RENEWED RESPECT FOR BMW!! UPDATE.. Keyless entry malfunction.

[dok]

For all those interested in knowing how everything was finalized.. here it is!
I appreciate everyone's input and suggestions in the last thread about the flooding of my new 35d after all the windows and sunroof miraculously opened in a rain storm. I maintain it was a malfunction and an area BMW engineers need to counteract perhaps with interior H2O sensors that close all windows!
After I owned the car for 15 days the local dealer (Germain BMW of Naples.. which I recommend to all people in SW Florida and Columbus, OH to avoid all their dealerships like the plague) had my car for 34 days and were still unable to completely fix. BMWNA was also extremely disappointed with Germain as they never returned calls to corporate and when they finally did the customer rep said the service manager yelled at one of the execs. Needless to say they (BMWNA) said to me they were not surprised I bought my vehicles from a dealer 4 hours away and not from Germain!
BMWNA has agreed to replace the car for me at no cost although it will take a few months to manufacture. I am now driving the car that was flood damaged until the new car arrives. As I reported it continues to have many glitches with electronics ( the keyless entry can take 3-8 attempts to lock and 2-3 attempts to unlock, the idrive does not respond to all prompts and the phone kick out back to iphone repeatedly among other problems).

[B]DOES ANYONE FIRMLY KNOW IF THERE WILL BE A LCI OR MCF ON THE X5 IN MARCH? I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY CORPORATE AND THE DEALER ...NO... I TOLD THEM I WANTED THE X5 MANUFACTURED IN MARCH IF THER IS GOING TO BE A FACELIFT[B]
Thank you all for such a great forum

dok

[motordavid]

Good to read you are getting a new car via BMW NA...
What a nightmare. Surprised at the "few months to manufacture",
that they gave you.

On a side note, I have never dealt with Germain in Naples, but I have
stopped by several times just to look around/kick tires. As soon as one
of the foo-foo sales idiots realizes I'm not buying a car that day, they
basically imply "I should move on"...wtf?! If that dlr allows such
rude and un-businesslike sales vultures, I can surmise their "service".
GL, mD

[z2g]

With the new X5's, the windows automatically roll up if the car is parked and it starts raining? I never knew that.

[dok]

No they don't.. but they should be engineered to be was my point.

[killcrap]

if you send the signal to keep the rain sensor and the roof function center to stay alive, and code the roof function to close when it is raining. i have done this modifcation in my 2006 e53. very useful

[dok]

Originally Posted by killcrap

if you send the signal to keep the rain sensor and the roof function center to stay alive, and code the roof function to close when it is raining. i have done this modifcation in my 2006 e53. very useful

Can you take me step by step through this as I will apply this to my BMW's or is there a link to directions on how to execute this exactly. thx

[killcrap]

The tcu wakes up the car periodicly sometimes every 15mins. Over several days of inactivity it will wake up every hour. This for remote unlock feature for BMW assist. I use the wake up signal to power on the rain sensor, body module and sunroof module. I've recoded the sunroof module using BMW engineering programs to enable rain closing sunroof from vent and open position. You will also need to send the correct stalk signal to active the rain sensor. This signal is sent to the bodymodule from an ibus interface.

[dok]

Originally Posted by killcrap

The tcu wakes up the car periodicly sometimes every 15mins. Over several days of inactivity it will wake up every hour. This for remote unlock feature for BMW assist. I use the wake up signal to power on the rain sensor, body module and sunroof module. I've recoded the sunroof module using BMW engineering programs to enable rain closing sunroof from vent and open position. You will also need to send the correct stalk signal to active the rain sensor. This signal is sent to the bodymodule from an ibus interface.

That is pretty intense. so I need a mechanical engineer to do this or is there an easy plug in aftermarket product.

[Xtony]

I know that for other BMWs there was a product that closed your windows and convertible top automatically if it sensed rain. I think it was called iTop or something like that.

[killcrap]

just someone that knows what they are doing