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Would you leave the doors unlocked in your garage?
I heard if the car is left for a long period time locked, batter drains as the car monitors comfort access activity and alarm system as well, and that it's better to leave the door unlocked in garage so the car does not monitor anything. What would you guys do? I also heard that it's better to push on/off button one more time after turning off the engine to shut off monitoring activities. Is it the way the car was designed? Thanks. |
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As for turning off you should HOLD down the start/stop button to fully shut off the car. Pushing it once will send it to accessory mode and a second time will turn off everything.
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I've sat in my 09 X5d with power off, radio off, and key out of ignition (no comfort access). Let me tell you, it is amazing how often it "comes alive" with the start/stop button lighting up, GPS DVD player spooling up and reading disk, then goes to "sleep", only to do the same thing a few minutes later.......It is constantly powering up and down. Now, I haven't sat in it with alarm set, so I can't verify that this does not happen when alarm is set, but I surely can see how the battery may drain if left unlocked for a long period of time......
Therefore, I lock it everytime I get out.....Had it for 13 mos and 13k mi, and no dead battery as of yet...... |
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I left the car locked for two weeks without turning on engine, and battery died completely. If this is how the X5 has been designed, it means I cannot leave the car in the airport parking for two weeks. Weird.
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I left the X5 (4.8) parked, locked, and untouched for 40 days while on vacation and had no problems with my battery.
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I think more people have problems with battery drain if you leave the car unlocked. The car is suppose to automatically shut itself off after a specified people after the car's has been parked and engine stopped. (15 minutes I think).
Supposedly, if you lock the car, it turns off everything immediately in the car to avoid the battery drain issue. That's what I've been doing when I park the car (even in the garage). When I lock the car, the iDrive is shut off and the RSE goes off too. I have experienced high battery drain two times with owning the car for almost 2 years now. Once the car was left over the weekend (door unlocked) and another time just over night (door locked)! Go figure.
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On our 2010 750i and 2010 M6...we have to push the Start/Stop button 2 times when parking/getting out. If you stop the car, put it in Park and hit the S/S button only one time, the engine stops, but all the electronics in the car keep running. Upon pushing the S/S button a 2nd time, the steering wheel raises, and all electric goodies go off.
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So I attemped to duplicate the "push the button twice" scenario at lunch. I goofed, and pushed the start/stop button, then pushed on the key to remove, then pushed on the start/stop button. The engine started without a key in the ignition. I did this twice, about 10 minutes apart.
Is this normal or a fluke? I don't have comfort access.
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I'll test mine later this week when I am home. A |
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I'll attempt this again.......and walk away from the vehicle with the key........just to see what happens...............perhaps the engine will shut off ?
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HP gets you to speed, Torque keeps you there ! 1928 Model A Coupe 1957 MGA SOLD 1994 MBZ SL320 2007 Acura RL 2010 X5d 11/13 PCD |
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