Windows and remote control

[Paulpt]

Question for the experts. I recently found out that if you keep the unlock button on the remote, after a while the windows and roof open to air the car. It does not seem to close them with the lock button (or at least I was not able). Anyone knows if there is a way. My former piece of junk Mercedes had the feature open close.

this is an 01 3.0 X5 and asking is always better than reading the manual!!! :p

Thanks

[dkl]

That's normal. There's no auto close function.

[JV]

Originally Posted by dkl

That's normal. There's no auto close function.

Yeah, you could possibly kill someone if they/you weren't paying attention.
Remember the French Revolution...

JV

[UCrewX5]

The OEM remote only allows you to open the windows, not close them

Parag from TVonNav was working on an e53 version of their iWindows product, but I'm not sure where it stands at the moment - http://tvonnav.com/iwindows.html

[powers1]

Originally Posted by UCrewX5

The OEM remote only allows you to open the windows, not close them

Parag from TVonNav was working on an e53 version of their iWindows product, but I'm not sure where it stands at the moment - http://tvonnav.com/iwindows.html

On my European X5 I can open and close windows via the oem remote.Not Auto,I have to keep pressing the remote to open/close but as soon as I stop pressing ,the window opening/closing will stop!I believe that in the past you could do it automatically(full closing/opening by just pressing once),but there was an accident with a child and this feature correctly was disabled.

[hyejack]

OK so lets figure this out!!

I want to be able to open and close via the remote!! I am not happy with only opening!!

I don't beleive the dealer can make this change via the software.

[Paulpt]

Me too, I am no expert, but I think that if you can close the windows by using the keys in the lock position (by putting them in the keyhole), there must be a way to do it from the keys.

Someone in this forum probably knows.

[Curious Joel]

I think on European models you can close the window from the remote. There's a product called iWindows that I saw for sale on Bimmerfest where it will let you roll them up. There's also an option with that where you can install a separate rain sensor so it will automatically put them up when it begins to rain. I think that it's only for the E46 3-Series, though... IDK if it'll work on an E53. I don't know why BMW doesn't bring the features it has on its Euro models here... Especially if it's something simple like that.

[Paulpt]

Thanks guy, too bad will have to keep closing each window. Such an effort!! But I would close them with the old fashion lever rather than going back to the piece of S...T Mercedes!

[LeMansX5]

I heard that you can do the auto-close on X5 in some other countries but not in US for safety reasons .