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Originally Posted by BMWamped
Ok good to know. I’m assuming bmw is aware of these issue/complaints
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To be fair to BMW, many of us don't need to reboot idrive 8 regularly; I can't remember if I have needed to do it even once since I got the car last November, I might have had to, but I certainly don't need to do it on a regular basis. Note that I perhaps avoid the more common software issues due to not using ESIM/Carplay/AndroidAuto.
My personal experience with 4 different idrive versions across 4 vehicles is that you will undoubtedly eventually hit some bug/issue that will require doing this soft reset (or just shutting down the car for a decent amount of time) in order to workaround it. It is not too big of a deal when it happens once in a blue moon. 4 times in two weeks is excessive IMHO. You should complain to your service department. They will likely not be able to do anything other than potentially update your software earlier than most, but these issues do need to be reported back to them so that BMW can know the extent to which the issues affect users.