07-11-2014, 06:47 PM | #1 |
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Couple locking questions
I have the new 2015, with comfort access.
The manual says not to lock the door with the remote if someone is inside. That it requires special knowledge to unlock. Is it pretty much impossible to unlock the car in this case from the inside? Or is it just that the alarm is activated, and if unlocked, the alarm will go off? With warnings like that, I'm worried about trying. Which may be the point. But not everyone will see the warning. Especially when the car driven by someone else or a second owner. Also, what if you want to step out of the car for a few minutes, and leave it running. Can the car be locked/unlocked from outside the car while running? Thanks, |
07-11-2014, 08:30 PM | #2 |
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Yes, it can. However, leaving a motor vehicle running and unattended may be illegal in your state. It is in mine.
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07-12-2014, 12:46 AM | #3 | |
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07-12-2014, 04:59 AM | #4 | |
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07-12-2014, 06:10 AM | #5 |
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I'm surprised about this. My car just chimes, and a warning message comes up if you remove the key from the car while it's running. But mine NEVER cuts out- I would have thought that it would be highly dangerous to do so if the car was moving.
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07-12-2014, 07:12 AM | #7 | |
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I live in an apartment building. In the winter my routine almost every morning is to start the car and turn on the heat, turn on the steering wheel/seat heaters, and turn on the rear window heater. I then exit/lock it and walk a significant distance across the parking lot to dump the trash. I never had a problem with the engine stopping on its own. I also step out of the car, once its started, to clean the night's snow and ice off of it and again the engine has never stopped. However, in all cases, as soon as I step out of the car a message appears on the display with a chime stating the car cannot be restarted. Yesterday, my wife and I forgot something in our apartment, I sat in the car with the A/C on while she took my key and went back up to our apartment. As soon as the key fob passed through the door the message and chime appeared but the engine did not stop. I even drove into the parking lot next door to see something while she was away to see something and had no problem at all. In other words, IMO, if your engine is stopping when the fob leaves the immediate presence of the vehicle something is wrong as that would present potential safety issues and I doubt highly BMW or any other car maker would design a car that way. Certainly it wont restart if stopped but it will not shutdown on its own. |
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07-12-2014, 03:25 PM | #8 |
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I left it running today while I ran back into the house to get something. Even locked it with the fob first.
I can see leaving it running in the winter when cleaning windows. Though normally wouldn't lock it in that case. |
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