Q: BMW 530 iDrive turns on and off

asked by on December 29, 2016

I have a 2006 BMW 530 and basically at times the idrive screen doesn't turn on. It will cycle between on and off. It is random and doesn't do this every time.

My car has 85600 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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