F30 - window opens when parked up?

RedvGreen · 19 Feb 2014 at 20:52

Unsure if this is a 'feature' or not, but a few times now my car has windows that open when the car is locked and parked up. I'm quite careful with the remote and don't keep it with anything else in that pocket.

Is this an issue or feature with the f30s?

I've been very lucky that it's only been open for 3-4hrs before I noticed it - and not raining either.

SDK^ · 19 Feb 2014 at 21:18

This happens when you press and hold the unlock button.

rodenal · 19 Feb 2014 at 21:22

Happens when you hold unlock...so if the windows are down and its still locked that's even more weird.

Either way it needs looked at, assuming the control unit is gubbed or something. If you're worried you could pull the fuse temporarily....won't help if you need to actually put a window down tho

rG-tom · 19 Feb 2014 at 22:48

rodenal said:
Happens when you hold unlock...so if the windows are down and its still locked that's even more weird.

Either way it needs looked at, assuming the control unit is gubbed or something. If you're worried you could pull the fuse temporarily....won't help if you need to actually put a window down tho

It will automatically re lock after a certain amount of time if the doors aren't opened won't it?

Myshra · 19 Feb 2014 at 22:59

Liampope · 19 Feb 2014 at 23:11

I used to do it loads with my e39 - just bending/sitting funny etc could press the button against the pocket/my leg when in the house in range. Soon learnt never to keep the keys in my pocket when at home and it amazingly stopped happening.

godinman · 20 Feb 2014 at 07:04

Oh, I read that as E30 and was wondering why mine never did that.

Nvm...

RedvGreen · 20 Feb 2014 at 09:33

Liampope said:
I used to do it loads with my e39 - just bending/sitting funny etc could press the button against the pocket/my leg when in the house in range. Soon learnt never to keep the keys in my pocket when at home and it amazingly stopped happening.

I keep mine in my hand whilst I walk away from the vehicle. My office is about 150m away, at which point (as I enter the building) i'll put them in my pocket.

When at my desk (eventually), they'll be on my desk in front of me. There is no opportunity for the buttons to be pressed. Also, the button thing doesn't explain why they open when locked, and also, more importantly, why only 1 window opens - yesterday it was passenger front; a few weeks ago it was passenger rear; just before Xmas it was drivers front etc.

IAmATeaf · 20 Feb 2014 at 10:53

Googling seems to suggest that others, mainly in the US have been affected by something similar, one guy reported that his passenger side windows automatically opened whilst he was in a car wash.

RedvGreen · 20 Feb 2014 at 12:38

Well, managed to get it into BMW today and courtesy car in the meantime. The Service Head said that usually with the keys it is all windows that open, not just one (and especially weird was that it was a different one at times).

SDK^ · 20 Feb 2014 at 13:08

rG-tom said:
It will automatically re lock after a certain amount of time if the doors aren't opened won't it?

Only if the option is set to do this in the iDrive.

MattU · 20 Feb 2014 at 15:36

On a similar note, it there any way to disable the boot opening by the key? It's happened twice now that my daughter has got hold of my keys and a neighbour has knocked on the door to let me know that my boot is open