Today when I unlocked the car and started to drive, I noticed the control display stayed dark for the first time ever. The instrument display and everything that has a physical contact worked except I couldn't see anything in the control display. I tried to reboot by press the volume for 30s. A message is displayed in instrument display, "iDrive is temporarily unavailable." So the system was rebooted but control display still stayed dark. Turn off and unlock the car and come back a few minutes later, welcome screen was shown in instrument display, but control display still showed pure darkness.
I'm glad there are buttons for rear seats and windshield ac. After I turned them on and off a few times, the control display finally came back alive.
The manual says the LCD is completely deactivated if overheated. However, my car was in the garage for a few days and today's temperature was only 78F when the screen went dark. I started or drove the car when the temperature was above 100F many times without any issues.
I notice other owners experienced similar issues due to possible bad 5G reception. I never had that issue in my garage before.
The gesture and voice control were never enabled.
Could it be any sensor malfunction?
I'm glad there are buttons for rear seats and windshield ac. After I turned them on and off a few times, the control display finally came back alive.
The manual says the LCD is completely deactivated if overheated. However, my car was in the garage for a few days and today's temperature was only 78F when the screen went dark. I started or drove the car when the temperature was above 100F many times without any issues.
I notice other owners experienced similar issues due to possible bad 5G reception. I never had that issue in my garage before.
The gesture and voice control were never enabled.
Could it be any sensor malfunction?