Tachometer question

Zebra99 · 12-27-2011, 08:19 PM

Hey guys,

This is quite an embarrassing question and I\'m usually pretty good at figuring out a cars lil hidden features, but I\'m stumped?

How the F do you reset your trip? Mine has
Reset after doing 1k, not sure how or why but that\'s what happened. I\'m trying to manually calculate my avg mpg and this issue isn\'t helping!

Bring on the flaming!

Timothy J · 12-27-2011, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Zebra99

Hey guys,

This is quite an embarrassing question and I\'m usually pretty good at figuring out a cars lil hidden features, but I\'m stumped?

How the F do you reset your trip? Mine has
Reset after doing 1k, not sure how or why but that\'s what happened. I\'m trying to manually calculate my avg mpg and this issue isn\'t helping!

Bring on the flaming!

It's pretty hard to see but there is one of those pins which you can "scroll" to the trip and at that point you just hold the pin in and it will reset. Look closer. It is in the vicinity of the cluster.

Zebra99 · 12-27-2011, 08:27 PM

That's crazy, I've never noticed any pins...lol I'll have to check this out.

It's a 2008 335i.

This whole time I've been scrolling thru the menu by pushing in that lil button that says DC on it or w/e. (on the left/right turn signal bar) once I got to the km range I was pressing and holding and nothing happened.

I'll look for lil pins, guess its like every other old school car in that sense.

DnA Diesel · 12-27-2011, 08:42 PM

Far left side of the cluster, lower left corner. Black post about 1/2cm...push in quickly and release to reset the odometer.

Cheers
D.

VTECaddict · 12-27-2011, 09:22 PM

The trip odometer only displays up to 999.9 so that's why it "reset" after 1000. See DnA's post above to reset it manually.

PTinVT · 12-28-2011, 08:05 AM

I saw the thread title "tachometer question" and then a question about how to reset something, so allow me to be the first smart-ass to offer:

"If you want to reset your tachometer to 0, turn the engine off."

Hope this helps.

Zebra99 · 12-28-2011, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PTinVT

I saw the thread title "tachometer question" and then a question about how to reset something, so allow me to be the first smart-ass to offer:

"If you want to reset your tachometer to 0, turn the engine off."

Hope this helps.

Screw off lol...Good day to you sir!!
Thanks everyone else, I figured it out!

Now to figure out what the snowflake stands for lmao...
I'm sry, I'm being ridiculously lazy, but hey it's the holidays

DnA Diesel · 12-28-2011, 05:07 PM

I'm always learning new stuff about my car, even though I've gone through the manual a few times. Just re-learned about locking out the trunk release button via the glovebox switch.

Cheers
D.

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Zebra99 Colonel 112 Rep 2,856 Posts Drives: 2011 335is E93 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Ontario iTrader: (6) Garage List 2008 BMW 335i E93 [10.00]	That's crazy, I've never noticed any pins...lol I'll have to check this out. It's a 2008 335i. This whole time I've been scrolling thru the menu by pushing in that lil button that says DC on it or w/e. (on the left/right turn signal bar) once I got to the km range I was pressing and holding and nothing happened. I'll look for lil pins, guess its like every other old school car in that sense.
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DnA Diesel Major 27 Rep 1,110 Posts Drives: 09 335d Sport SGrey/Blk/Blk Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ottawa, Canada iTrader: (0)	Far left side of the cluster, lower left corner. Black post about 1/2cm...push in quickly and release to reset the odometer. Cheers D. __________________ 2016 GLE 350d - White on Black
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