it come back since. I will be interested if you find a more permanent fix in case it does decide to come back.
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