Xoutpost.com - View Single Post - weird mirror, seat, telescopic/tilt wheel, & window movements

workingonit · #1 03-10-2023, 04:47 PM

As I've stated on previous threads, I rarely drive my X5, and my wife isn't allowed to, either; so, it never fails to frustrate me when I'll get in the truck, and have to adjust some or all of the components in the title. I've searched, but haven't found similar combinations of automatic weirdness.

Sometimes all are where I left them set, even a month later, but at other times one or more is different.

The items of interest, in no particular order:

1) The mirrors are swung way out of my normal plane of sight...no, the "dipping" function is turned off, so that isn't it. And the neighbor's idiot kid never comes near it anymore, after the "Come To Jesus Meeting" I had with him and his father, months ago, either.
2) The front windows are two inches down from closed position, with the "clown nose" rapidly flashing, but no sounds or flashing headlights, so is the alarm triggered? When I've accidentally double-pressed the "lock" button on the key, the lights will flash and all the windows drop all the way down, so it's not the same.
3) I'll use the secondary remote (a spare, uncut diamond key from ebay) to open the doors, and the seat & steering column will hunt for positioning, sometimes correctly, but sometimes way off normal (I'm the only one that uses it). I haven't observed the original OEM key trigger that behavior, and otherwise the ebay key works fine (I use it at home to keep the OEM key from wear & tear or damage, usually when I'm using tools I keep in the X5, and carry it along whenever I'm driving the X5, just-in-case the OEM remote fails).

I think that perhaps the spare ebay uncut key may have something to do with all the problems, but not positive. The ebay keys (I gave one to the wife at a family event, to hold for me, but she lost it, so now I have only the one "spare") came with pre-installed batteries (which may have become drained from usage), almost two years ago, so maybe it's malfunctioning while sitting on my desk, 40 feet from the X5 in the driveway, and sends out (bad) signals to the truck? I can insert it into a Faraday pouch I have, to prevent that, until I replace it with a new set ($20 for two, vs $200+ for an OEM key). Meanwhile, the OEM key rests in a Philips Sonicare charger on my desk, so its' 18 month old battery stays fully charged.

Right now, I'm wanting to just disable the seat and steering column memory, only the memory if possible (after I set the parameters to my preferred spot), also the power windows (which I never use, and never use on any of my cars/trucks...I've had to replace too many switches, window motors, and tracks over 50+ years), and just need to find the relevant fuses to do so (as I disabled the sunroof, awhile back...hate sun roofs); the mirrors I can deal with, because I adjust them prior to every drive, according to lighting (or towing) conditions, as a matter of course.

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