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Originally Posted by sinbad4
Now and again, I will return to my car some hours later and headlights, parking lights and tail lights. The only way it seems I can get them to go off is to get into the car, close the doors, start it and stop it. Wait a few seconds before exiting.
This has happened to me in 3 different BMW X3 M40i's.
I suspect I open door and then power off car and exit quickly. I think if I slow down, turn off car, then open doors and exit, I don't have this issue. I have had the issue less, as I try to slow my exiting down to avoid issue. I used to be a pizz driver and the quick exit and quick starts are still ingrained.
I see this as a significant design flaw. At first I thought my car had issue, but then it happened in a loaner, and continues to happen in my new M40i.
Anyone else see this issue?
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This just happened to me today for the first time (6 days since I picked up the car). I pulled into my garage the same way I do any other day. Today it must have been bit cloudier/darker than usual and I noticed the lights turned on as I pulled in the garage. When I got out I just assumed they would go off in a minute. I came back out 10 min later and they were still on.
Nothing would turn them off except turning the headlight switch to off and back to auto. I assume start/stop engine would have worked too, but didn't have to resort to that. Definitely seems like a bug.
I wonder if I had taken the key out if they would have shut off? I always leave
The key inside in the garage.