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My 2005 4.4 occasionally sets off the alarm for no reason when I hit the unlock button on the key. I saw that others have had this problem as well.

Thursday night I was about to put the X5 to bed and hit the unlock button to get in. The turn signal / marker lamps flashed......and then continued to flash. Starting the car had no effect, hitting the hazard button or the turn signal stalk had no effect, turning the car on and off, no effect, hitting the buttons on the remote, no effect, etc. Curiously, the dash indicator lamps did not illuminate to indicate the signals / hazards were on.

As an aside, I was catching a flight to Las Vegas in the morning and was not excited about coming home to a dead battery.

Finally, I took it for a quick drive and at some point the lights stopped flashing and the hazard button / turn signal stalk returned to normal function.

Anyone heard of this, or have any ideas????

Wow, I've got an exact same problem. Sometimes the alarm goes off as I press the unlock button, and then to stop it I push lock and unlock buttons randomly until it stops, which is ~3 seconds. However it's definitely an annoyance. Anyone else has this and/or knows how to get this resolved?

Hmmm..not really sure. I have had the same problem too in the past. But it only happens once in a blue moon, so it never bothered me enough to really check it out. I just figured it's probably just a programming glitch where the car registers it as a different command from the key.

Ye I've been noticing the same thing my 2005 3.0, does that out of the blue as well, I just press the unluck button twice and it usually stops...

It just happened to me today for the first time. If I can reproduce it, I will have to make a trip to the Dealer.

2005 X5 4.4i

Ditto...

Happened to me twice in the last 3 months or so. :dunno:

Yeah it's really @#$% annoying--you look like a real idiot in the parking lot.

This time though, no siren, just the lights flashing.

this happens when your battery has low charge. . . maybe.. i am not an expert. Check your battery specially some folks on areas with COLD weather. Not here is SD CA. :)

Then why is it happening to guys with 2005 vehicles? :dunno: Bad batteries from the factory? :confused: I would expect my 2001 to have a low battery before someone with a 2005. ;)

My '05 does the same thing. Very annoying, but I just chalk it up to German expertise in electronics.

My '04 has done this a handful of times in the past month. :dunno:

I also had the hazard lights flashing, no way to turn them off, issue about a month ago. Only happened once, but very disconcerting. Turned car on, off, kept pressing switches, etc... with no effect - hazards stayed on. Then, miraculously, stopped about 10 minutes later. Obviously didn't know what to attribute it to, but even more oncerned now that others have the same issue (mine is an '05 4.4i). I'm at 12k miles, will certainly mention it at my first service appt.

OK, so we ALL seem to be having this problem occassionally... what now? :rofl:

my 05 4.4 does the same thing but i thought it was because i acidently press both key or something that will set panic on...

My 05 4.4 does the same thing. Quite often alarm goes off for no evident reasons.

When I forget to put the turn signal back to neutral position, after engine if off the signal lights are still on. How stupid it is!
I made an appointment with a dealer because the signal lights won't turn off, but I figured out why.

Thanks German engineers.

My '06 has done that once, it was really strange and it was cold out

Actually, this feature can be useful, and is intentional. If you are parked on a narrow street, it is used to keep the side lights on to warn other vehicles that you are parked there. Mostly used in Europe, on narrow streets.

my 2005 does the same thing with no regularity.
the dealer says nothing is wrong.
when i asked them if others owners have had this problem i got "the blank stare"
i guess it's just one of those things we have to live with.

:iagree:

Any fixes for this? My 2005 3.01 has started exhibiting this as well...unlock button on key remote causes alarm to go off with no clear way to shut it off, just randomly press buttons til it stops. Also had the flashers come on randomly with no audible sound, could only fix it by shutting off and restarting ignition...