red exclamation mark

mehdi E90 · 07-06-2007, 05:53 PM

hey guys i couldnt find any old threadds about this but as i was driving a red exclamation sign came up..what could that be...i just had the car in service to change my tires...any idea?

Revlis · 07-06-2007, 05:55 PM

NOT the RED Exclamation Point....

Dude, Park it and call the tow truck... Be careful though, sounds like it's ANGRY!

OK I'm talking shit. But there should be another little symbol on the cluster somewhere, or run through your checks and see what pops up....

mehdi E90 · 07-06-2007, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Revlis

NOT the RED Exclamation Point....

Dude, Park it and call the tow truck... Be careful though, sounds like it's ANGRY!

OK I'm talking shit. But there should be another little symbol on the cluster somewhere, or run through your checks and see what pops up....

LOL damn man you scared me haha i clicked the bc button and it went away..so i have no idea what the hell was up with it..

Revlis · 07-06-2007, 06:12 PM

Could be a bunch of stuff, Seat belt not on, something weighty in the passenger seat without a seatbelt, Low fuel, Low Washer Fluid, on and on...

DFW_M · 07-06-2007, 06:19 PM

I don't think it would be the red "!" in any of cases you mentioned though...
No seat belt, would be red seat belt sign, low fuel would be yellow gas sign, and so on. But the red "!" is something else.

mehdi E90 · 07-06-2007, 06:53 PM

ya i had seatbelt and everything else was fine...any other ideas people?

Professor///M · 07-06-2007, 07:15 PM

If you push the display button it should tell you why there's a !

It comes up with simply taking off your seatbelt

there should be information under your driver information if you have iDrive as well

AndreTheGeek · 07-06-2007, 07:17 PM

Were you carrying something in the passenger seat? Sounds like a seatbelt warning.

achien · 07-06-2007, 08:10 PM

it's the freaking hand-brake!!!

Pretender · 07-06-2007, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by PAMidge

If you push the display button it should tell you why there's a !

It comes up with simply taking off your seatbelt

there should be information under your driver information if you have iDrive as well

Dude, tire pressure doesn't show in on board computer. Look like to me that he doesn't have I-Drive.

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Originally Posted by mehdi E90

hey guys i couldnt find any old threadds about this but as i was driving a red exclamation sign came up..what could that be...i just had the car in service to change my tires...any idea?

I would definitely think your tire pressure because it will not show in your BC. Try to check all your tire pressure. If one is off by 5 psi compared to others, you'll get that red !. First, pump some air if it's off. Then initialize your tire pressure monitor and it should be okay. The dealer should re-initialize your tire pressure monitor whenever they remove your wheels.

minosdam · 07-06-2007, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by mehdi E90

hey guys i couldnt find any old threadds about this but as i was driving a red exclamation sign came up..what could that be...i just had the car in service to change my tires...any idea?

Read the manual. Many warning lamps includes the red exclamation sign.
The bigest apears when the ignition switched on and the driver's door is open.

Pretender · 07-06-2007, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by minosdam

Read the manual. Many warning lamps includes the red exclamation sign.
The bigest apears when the ignition switched on and the driver's door is open.

Dude, it's not. Trust me. It happened to me before. I went through everything in the manual which didn't help because I didn't have idrive. Tire pressure is the only thing not showing in the BC.

SoYank · 07-07-2007, 01:39 AM

I'd check out the tire pressure ideas because the dealership had done something to the tires just before the alarm appeared. Check the tire pressures and balance them as needed according to the pressures listed in the door frame.

EHDEN · 07-07-2007, 04:00 AM

I used to know a friend that got the exclamation mark once in his car. he and the car both were never the same after that.

saosinned · 07-07-2007, 05:51 AM

- hand break?
- not sure how the e92s show it, but when i turn on dsc on my current car i get a yellow exclamation mark with a circle around it. i'm pretty sure they changed that for the new models though (i can tell you more in about a month

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DFW_M · 07-07-2007, 09:21 AM

I suspect something with the tires too since that work was just performed...
Maybe just needs the tire monitor initialization?

JayReplay · 01-08-2009, 05:25 PM

I also have this red exclamation mark and I'm sure my tires are over inflated. But the question how would the vehicle know the tires are overinflated when I do not have TPMS?

AMZ · 01-08-2009, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by saosinned

- hand break?
- not sure how the e92s show it, but when i turn on dsc on my current car i get a yellow exclamation mark with a circle around it. i'm pretty sure they changed that for the new models though (i can tell you more in about a month

)

The DSC on the E92 is different in that if you just press it, it come up with the letters DSC in yellow but if you hold it down for 3 seconds a yellow triangle appears with a circle around it.

He would have known if it was the hand break cos the hand break red symbol would have been showing also as well as the red exclamation mark.
If it is still not showing I doubt it is anything too serious.

JayReplay · 01-08-2009, 06:31 PM

I have adjusted my tire pressures and still have this red sign...Should I worry about this?

sofaonasock · 01-09-2009, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by J3Yer

I have adjusted my tire pressures and still have this red sign...Should I worry about this?

Of course! I think it's time to get a new car!

digitaljedi · 12-01-2011, 08:18 AM

So I took 5 seconds and looked in the manual. In the back there is a list of everything that can come up on the display. So a red triangle with "!" means you are due for service. If it is yellow just means the engine will start with the next push on the start/stop button. pg. 150 of my manual "3 Sedan/sports wagon US-En"

JDLM · 12-01-2011, 08:19 AM

At least you took the 1st step and made a thread about it, I mean not sure what else you could have done

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DFW_M Major General 1671 Rep 6,588 Posts Drives: Macan GTS Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Dallas, TX iTrader: (4)	I don't think it would be the red "!" in any of cases you mentioned though... No seat belt, would be red seat belt sign, low fuel would be yellow gas sign, and so on. But the red "!" is something else.
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digitaljedi Registered 0 Rep 1 Posts Drives: 2008 DINAN 335xi Sedan Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Florida iTrader: (0)	Response So I took 5 seconds and looked in the manual. In the back there is a list of everything that can come up on the display. So a red triangle with "!" means you are due for service. If it is yellow just means the engine will start with the next push on the start/stop button. pg. 150 of my manual "3 Sedan/sports wagon US-En"
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JDLM Banned 73 Rep 3,277 Posts Drives: 2009 335i Sedan Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Kansas iTrader: (4)	At least you took the 1st step and made a thread about it, I mean not sure what else you could have done
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