F30 330i Questions
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Hi all, two questions that I hope the forum experts can help me with.
I bought an 18 month old F30 in February and am very happy with it apart from two things. When you hit the stop/start button to turn the engine off the radio continues until you have exited the car and locked it. Is there any way to configure it so that the radio turns off when the engine turns off? Somewhat akin to what happens when taking the key out of the ignition on earlier 3 series.
I'm not sure whether there is a problem with the air conditioning or whether it's a case of "they all do that". The AC will be running quite hard blowing out a lot of cold air for several minutes and will then stop for 5-10 seconds. Sometimes during this 5-10s it will then actually blow out hot air. It then starts up again, blowing cold air again for a few minutes. It seems to cycle almost continuously, for instance on a 2 hour journey yesterday when outside temp was 28C and selected inside temp was 19.5C it did it for the whole duration. AC is set to automatic mode. It's not related to engine auto stop/start (I know the AC slows down then) as it will do this while not being stationary.
None of the other cars I've had with AC have done this. Wanted to check here before discussing with BMW dealer so that I don't get fobbed off with "they all do that" if it isn't the case.
Thanks for any help people can offer.
Graham
I bought an 18 month old F30 in February and am very happy with it apart from two things. When you hit the stop/start button to turn the engine off the radio continues until you have exited the car and locked it. Is there any way to configure it so that the radio turns off when the engine turns off? Somewhat akin to what happens when taking the key out of the ignition on earlier 3 series.
I'm not sure whether there is a problem with the air conditioning or whether it's a case of "they all do that". The AC will be running quite hard blowing out a lot of cold air for several minutes and will then stop for 5-10 seconds. Sometimes during this 5-10s it will then actually blow out hot air. It then starts up again, blowing cold air again for a few minutes. It seems to cycle almost continuously, for instance on a 2 hour journey yesterday when outside temp was 28C and selected inside temp was 19.5C it did it for the whole duration. AC is set to automatic mode. It's not related to engine auto stop/start (I know the AC slows down then) as it will do this while not being stationary.
None of the other cars I've had with AC have done this. Wanted to check here before discussing with BMW dealer so that I don't get fobbed off with "they all do that" if it isn't the case.
Thanks for any help people can offer.
Graham
not sure about your aircon issue, but your igniton issue is easy.
you need to press the start stop button again. press it once to turn off the engine press it again to turn off the ignition (but make sure you do not have your foot on the brake if it in an auto or the engine will restart)
you need to press the start stop button again. press it once to turn off the engine press it again to turn off the ignition (but make sure you do not have your foot on the brake if it in an auto or the engine will restart)
Ah, never thought of trying that. I just assumed that pressing it again will re-start the engine.
The car's a manual (which seems to be as rare as hen's teeth!). You have to put your foot on the clutch to start it, so presumably a second press without foot on clutch will turn it off. I'll try it.
Thanks! One question down, one to go :-)
The car's a manual (which seems to be as rare as hen's teeth!). You have to put your foot on the clutch to start it, so presumably a second press without foot on clutch will turn it off. I'll try it.
Thanks! One question down, one to go :-)
My issue was the other way round (first time BMW owner here...and it shows).
I'd get in the car, foot on brake (as its an auto) and press the ignition...nothing would happen...the engine wouldn't start. Press the button again, and the ignitions turns off of course. Took me ages to realise that you had to actually apply a decent amount of pressure to the brake pedal, unlike my old Range Rover.
Oh, and after having the car for 6 months, I realised on Tuesday how to correctly cancel the indicators. By pushing the stalk the same was as it was going, as opposed to the opposite way very gently.
I must be getting old.
I'd get in the car, foot on brake (as its an auto) and press the ignition...nothing would happen...the engine wouldn't start. Press the button again, and the ignitions turns off of course. Took me ages to realise that you had to actually apply a decent amount of pressure to the brake pedal, unlike my old Range Rover.
Oh, and after having the car for 6 months, I realised on Tuesday how to correctly cancel the indicators. By pushing the stalk the same was as it was going, as opposed to the opposite way very gently.
I must be getting old.
Burnham said:
Oh, and after having the car for 6 months, I realised on Tuesday how to correctly cancel the indicators. By pushing the stalk the same was as it was going, as opposed to the opposite way very gently.
I must be getting old.
Thanks for that just solved one of the most irritating (for me) features of my car.I must be getting old.
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