New Year Service Overdue Bug

[Tazzieman]

There is something called the "2038 Problem" where millions of 32 bit processors will run out of code in January 2038. I suspect it may be something like that rather than Y2K.

When I was a lad in the 70s, the year 2038 seemed like a time when cars had been long superceded!

 

[ResponsiblyReckless]

1625 here!! Sorry to steal the thunder @cook

 

[HeavyFoot]

Me too. Yay! So every Grenadier will be making a long trip. Awesome.

 

[emax]

I once had a problem with my W203 Mercedes: the (GPS-based) date display was malfunctioning. The problem stemmed from a number transmitted by the GPS that, for some reason, didn't use the actual year of the initial GPS setup, but rather a 10-bit counter that overflowed at 1023 and then to 1024.

At 1024, it was reset to zero.

As a result, the dates were incorrect - and remained so, since Mercedes never fixed this bug.
It's also possible that unusual GPS standards are involved here.

Just speculating ...

 

[TheDocAUS]

1625 here!! Sorry to steal the thunder @cook

ResponsiblyReckless cooks Chook at the bottom of the pile.

First number below 1800.

 

[TheDocAUS]

TALLY (Updated)
ResponsiblyReckless 1625 days
Chook 1840 days
Itsdchz 1841 days, first US car with the pox
BrandonADV 1852 days
TahoeGren 1852 days
Pat-Ard 1868 days
Rok Dr 1869 days
Sonoranrover 1875 days
Chem409 1890 days
Michael H 1889 days
Duncan McDonald 1892 days
joejet 1894 days
Korg 1899 days
Grumpy 1906 days
HeavyFoot 1915 days
pedrogb1915 days
OGrid 1927 days
singlefin 1927 days
WhiteBear 1931 days, first car outside ANZ
ecohen2 1932 days
Happyoldgit 1933 days
OkGo 1937 days
NixGrenadier 1940 days
ddv 1945 days (Aug 2023)
Tergosa 1946 days
Johnb1950 days
Fred 1950 days
Camilondo 1953 days
Jeremy966 1967 days
Ex-defender driver 1968 days
TheDocAUS 1968 days (Feb 2024)
Denis M 1975 days
MattG 1989 days
Green Gren 1903 days
TJD 1985 days
Phred 1994 days
douggie 1995 days
Glen 2007 days
Badger4x4 2007 days
Adam 2007 days
Baron van T 2009 days
Silverjay 2022 days
Chris Hilton 2024 days
Tony H 2025 days
Landmannn 2044 days
acky 2048 days
Commodore 2057 days
NeoGTi 2057 days
Greasemonkey 2059 days
Lollo050968 2074 days
Wile E Coyote 2095 days
Dschubba 2097 days
Stu Barnes 2097 days
Manuel4x4 2106 days
Mazeman 2107 days
Tazzieman 2137 days
pipo 2149 days
Logsplitter 2150 days
Skymark 2156 days
Emil 2190 days
bigleonski 2250 days
Ron50 2253 days
Clark Kent 2367 days
C-Mack 2458 days
mirwantandyo 2668 days

NET ZERO
Steve B and Jean Mercier have no alert.

INEOS TALKS
INEOS has acknowledged the issue here.

SUMMARY
Chook gets roasted by ResponsiblyReckless at the bottom of the pile. First and only number below 1800.

65 members listed so far, from lowest to highest number of days. Plus 2 members with no alert.

 

[anti]

TALLY (Updated)
ResponsiblyReckless 1625 days
Chook 1840 days
Itsdchz 1841 days, first US car with the pox
BrandonADV 1852 days
TahoeGren 1852 days
Pat-Ard 1868 days
Rok Dr 1869 days
Sonoranrover 1875 days
Chem409 1890 days
Duncan McDonald 1892 days
joejet 1894 days
Korg 1899 days
Grumpy 1906 days
HeavyFoot 1915 days
pedrogb1915 days
OGrid 1927 days
singlefin 1927 days
WhiteBear 1931 days, first car outside ANZ
ecohen2 1932 days
Happyoldgit 1933 days
OkGo 1937 days
NixGrenadier 1940 days
ddv 1945 days (Aug 2023)
Tergosa 1946 days
Fred 1950 days
Camilondo 1953 days
Jeremy966 1967 days
Ex-defender driver 1968 days
TheDocAUS 1968 days (Feb 2024)
Denis M 1975 days
MattG 1989 days
Green Gren 1903 days
TJD 1985 days
Phred 1994 days
douggie 1995 days
Glen 2007 days
Badger4x4 2007 days
Adam 2007 days
Baron van T 2009 days
Silverjay 2022 days
Chris Hilton 2024 days
Tony H 2025 days
Landmannn 2044 days
acky 2048 days
Commodore 2057 days
NeoGTi 2057 days
Greasemonkey 2059 days
Lollo050968 2074 days
Wile E Coyote 2095 days
Dschubba 2097 days
Stu Barnes 2097 days
Manuel4x4 2106 days
Mazeman 2107 days
Tazzieman 2137 days
pipo 2149 days
Logsplitter 2150 days
Skymark 2156 days
Emil 2190 days
bigleonski 2250 days
Ron50 2253 days
Clark Kent 2367 days
C-Mack 2458 days
mirwantandyo 2668 days

NET ZERO
Steve B and Jean Mercier have no alert.

INEOS TALKS
INEOS has acknowledged the issue here.

SUMMARY
Chook gets roasted by ResponsiblyReckless at the bottom of the pile. First number below 1800.

63 members listed so far, from lowest to highest number of days. Only 2 members with no alert.

my score is 1841 days - 'on the road since Dec 2024"

 

[anti]

Mine 1953 overdue
Is this Y26 bug only AUS?
Any comments from other countries?

i am in Taiwan and have same issues

 

[TheDocAUS]

i am in Taiwan and have same issues

It is a global issue. No doubt about that now.

 

[Michael H.]

@TheDocAUS So far I haven’t bothered to list my rather nondescript 1889 days, but I’m starting to feel left out, so please add me to the list.

Also a good time to remind others that haven’t read the whole thread … you can stop the reminder constantly popping up by double clicking the TRIP button on the end of the indicator stalk, but you’ll have to do this every time you start the vehicle.

 

[Commodore]

I noticed that there aww a few of us with the same number of days showing. I wonder if we can figure out the communalities and then the root cause from that data.

 

[C-Mack]

I have a hunch the current lead of “2668 days” is a very late ‘23 or early ‘24 production model with less than 1,500 miles on it and no software updates since rolling off the assembly line. In other words, completely original. Certainly prepared to be wrong though.

 

[TheDocAUS]

@TheDocAUS So far I haven’t bothered to list my rather nondescript 1889 days, but I’m starting to feel left out, so please add me to the list.

Also a good time to remind others that haven’t read the whole thread … you can stop the reminder constantly popping up by double clicking the TRIP button on the end of the indicator stalk, but you’ll have to do this every time you start the vehicle.

Added.

 

[TheDocAUS]

I noticed that there aww a few of us with the same number of days showing. I wonder if we can figure out the communalities and then the root cause from that data.

I think there are now 4 number with multiple cars, but only one number has appeared three times..

 

[RY-Journeyman]

There is something called the "2038 Problem" where millions of 32 bit processors will run out of code in January 2038. I suspect it may be something like that rather than Y2K.

Thankfully all bmw control units /modules are 64 bit. So not that.

 

[baders]

At this stage I have no alert West Oz based base model specced up wagon '23 build.

 

[GrenADV]

@TheDocAUS I’m at 1901 days.