02-19-2012, 03:46 PM | #1 |
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One thing that is really starting to annoy me now is the door locks on my car. When I and / or my passenger get out of the car, I would expect all the other doors to unlock as they did in my previous car, but in this, when I or my passenger go to get a jacket or something off the back seat, we find the back doors locked and either have to fish around in my pocket for the keys to unlock them or get back in the car to press the unlock button. Is there a setting that I'm missing here (or do I need to set it up for all doors to unlock on the remote rather than driver's door only on first push of the remote) or is this just plain bad design??!!
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02-19-2012, 04:38 PM | #2 |
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In our US model, with door locks set to "all doors" under the settings menu, all doors will unlock with the first push of the remote. Using the central locking button on the center of the dash, everything unlocks, 4 doors, hatch and fuel door.
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02-19-2012, 06:57 PM | #3 | |
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02-19-2012, 07:58 PM | #4 |
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There is a setting for this in the idrive. either unlock driver or all doors in your 1st push.
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02-19-2012, 11:06 PM | #8 |
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So you want all the doors to unlock when you pull on the handle twice on the driver side door? That's weird to me. At most, in other cars that I've driven - you either have to press on a all-door lock/unlock button (like the x3) - or some cars unlock all doors when you put it in park (which I don't like, actually). Not sure how that makes the x3 to have a eff'd up system.
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02-20-2012, 12:40 AM | #9 |
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If you are new to BMW ownership I would suggest to get used to it since the locking system is identical yet excalt in all series from 2000- current as far from what I owned.
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02-20-2012, 01:24 AM | #10 |
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With these settings my back doors are unlocked and I have not experienced the problem you're describing.
I'm just guessing here but do you have the "lock after start, to drive" box checked? If so I think that's causing your problem. If you frequently have kids sitting in the back you could leave the box unchecked but turn on the child locks by toggling them on the inside of the door. If you need to have the doors lock after driving there doesn't seem to be any way around having to use the remote. |
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02-20-2012, 02:09 AM | #11 |
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I don't seem to have this problem. I usually throw my briefcase onto the back seat and have no trouble opening the back door to retrieve it when I park up. No need to fiddle with the key.
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02-20-2012, 06:58 AM | #12 | |
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I disagree. The locking system works better than any vehicle I've ever had. Flexible and safe, but it is different and takes a little getting used to before it's natural to easily achieve what you want.
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02-20-2012, 07:00 AM | #13 |
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Oh, if you have Comfort Access and have it set to "open all doors" and you're already outside trying to get that jacket out of the back or whatever, remember you can just put your hand through the front door handle to unlock vice using the key.
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02-20-2012, 07:04 AM | #14 |
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This is extremely annoying to us as well. I find myself cussing out the X3 anytime I have to get something out of the back and even the tailgate. I can't get ours to unlock all doors and tailgate upon parking the vehicle. So annoying.
Standard procedure iMHO should be: 1) Put X3 in park 2) All doors unlock. On our Tahoe and ML350, both unlock all when put in park. |
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02-20-2012, 07:13 AM | #15 | |
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A suggestion: When you put the car in Park, your hand is just below the central locking button. Perhaps make it a habit of "park button to unlock button" and it'll be almost like your previous vehicles?
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02-20-2012, 07:20 AM | #16 |
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Isn't this only a problem because you're locking all of the doors in the first place? Just change the iDrive settings so that the doors don't automatically lock when you start driving (lock after start to drive to OFF). If you want the extra security of having all the doors lock when you drive away it seems sensible not to just unlock all of them when you put the car in park
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02-20-2012, 07:35 AM | #17 |
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Ideally we would like ot have it both ways, similar to how our existing vehicles operate. Put car into drive, all doors lock. Put the car in Park, all doors unlock.
I wouldn't want to give up the 'lock doors on drive' feature to keep the doors unlocked. I am trying to create muscle memory in that every time I park I have to hit the center unlock but my gosh, I've never had so many post-park procedures. Park in a spot, press park button, press engine start/stop button to turn engine off, press start/stop button to turn radio off, press center unlock button (twice I think to get all doors and tailgate to unlock) exit vehicle and be on my way. Compared to our other vehicles: Park in spot, shift into park, turn engine off and exit vehicle. When exiting the radio and accessories automatically turn off, all doors and tailgate unlock automatically. |
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02-20-2012, 07:44 AM | #18 |
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You don't have to turn the radio off, the car does that on it's own when you close and lock the doors. Central lock takes only one press.
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I know I have also faced this situation many a times that when I drive back home and get out to pickup my items from rear , it's do annoying to find rear door locked.
I wish BMW had additional list item with "Open doors when park". I am lookin for coding to achieve this. |
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Could be right about the central lock button just taking one press. I'll mess with it tonight. |
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02-20-2012, 01:14 PM | #21 |
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Glad to see that my gripe has caused such a quick flurry of responses and that most are with me in that the way the car is set up is a pain. I want the car to lock itself on drive away (as it does) as I don't relish the prospect of some random stranger jumping into the car when stopped at lights or a junction. I would however like it to unlock all the doors when I am parked up on my drive and have opened my door so I can get stuff off the back seat instead of finding that back door locked. It's a pain, period!!
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