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Car Forum / BMW Cars / May 2006745LI speedo problems?
anyone hear of the speedo being off in the 2002 to 2006 745 series? Not the odometer but the speedo, could be as much as 10 to 15 mph. Also I just found out that the brake lights will not work if the ignition switch is not on. Is that right? thanks david > anyone hear of the speedo being off in the 2002 to 2006 745 series? > Not the odometer but the speedo, could be as much as 10 to 15 mph. Depends on the speed you measure it at. At 70, a BMW speedo will usually read about 74 mph. > Also I just found out that the brake lights will not work if the > ignition switch is not on. Is that right? I've never come across a car where the brake lights work *without* the ignition on. Why would you want them to?  Signature*Does fuzzy logic tickle? * Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. >> anyone hear of the speedo being off in the 2002 to 2006 745 series? >> Not the odometer but the speedo, could be as much as 10 to 15 mph. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >I've never come across a car where the brake lights work *without* the My old Volvo 244 had that. >ignition on. Why would you want them to? Signature/"\ Jan Kalin (male, preferred languages: Slovene, English) \ / http://charm.zag.si/eng/, email: "name dot surname AT zag dot si" X ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML in mail and postings. / \ I'm a .signature virus. Copy me to help me spread. > >I've never come across a car where the brake lights work *without* the > My old Volvo 244 had that. > >ignition on. Why would you want them to? Perhaps they got the wires to the headlamps crossed? ;-) Signature*Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine* Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. > anyone hear of the speedo being off in the 2002 to 2006 745 series? > Not the odometer but the speedo, could be as much as 10 to 15 mph. Almost all speedometers are "off", but usually only by between 5 -10 mph and always such that they read higher than actual. At what speed are you measuring being off by 15 mph? > Also I just found out that the brake lights will not work if the > ignition switch is not on. Is that right? Probably. But here's an even more interesting factoid: You can't drive your car without the ignition switch on... so who cares whether the brake lights work then? > thanks > david Signature-Fred W > anyone hear of the speedo being off in the 2002 to 2006 745 series? > Not the odometer but the speedo, could be as much as 10 to 15 mph. About 3 to 4 % high is common. How are you measuring it? I suggest checking it with the OBC which is usually pretty accurate on BMWs. > Also I just found out that the brake lights will not work if the > ignition switch is not on. Is that right? Neither will the engine nor the power assist for the steering & brakes, so it's best to keep the ignition on while driving or stopping! Tom K. thanks for the reponse. I plan on checking the speedo out by using a pace car with a known good speedo. As to the brake lights, every car I have ever had or seen, the brake and other lights in general always worked without the ignition being on. The lights have always been an indepentant system from the ignition, at least on US cars. If someone is on the side of the road or the ignition fails and you hit the brakes, they should work as well as the brake lights. It is a safety issue. I havn't checked it out yet, but this could mean that the em flashers will not work if the ignition is off. David >> anyone hear of the speedo being off in the 2002 to 2006 745 series? >> Not the odometer but the speedo, could be as much as 10 to 15 mph. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Tom K. > thanks for the reponse. I plan on checking the speedo out by using a > pace car with a known good speedo. As to the brake lights, every car I [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > flashers will not work if the ignition is off. > David As the emergency flashers are independent of the ignition on my Z4, I'll bet they function the same way on your 7 - as well as on most other cars. (Although I just checked and they don't work without the ignition on my motorcycle.) Tom K. > thanks for the reponse. I plan on checking the speedo out by using a > pace car with a known good speedo. As to the brake lights, every car I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > is on the side of the road or the ignition fails and you hit the > brakes, they should work as well as the brake lights. I'd say there's just as much chance of the brake light circuit failing as the ignition - more on a BMW where the stop light switch isn't that reliable. > It is a safety issue. I havn't checked it out yet, but this could mean > that the em flashers will not work if the ignition is off. Flashers working with the ignition off would be a pain too - all to easy to leave the car with the indicator switch to one side and come back to a flat battery. The hazards work without the ignition on, though, for obvious reasons. Signature*Verbs HAS to agree with their subjects * Dave Plowman dave@davenoise.co.uk London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. > thanks for the reponse. I plan on checking the speedo out by using a > pace car with a known good speedo. You'd be better off using a GPS if you want to know the actual speed. If you're just trying to acertain that your speedo is "normal" than you can compare it as you say. As to the brake lights, every car I > have ever had or seen, the brake and other lights in general always > worked without the ignition being on. The lights have always been an > indepentant system from the ignition, at least on US cars. If someone > is on the side of the road or the ignition fails and you hit the > brakes, they should work as well as the brake lights. It is a safety > issue. I don't get it. Yes, I've noticed that the brake lights worked without the key on some US made cars , but I fail to see how this is a "safety issue". To begin with, the ignition failing is a very rare occurrance. And if/when it does, it would be when you attempt to start the car, not while it is running down the road. In the rare circumstance that the ignition switch did fail while underway, your main problem would be lack of power assist to the brakes and steering, not whether the brake lights were coming on... > I havn't checked it out yet, but this could mean that the em > flashers will not work if the ignition is off. You will find the emergency flashers (aka hazards) work just fine with the key removed. > David Signature-Fred W |
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