Thie "service engine soon" indicator light appeared on my dash a couple of days ago. Not the regular-scheduled service, which I'm still like 10K miles away from.

So, I called the service department for an appointment and could not get one for a week and half. They said it would be fine to wait, as long as the car wasn't stalling or idling funny. True?

In your experience, what does kind of problems does this light generally indicate? Thanks for your input.

__________________
2000 Oxford Green X5 4.4
2002 Titanium Silver 325i Sport