Complete idrive failure!!!

[ekelly]

When I started my E70 yesterday afternoon the idrive display remained completely blank. I tired restarting the car a few times and even let the E70 sit for ~3hrs before I tried it again and but the display remained blank.

I tired the reset / reboot method - Press and hold the Mute button the CD eject and DVD eject at the same time then leaving the E70 sitting ignition off for 10 minutes. Still no idrive display!!

From what I can make out on other forums, it seems the CCC (Car Communication Computer) has failed! I am really disappointed with this as my E70 is not even 2 months old. I know other members on this forum have had “flashing” screen problems but I think I am the first with a complete failure. I found a service bulletin dated January 2008 detailing such problems; I’ve attached it as a .pdf file.

Would continued driving without immediate repair damage anything else? It’s off to the Dealers when I return from holidays; I really hope this will not be a regular thing with such a new E70.