04-11-2019, 08:56 AM | #1 |
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Comfort Access lights on all night
My wife often leaves her purse in the car with the keys in it, while parked in our garage. I've noticed the comfort access lights on when I walk into my garage at 7 am while leaving for work,for the fifth time. They just stay on all night. No carpet or door handles just taillights and some not very bright lights in front. I open the door and turn the lights off from auto. Shouldn't they turn off after several minutes or is this something wrong? I feel like calling genius is a waste of time and they'll prob tell me to take her purse 10 ft away from the car. I have the settings a 20 seconds for exterior lights.
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04-11-2019, 10:07 AM | #2 |
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I think it might just light up as you approach it before you can see it do so. I keep my key just inside the house from the garage really close to the car, and sometimes when I approach the car from an open garage door (driveway side) while key is inside it will light up. I think it senses you walking up to it.
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04-11-2019, 12:20 PM | #3 |
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Make sure the setting for her profile puts her car in idle state (BMW speak for "off") when the door is opened.
Car > Settings > Doors/Access > turn off vehicle after opening doors
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04-11-2019, 12:36 PM | #4 |
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There used to be a feature that kept one side of the lights slightly on when the indicator light was engaged while the vehicle was parked. I doubt though that's the reason.
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04-11-2019, 02:27 PM | #5 |
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They've actually put buttons around the lighting module for those roadside parking lights now. No more pushing the turn stalk by accident and wondering why those lights are on.
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Just make sure that she presses the START/STOP button after she presses the P (if this is the case with you). |
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04-14-2019, 08:57 AM | #9 |
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Take the purse and key out of the car, lock the door, secure the purse and key in the house. Problem solved.
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04-14-2019, 09:27 AM | #10 |
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Agreed, Its Male logic vs Female logic. Her argument is she could just leave her purse in her old BMW and not have to worry about lights staying on all night. I do think the that turning off the greeting and goodbye lights is working so far and perfect compromise.
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04-14-2019, 09:41 AM | #11 |
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This happened to a few X5 owners a few months ago. Lights stayed on all night. Reset your iDrive by the 40 second volume push and see if it happens without the key near the vehicle. I am positive you can leave the key in the vehicle and the lights will turn off. I have done this many times detailing mine for hours on end.
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12-11-2019, 06:52 AM | #12 |
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Anyone else having an issue where the lights stay on in the garage? I don't leave my keys in the car and my lights stay on. Won't turn off until I lock the car.
I have an idea that sometimes it thinks someone is still in the car because of the car seat using the buckle? Just curious if anyone has solved it. |
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12-29-2019, 09:23 PM | #14 |
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We talked about this in another post and I detailed lots of testing I've done - the car does some fancy sensing of which seats are occupied and links those to the doors. When the occupied seat doors are opened (all of them) only then will idrive turn off. Here's the problem, though. If you then open a door that was previously closed (which happens all the time when kids forget something), then the car will say Welcome XYZ and activate iDrive. If you still have your key in the car, I drive (and front /read headlights) will stay on forever. It's extremely frustrating to go into my garage at 1am and find that the headlights have been on since we last drove the car. The fix is to take they key out of the car, which I don't consider a fix. Instead, I will push the volume button down to turn off idrive and make sure mine is the last door I close in the car after everyone leaves.
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01-05-2020, 09:50 PM | #15 |
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Its an interesting idea that the doors are connected to the car thinking there is someone still there. However I honestly don't know if this is true because I drive the car by myself all the time. I park it in my garage. No other door has been opened except for the driver's, and the lights still stay on. We have one car seat that is there all the time with the seatbelt activated. So I always thought this might be it. But it happens so sporadically I just honestly think it's something wrong with Idrive not turning off for some reason.
I did however go around and open and close the car seat side door just to see if it would work and it didn't turn the lights off. I had to lock the door for them to turn off. I am actually taking my keys out of the car too. They aren't sitting in there. |
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01-06-2020, 09:50 AM | #16 |
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I have the same problem. I park my car in my garage and do not take my purse/keys out of the car. I have two children who are constantly going in the car (once parked in the garage) to grab whatever they forgot in the car. Sometimes my radio won’t shut off when I turn off the car. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn’t. I can’t seem to figure it out!
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02-28-2020, 10:15 PM | #17 |
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Anyone figure out why this happens? I've seen it on our X7 a fair number of times. Wondering if it keeps track of which doors are used for exit, for example if both kids get out the passenger door, but were sitting in second row on passenger and driver side, does it use the door opening status to determine if someone is still there? If so, that is lame. I come home after work and find headlights on. Car has been home for hours.
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