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.

[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.

[deutsch100]

I first noticed that the A/C in my 2006 330i was not very effective, and it was bad in my 07' E70 and pretty bad in the 08' E70 too.

In general, new BMW A/C is not as strong, cold or even as say MBZ or most American cars. Porsche too has pretty weak A/C.

I think the problem is, once again, software related. Why should we have to worry about setting the Climate Control to Soft, Medium or Intensive? Why should we have to worry about adding little blue bars, or red bars in the climate 'fine tuning' i-Drive settings? Why not just have AUTO, plain AUTO setting for the climate controls with no sub-settings or fine tuning, like all other high end luxury cars? If you want to override the AUTO setting with stronger or weaker air flow, then (like always in the past) manually change the fan button.

Our 2004 X5 4.4i & 4.8is, the 2005 M3, both 2004 330cic, the 325i wagon and the Z8 all have strong, cold A/C. My last "new model" BMWs have all had bad A/C. Especially during hot weather, the cabin was never totally comfortable, and the Auto setting always provides too weak of a flow.

[mwares212]

Originally Posted by deutsch100

I first noticed that the A/C in my 2006 330i was not very effective, and it was bad in my 07' E70 and pretty bad in the 08' E70 too.

In general, new BMW A/C is not as strong, cold or even as say MBZ or most American cars. Porsche too has pretty weak A/C.

I think the problem is, once again, software related. Why should we have to worry about setting the Climate Control to Soft, Medium or Intensive? Why should we have to worry about adding little blue bars, or red bars in the climate 'fine tuning' i-Drive settings? Why not just have AUTO, plain AUTO setting for the climate controls with no sub-settings or fine tuning, like all other high end luxury cars? If you want to override the AUTO setting with stronger or weaker air flow, then (like always in the past) manually change the fan button.

Our 2004 X5 4.4i & 4.8is, the 2005 M3, both 2004 330cic, the 325i wagon and the Z8 all have strong, cold A/C. My last "new model" BMWs have all had bad A/C. Especially during hot weather, the cabin was never totally comfortable, and the Auto setting always provides too weak of a flow.

Deutsch100,
You complain A LOT.

I find the A/C in my X5 fine. I set the Automatic Vent Timer on very hot days and when I get into the car, the first thing I do is put the A/C on Max and roll down the windows to let all of the air out. I have never seen a problem with it.

[y5choi]

Originally Posted by mwares212

Deutsch100,
You complain A LOT.

I find the A/C in my X5 fine. I set the Automatic Vent Timer on very hot days and when I get into the car, the first thing I do is put the A/C on Max and roll down the windows to let all of the air out. I have never seen a problem with it.

no complaints whatsoever. 07 4.8i