Beeps when temperture 37 degrees

i have a "01 330i and when the temperture on the outside reaches 37 degrees
I get a beep'n sound and the temperture flash for a few sec on the console.
is this by design? anyone else exprience this? thanks in advance

"terence" > wrote in message
...
> i have a "01 330i and when the temperture on the outside reaches 37
degrees
> I get a beep'n sound and the temperture flash for a few sec on the
console.
> is this by design? anyone else exprience this? thanks in advance
>
>
The manual says that it does that by design.
Jim

In article >,
terence > wrote:
> i have a "01 330i and when the temperture on the outside reaches 37
> degrees I get a beep'n sound and the temperture flash for a few sec on
> the console. is this by design?

It's to warn you of possible ice on the road.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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"terence" > wrote in message
...
> i have a "01 330i and when the temperture on the outside reaches 37
degrees
> I get a beep'n sound and the temperture flash for a few sec on the
console.
> is this by design? anyone else exprience this? thanks in advance
>
>


errr, yep. Ice warning ;-)

"terence" > wrote in message
...
> i have a "01 330i and when the temperture on the outside reaches 37
degrees
> I get a beep'n sound and the temperture flash for a few sec on the
console.
> is this by design? anyone else exprience this? thanks in advance

My 94 740IL does this, but at 38 degrees.

Doesn't anybody read the manual anymore?

sorry Dick,
I didnt get a manuel when i brough the car couple days ago but i make
sure i buy one from BMW to answer all my question
"Dick Schneiders" > wrote in message
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> Doesn't anybody read the manual anymore?

>sorry Dick,
> I didnt get a manuel when i brough the car couple days ago but i make
>sure i buy one from BMW to answer all my question

Sorry about my blunt response, but these cars do have *lots and lots* of these
strange features and this is one that always gets asked on every one of the
several BMW forums I participate in at this time of year. Until I purchased my
first BMW 6 years ago, I never really considered an owners manual to be a
necessity. However, these cars have so many mysteries, some of which are not
covered in the manuals, that trying to learn everything by trial and error is
quite difficult.

BMW's have for many years had this temperature warning feature. My 1991 525i
has it, and it was used much earlier than that. BMW engineers feel, rightly
so, that if the temperature is dropping that drivers need to have an early
warning that the conditions are approaching the possibility of icing, so the
car beeps when the temps get around 37 - 38 degrees F. This is in fact about
the temperature when certain situations can have icing, like overpasses,
bridges, etc.

Enjoy your new car - they are a joy to own and drive.

Dick Schneiders (1999 740i & 1991 525i)

In article >,
Dick Schneiders > wrote:
> BMW's have for many years had this temperature warning feature. My 1991
> 525i has it, and it was used much earlier than that.

Indeed. It was fitted (IceAlert) to the US spec Rover P6 3500 in about
'70, and I doubt that was the first car so fitted.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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.... we usually get this question in October.