This is weird..... I was just driving the M5 when all of the lights inside/outside along with all instrument lights, radio, NAV, etc... started flashing (not all at the same time though). While this was going on the engine started losing power. I was able to get up a small hill of the narrow two lane road and turn onto a side road and get to the shoulder just as the engine dies. This could have been a bad situation for myself and my kids if it died a 100 yards sooner.
At this point I think the lights were out too. I turned off the key and tried to restart the engine. The engine started right up, I could turn on the lights, etc... I did see that the trip milage went to zero, the no board clock is showing no time and needs to be reset. The radio does have all of it's station settings. It is as if the car rebooted (**** computers, they are going to drive us all crazy). Has any experienced this problem, or have any ideas what this might be. I will be calling my Dealer to have this checked out. What happened to Keep It Simple Stupid?
Thanks, George B.
At this point I think the lights were out too. I turned off the key and tried to restart the engine. The engine started right up, I could turn on the lights, etc... I did see that the trip milage went to zero, the no board clock is showing no time and needs to be reset. The radio does have all of it's station settings. It is as if the car rebooted (**** computers, they are going to drive us all crazy). Has any experienced this problem, or have any ideas what this might be. I will be calling my Dealer to have this checked out. What happened to Keep It Simple Stupid?
Thanks, George B.