Originally Posted by ca911

i just checked mine and it shuts off after a while (not sure how long, but is at least over an hour). The other light that I noticed stays on after you shut the car off is the child safety lock for the rear windows button, it stays green for a while too. Its interesting that when I unlock the car, not only do all of the interior lights pop on, but so do these two..

i guess someone at BMW thought they were important?