E70 Air Conditioner

[Monk]

Hello. First time poster. We just took delivery of our X5 on Saturday and simply love it. I wanted to ask fellow owners on how their air conditioner performs in hot weather. Ours seems a little slow to cool the car to a comfortable level. My basic question is am I supposed to feel very cold air when putting my fingers to the vents, or is it supposed to be a more gradual cooling. Our X5 seems much slower to cool than our previous vehicles.

Thanks!

[Wagner]

Originally Posted by Monk

Hello. First time poster. We just took delivery of our X5 on Saturday and simply love it. I wanted to ask fellow owners on how their air conditioner performs in hot weather. Ours seems a little slow to cool the car to a comfortable level. My basic question is am I supposed to feel very cold air when putting my fingers to the vents, or is it supposed to be a more gradual cooling. Our X5 seems much slower to cool than our previous vehicles.

Thanks!

Have you had other BMW's? I've always found them slow to cool in all models. Try using recirculate and see if that helps.

[Monk]

This is our first BMW. I am in awe of this product. It makes our previous vehicles (MDX and RX350) seem silly.

[soda_stereo]

I'm wondering the same thing .... I'm also a new owner of an X5 and I live in Arizona (its currently 115 degrees farenheit outside) and I have definitely noticed the x5 takes much much longer to cool the vehicle. I'm seeing that it takes a good 10 minutes of driving before its gets to a comfortable level. Is this truly what normal operation for an x5?

[AzNMpower32]

Make sure that you have the automatic programme set to 'Intensive', since the default setting is 'Normal'. You can wander into iDrive, or it pops up automatically when you push the Auto button on the climate control.

The cooling is gradual, of course. The X5 is a large car, and on hot days, you can open the windows for the first few minutes to let the hot air out faster after the car has been sitting in the parking lot. Utilise the convenience open button on the keyfob, and also program the Parked Car Ventilation whenever you will be parked for awhile. We did this on our 118i and it alleviated the heat a bit.

I'll tell y'all this: GM cars have frosty AC. In Munich and most of Western Europe, the heat there isn't as bad. Super frosty AC is an American car thing.

[rh71]

Originally Posted by AzNMpower32

Utilise the convenience open button on the keyfob.

Remind us how to do this again? Have comfort access if that matters? Just hold the unlock or something?

[CGSTL]

Once you unlock your X from 50 feet, press and hold the unlock button again and after 5 seconds all windows and sunroof will begin to open. Get 'em all opened before you even get to your vehicle and it will be much cooler for you. Basically, the 150 degree air has escaped.

[AzNMpower32]

Originally Posted by rh71

Remind us how to do this again? Have comfort access if that matters? Just hold the unlock or something?

All BMWs have this. Unlock the doors via keyfob and then hold the unlock button for awhile. The windows will begin to roll down and stop when you release the button.

The AC in our '06 325i is stupid. Next to the centre fill speaker on top of the dash, there are two vents that supplement the face vents on the centre stack. Problem is, they are too far from the front passengers to be of any use. Why not just have two BIG centre vents like normal cars, instead of diverting air to 4 vents, two of which are useless?

That is why on truly hot days, I prefer to drive the X3 around because its AC is more effective and puts out more air.

I will say, the auto climate control in our 118i worked well. But the vents were bigger, which makes little sense because that hatch is smaller and cheaper than the 325i sedan.

[CGSTL]

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Check 2 things.
1. Are your individual vent settings set to max cool air. I believe you can check these in the settings menu by pressing down the iDrive controller while at the main menu.

2. Are you pressing the Auto button located in the driver's side temp wheel? Rotating the temp to 60 degrees for both front occupants AND pressing the Auto button until the fan sensitivity is set to HARD will provide max cooling. If you press the Auto button repeatedly you'll find the display will show that you are changing between SOFT MEDIUM and HARD (Display may say INTENSE).

[kimg9582]

If you have a rear climate, you also need to make sure the temp setting in the rear is what you want.