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08-24-2009, 04:55 AM | #1 |
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E92 Welcome Light problem
Like the title says, I have a problem with my lighting when I unlock the car....Before I was able to hit the unlock button on my transmittor and the interior lighting will turn on, door courtesy light, angel eyes and license plate will turn on.....now..when i hit the unlock button only the interior lights and the door courtesy lights will turn on...the angel eyes and license plate will not luminate....has anyone had this problem.....if so what did you guys do ....did i hit something that caused the lighting to not turn on?
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08-24-2009, 05:28 AM | #2 |
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lights are switched OFF? i notice they only come on when set on AUTO position.
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08-24-2009, 10:30 PM | #4 |
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yup the headlight is switched to the far left.......on "A"utomatic any ideas? only the door and interior lights up...no license plate or angel eyes =(
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08-24-2009, 11:31 PM | #6 |
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Did it suddenly stop working? It might be a setting in with the other headlight settings - you can access it from the stalk/screen within the gauge cluster.
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08-25-2009, 01:29 AM | #8 |
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hey moosecaboose.....is there another thread about this......also why would they all of a sudden take this feature out...my friend with an 08 has it on his car
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06-17-2010, 09:04 PM | #9 |
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sorry to drag up an old thread, but I have the exact same problem as the OP. In my case there were no software updates, so I don't think that theory is correct. So far my dealer is stumped. Did anyone manage to fix this?
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06-17-2010, 09:11 PM | #10 |
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Could possibly be from a weak/dying battery, so the car is trying to conserve battery power.
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06-17-2010, 09:12 PM | #11 |
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The manual explains how to set which lights turn on when the car is unlocked
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06-18-2010, 07:38 AM | #12 |
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My manual only mentions that side lights and interior lights will come on for a period when unlocking the car when the light switch is in auto or low-beam position. There's nothing about setting which lights come on, and there's no idrive option for doing it. My car is 10/2006 build.
I think the low battery is a possibility. I'm getting the low battery warning soon after turning off the ignition. I can't find any conclusive proof though, and my dealer didn't mention this as a possible cause. They've downloaded everything from my car and sent to head office in Melb to look at. |
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06-18-2010, 08:08 AM | #13 |
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Is there a setting in i-Drive for this... Check the Lighting setting and make sure that "Welcome Lights" are on.
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06-18-2010, 08:41 AM | #15 |
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My bad, I thought you just wanted the lights to flash. I have no idea why they wouldn't come on if they did before unless BMW changed something in the software.
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08-25-2010, 04:12 PM | #16 |
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Sorry to drag up an old thread - mine's been doing this...was there ever any resolution?
I have iDrive, welcome lights set to on, switch on Auto as it always is...it'll light up the angels one time I unlock it but not the next...super weird.
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08-25-2010, 04:19 PM | #17 |
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start the car, then turn it off, then lock the car, and finally unlock it. see if that works. the car conserves battery so the lights (angel eyes) will not turn on after certain "unlocks"
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