[bmw] 1987 325 "Ding"

["Georg and Claire Taht" <m.five@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom,
The "ding" you hear is from the temperature dropping below
37 or 36 degrees.  When the ding occurs, the OBC should show
the outside temperature. Happens to me all the time.  Leave
my 60 degree garage and then drive into the freezing
outside.  Usually takes about a minute or two for the
temperature to reach that point.

Hope this helps.

Georg
87 535is
96 328is

Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 21:01:29 -0500
From: Thomas Bejma <tcbracing@domain.elided>
Subject: [bmw] 1987 325 "Ding"

Hope someone out there can help me with a little problem on
my 1987 325e.
Occasionally while driving I get a "ding" sound like some
kind of warning.
There are no warning lights associated with the sound
(although the whole
row of oil change LED's do not light up - so there might be
more lights
out).  The water temperature is fine, oil level is fine
(changed about 1,000
miles ago), lights are all working (except for 3rd brake
light) and washer
and radiator fluid are full.

I'm not extremely concerned, but I am a little more lately
because it seems
to be more frequent.  It happens when the car is warmed up
or cold, during
acceleration or braking - no rhyme or reason.

As soon as the weather warms up around here, I plan to take
the whole dash
apart and replace any burned out bulbs, but if this is
something I should be
worrying about sooner, I'd like to know.

Anyone out there with a similar year/model that has heard
this sound and
could tell me what it is?

Thanks,
Tom Bejma
Harrison Twp., MI
1969 Cutlass Convertible
1987 BMW 325e
2002 Saturn VUE AWD V6
2002 Intrigue
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