Locking car with occupants and not setting off alarm

[Diesel X5]

Does anyone know how to lock the doors with an occupant inside the car, and not have the alarm go off?

Not that I would leave anyone in the car for any extended period, but when I drop my kids off at school on a rainy day, I park in the lot, walk two of them to the waiting area before class starts (and still have visual contact with the third in the car), then head back to the car. Problem is, with my youngest one still in the car, the alarm ALWAYS goes off when I lock it (paranoid, don't want to leave him in there with car unlocked even though I can still see him).

[TerminatorX5]

when you push the "lock" on the key, you double lock the car and set the motion detector. If you push the "lock" second time, (double push), you will double lock the doors and DEactivate the motion sensor.

Try it, and let us know if it works...

[motordavid]

That dbl push works on our E53...dunno about the newer E70s, but worth a try.
GL, mD

[Diesel X5]

Originally Posted by TerminatorX5

when you push the "lock" on the key, you double lock the car and set the motion detector. If you push the "lock" second time, (double push), you will double lock the doors and DEactivate the motion sensor.

Try it, and let us know if it works...

thanks! I'll try that. I think that's in the manual, but didn't work for me initially. Perhaps I should give it a longer pause between pushing the lock key. Will try again. I had previously simply pushed it twice one immediately after another.

[cbthedookie]

It works on my 12 35d and my wife's 335ic. Watch the red security light beneath the mirror - it will stay on when you click the button the second time.

Must have if you carry a friend of the 4-legged persuasion...


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[Larry Cable]

its supposed to work ... but its a PITA to get it to do so ... you have to pause the right amount of time between the 1st and 2nd push ... watch the red LED under the mirror, if it goes 'solid' (not blinking) you have deactivated the motion sensors ...

good luck!

[Larry Cable]

Originally Posted by cbthedookie

It works on my 12 35d and my wife's 335ic. Watch the red security light beneath the mirror - it will stay on when you click the button the second time.

Must have if you carry a friend of the 4-legged persuasion...


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+1, also think about activating the parked car air circulation system found under iDrive > Settings > Climate ... and think about getting a 'too hot for spot..." thermometer to monitor the inside temps...

[Diesel X5]

Thanks all. The key is most definitely the steady red versus the blinking red.

[cbthedookie]

Originally Posted by Larry Cable

+1, also think about activating the parked car air circulation system found under iDrive > Settings > Climate ...

The parked car circulation is a feature that I've not yet figured out. Seems like you have to select a starting time and duration each time - is that correct? Tough to set up each time I park...


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