I-drive knob resistance at end of menu-option

[BL1]

Originally Posted by thisX5life

2008? I was commenting about 2007s. As BL1 described in post #34,


So, BL1 has an '07 X5 built in April 2007 that does have this feature; I own an '07 X5 built in April 2007 that does not have this feature. I'm just trying to figure out why some other owners have it and some don't -- I never knew it existed before I read about it here.

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In the interest of trying to narrow down why 2 X5's built in April do and do not have this feature:

Mine is an X5 3.0. I have the premium and technology package. COuld one of those packages be the difference?

[argentox5]

Originally Posted by BL1

In the interest of trying to narrow down why 2 X5's built in April do and do not have this feature:

Mine is an X5 3.0. I have the premium and technology package. COuld one of those packages be the difference?

My Apr07 build 4.8i has the knob resistance. All options but 3rd Row Seats, Prem Sound and Rear Entertainment.


Jeremy

[marcx5]

for those that do 'not' have the resistance... does the knob still produce the 'clicking' feeling when scrolling through menu's??

[alexmish]

Originally Posted by marcx5

BRING IT BACK... OR AT LEAST AS AN OPTION!

This should be a no-brainer option in the iDrive-driven menu...

[pureflames]

Here's an excellent article that provides the answer:
http://stage.bmwcca.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1240

[pvandam]

Great article and great explanation, thanks for posting.
Being the starter of this thread and also being the one initially missing the feedback option, I can now confirm that what is written in the article is true. Especially with the USB option where you quickly want to scroll through long lists of songs, it will indeed operate better.
When BMW gave me a loaner recently which still had the force feedback in it, I noticed this clearly.

It proves that while it originally sounded bad, its not so bad after all.

So the problem is not so much in the design and the decisions made, it's the communication within BMW which never seems to arrive at the right place.
No-one knows about it when you ask and they struggle to find the answer, while in fact this answer must have been there from the start.