The keys are:
1. Use INTENSE SETTING when first getting in a hot X
2. Roll down your windows for a minute to exaust the hot air. I use the remote as I walk up to the vehicle and it automatically rolls down all the windows, buy the time I put the X in drive all the hot air is gone.
3. Be sure that you have all blue bars in idrive vent settings
4. I find if the rear air is on, the system takes longer to cool. If I dont have rear passangers, I use idrive to turn off rear air.

thanks for the advice ... i'm curious to hear from fellow Arizona x5 owners if they experienced the same thing ...

Remind us how to do this again? Have comfort access if that matters? Just hold the unlock or something?

Once you unlock your X from 50 feet, press and hold the unlock button again and after 5 seconds all windows and sunroof will begin to open. Get 'em all opened before you even get to your vehicle and it will be much cooler for you. Basically, the 150 degree air has escaped.

I've noticed that the AC blows colder if I keep the fan speed lower.

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SELL YOUR X5 and never buy another BMW
I had bad experiences with non-BMW Marque years ago and have never looked at them since. Lifes too short to be bitchin all the time.

4.8i - no problems
Aircon all good - but I did find it too a little while to get my iDrive settings "just" right - all good and works a treat in our constant Aussie heat!:thumbup:

I DISAGREE
 

Our car has been over in Western Australia whilst we were there, and we discovered that the current model A/C is pretty useless. A call to the dealer found out that those in hot climates are complaining about the same thing.

Firstly check that you have the rear a/c turned off altogether (Idrive uncheck rear pasenger and make same settings as driver) That alone significantly increases the airflow to the front.

It is not the initial cool down of the car that is such a problem, it is that the volume of COLD air is so low that having passengers (or our son) in the rear means we sweat in the front or have it turned up so much that the 'less hot air' is roaring out the vents. It does appear to be a pretty weak solution to warmer climates as we had the dealer check all the settings and we had it right.

The temps we were experincing were in the 40's (110'F) and it was causing a problem for us....

I am in South Louisiana where the humidity is 100%, it doesnt get much hotter than this.

At max volume, it literally is max volume, audibly, but I think it does its job, albeit gradually. I think the problem is there's so many settings for it. I mean, the fan control has something like 8 levels.. tone those choices down and it should be more responsive at each level.

All BMWs have this. Unlock the doors via keyfob and then hold the unlock button for awhile. The windows will begin to roll down and stop when you release the button.

The AC in our '06 325i is stupid. Next to the centre fill speaker on top of the dash, there are two vents that supplement the face vents on the centre stack. Problem is, they are too far from the front passengers to be of any use. Why not just have two BIG centre vents like normal cars, instead of diverting air to 4 vents, two of which are useless? :loco:

That is why on truly hot days, I prefer to drive the X3 around because its AC is more effective and puts out more air.

I will say, the auto climate control in our 118i worked well. But the vents were bigger, which makes little sense because that hatch is smaller and cheaper than the 325i sedan.