Cool "Hidden" features of the E53 X5

[Last5oh]

Originally Posted by RocketJoe

Q - Owners manual on my 05 X5 says I can make doors lock automatically when I drive away, but it doesn't tell me how to program it to do that. Can anyone tell me how to do that?

Originally Posted by Michelle

Dealer has to program that.

Yes but be careful, the SA wanted to charge me 0.5 hrs labour for it. I negotiated it down to FREE.

[MPDano]

Originally Posted by Last5oh

Yes but be careful, the SA wanted to charge me 0.5 hrs labour for it. I negotiated it down to FREE.

What did they use to do it?

[Last5oh]

Originally Posted by MPDano

What did they use to do it?

I believe all they need to do is plug into a port on the X5 to do the re-program. A 5-minute job is probably more realistic.