Yellow Light?

[steve09]

Hi,just took the car out for 10 minutes,and after 5 minutes or saw a yellow light came on in the right corner of the dash with a (!) mark in it....

When i got back home and turned the car off,i then restarted it, and it had gone ?

I have had the car on charge over night as the battery was flat,just thought i would say incase this is something to do with it.....

[TMAQ]

hi steve, was it a ! in a orange (yellowish) cog
or a yellow ! in a circle within brackets ?

[Dan]

I presume the lights are the same as those in a normal M3? I'm sure the Handbook tells you them all anyway doesn't it? Could be worth a look? :)

[steve09]

think it was yellow

[Dan]

I found a pic on google once that showed and listed everything in the dash but can't bloody find it for you now! :(

[steve09]

is it bad seein this light,just worried really about driving it incase i do some damage?

[daniel]

Seachable pdf for the more common variety of m3. Sure the lights are the same
http://www.mediafire.com/file/jdzw0mmynne/E462001M3.pdf

[shane@mbtech]

You not got a manual, it will tell you in that. If its gone out probably just a temporary glitch, but best get ecu interorgated

[NZ_M3]

Which one? The bottom right??

http://images.google.co.nz/url?source=imgres&ct=tbn&q=http://skene.org/M3/images/instrument_test.jpg&usg=AFQjCNHDpMvMgSI8c4vrMPXzThQpGdw9ug

if it's the bottom right one then it's SMG/gearbox/clutch related.
If the it's the red one next to it then it's your tyre pressure monitoring (that can light up red or yellow depending on situation)

[steve09]

The yellow cog,the far right one.

[7.77]

still these overheating problems:thumbs:.......

[s.mac]

SMG fault, just keep your eye on it, it can light up occasionally, mainly on the track when being driven hard :whistle:

[glendog74]

Agree to an extent with Steve ^^^

I have had this twice before - once recently whilst at the Ring: I started the car in between laps and had the same light, so turned the ignition off, removed key, re-inserted and tried again and the light had gone... The first time was last year and also went with no problems since.

I think it is more of an SMG 'confusion wiggly' (technical term) which shows up usually when the car has been thrashed! I don't think it's anything to get too concerned about - but then i'm not a qualified mechanic of course! I'm sure a BMW Stealership would do next to nowt with such a fault and charge you £££ for the privilege of its 'investigation' work... :whistle:

[Dan]

I think it is more of an SMG 'confusion wiggly' (technical term) which shows up usually when the car has been thrashed! I don't think it's anything to get too concerned about - but then i'm not a qualified mechanic of course! I'm sure a BMW Stealership would do next to nowt with such a fault and charge you £££ for the privilege of its 'investigation' work... :whistle:

Would this sort of investigative work be covered under warranty mate?

[glendog74]

Would this sort of investigative work be covered under warranty mate?

I don't see why not. I suppose it depends on what warranty excess you have and whether you want to pay it for such a 'investigation'. I have a £100 excess on mine and don't think it's worth it...

If i have any minor concerns about my car, i usually ask them to take a look as part of a routine Oil Service or Inspection.

I personally would'nt worry about that light unless it kept occuring or stayed illuminated - It isn't a red light after all...

[DuncanR]

Solution
1 Cut out little square of black electrical tape.
2 Position over light in dash ...sorted.

No charge !:thumbs:

[csl_mba]

Solution
1 Cut out little square of black electrical tape.
2 Position over light in dash ...sorted.

No charge !:thumbs:

Youve missed a trick there Duncan, the least he can do is buy you a drink :thumbs::beer: