what does this sign mean?

[Z4Bh]

what is this? and how can it be fixed?

[Kimo]

Originally Posted by Z4Bh

what is this? and how can it be fixed?

Oil Service Due in 9000 miles (perhaps 5000, hard to tell from your picture)
Look at page 49 of your owners manual.
http://www.bmwusa.com/Standard/Conte...modelcode=0428
It should not remain illuminated for more than a few seconds after startup though, and the presence of numerous other idiot lights in your picture points towards a picture snapped right at startup. Does the indication indeed go away after a few seconds?

Service interval display
Remaining distance to next service
The displays shown in the illustration
appear for a few seconds when the ignition
key is in position 1 or after the engine is
started.
The next service due appears with the
message OIL SERVICE or INSPECTION,
together with the distance remaining in
miles – in kilometers in Canada – before the
next scheduled service.
The computer bases its calculations of the
remaining distance on the preceding driving
style.
A flashing message and a minus sign in
front of the number mean that the service
interval has already been exceeded by the
distance shown on the display. Please contact
your BMW center for an appointment.

[phickson]

(From the Owner's Manual)

Service Interval Display

The remaining driving distance in miles/km until
the next scheduled service is displayed briefly
immediately after you start the engine or switch
on the ignition.

The words OILSERVICE or INSPECTION indicate
the type of service due next. The computer
bases its calculations of the remaining driving
distance on the preceding driving style.

A flashing message and a minus sign in front of
the number mean that the service interval has
already been exceeded by the number of miles/
kilometers shown on the display. Please schedule
an appointment with your BMW center or a
workshop that works according to BMW repair
procedures with correspondingly trained personnel.

[Z4Bh]

thanks guys, but the inspection/oil service display always appears briefly after turning on the ignition, like all the other lights, except for the little box inside the circle in my picture. that is something i have never seen before. i asked a couple of guys and they said it has to do with the brake line fluid?! not sure if that's accurate.

and i still have around 5800km till my next service!

[Twixboy]

I've never seen that light either. Only the OIL SERVICE/INSPECTION and # of miles comes on for me.

[Z4Bh]

yup.... it is brake oil!

[phickson]

Z4Bh - thanks for following up on that for the rest of us - I got it wrong when I tried to answer your question.