[gpitts]

On my way to work this morning I checked for vehicle updates as I normally do, and as expected the vehicle told me there were no updates available for my vehicle at this time. But then, I got the indication of a failed vehicle update (photo below). I briefly shut the vehicle down twice but the message persists.

Has anyone else had this randomly pop up following a check for updates? Dealer wants me to bring it in... they say they've never seen this message before.

[thereef510]

welp, i'm never pushing the remote update check button...

[Tenac]

I think this is something we are all afraid of when it comes to remote updates!!!! You are the first I have read of it, please keep us updated.

[TurtleBoy]

I thought another member or two experienced the same thing and all was fine once iDrive was rebooted. You may want to try that and see if the message goes away.

[gpitts]

Originally Posted by Tenac

I think this is something we are all afraid of when it comes to remote updates!!!! You are the first I have read of it, please keep us updated.

Will do - it's at the dealer now.

<edit> Drove it to the dealer uneventfully, so I suspect this is a glitch in vehicle firmware that is causing a false error message to be displayed. </edit>

[RVAGuy]

Originally Posted by thereef510

welp, i'm never pushing the remote update check button...

I'm with you: ignorance is bliss.

[gpitts]

Originally Posted by gpitts

Will do - it's at the dealer now.

<edit> Drove it to the dealer uneventfully, so I suspect this is a glitch in vehicle firmware that is causing a false error message to be displayed. </edit>

Dealer didn't hear back from BMW on Friday, so hoping this is resolved by way of a firmware update tomorrow or Tuesday.

[lumpydog]

This happened to me last July. Rebooted iDrive and ignored it. No issues

[gpitts]

Originally Posted by gpitts

On my way to work this morning I checked for vehicle updates as I normally do, and as expected the vehicle told me there were no updates available for my vehicle at this time. But then, I got the indication of a failed vehicle update (photo below). I briefly shut the vehicle down twice but the message persists.

Has anyone else had this randomly pop up following a check for updates? Dealer wants me to bring it in... they say they've never seen this message before.

Well, a very uneventful ending to the story. Dealer reprogrammed my X5 with 11/2019.55 and called it good. There was no explanation as to what happened. 😡

[Marty in NY]

Originally Posted by gpitts

Well, a very uneventful ending to the story. Dealer reprogrammed my X5 with 11/2019.55 and called it good. There was no explanation as to what happened. 😡

The whole idea of software controlling the car makes me very nervous both from an intrinsic reliability standpoint and the ability of someone hacking into it while I'm driving