Help, I can't start my brand new 35d

[cpiguy]

Hey guys:

Love the car. Just wish it would start when I push the button. I've had the car 24 hours and when I go to start it, I have to push the start button 5-6-7-8-times before it finally starts. All the electroinics respond fine, but the starter doesn't respond, and then boom, it starts.

Anybody have this experience???



Thanks

[Thunder22]

Are you holding the button down or just "flicking" it?

[cpiguy]

I am pushing it in with a single motion, the same way I do in my 2010 M3 and my 2007 X5. Why, do you have a suggestion?

[MINIz guy]

Do you also have your foot on the brake?

[cpiguy]

Originally Posted by MINIz guy

Do you also have your foot on the brake?

Yes

[soldmystang]

does this thing have glow plugs?

[cpiguy]

Originally Posted by soldmystang

does this thing have glow plugs?

Now we're talking

[FunfDreisig]

Originally Posted by cpiguy

Now we're talking

The 35d does NOT require a delay for 'glo plugs'. By the time you get in your seat and press the Start/Stop button the engine is ready.

There has been speculation that the 35d has glo plugs and that they are activated every time you open the driver's door. The facts are that you can hear a high pitch sound every time you open the driver's door. This sound is accompanied with a significant drop in voltage which goes away as soon as the sound stops (a minute or so). This may or may not be associated with glo plugs. But I would check to see if you can hear the high pitch sound just in case.

Funf Dreisig

Edit: My bad Apparently you can get a delay if the engine is cold enough.

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by FunfDreisig

The 35d does NOT require a delay for 'glo plugs'. By the time you get in your seat and press the Start/Stop button the engine is ready. Funf Dreisig

Well, today after the X5 sat for a couple of days in 5-15 degree weather, there was a 4-5 second delay in starting, and the instrument display had a yellow picture of a coiled wire, like a heating element, lit during the slight delay.

So I think sometimes you can get a little delay.

[azwcat]

Mine starts instantly. Westlake Village, CA is not a cold place by any definition. You need to get it fixed by the dealer.