Anyone having Lumbar Support issues?

MikesBMW · 12-09-2019, 12:54 PM

My lumbar support control buttons don't seem to be accurately controlling the lumbar support. Sometimes pushing up makes it move down and down makes it move up. It never seems to get lower than mid back. And sometimes pushing down just makes it deflate or undulate. Weird. Wonder if it could be faulty and if anyone else has had issues.

asyvan · 12-09-2019, 12:59 PM

Yeah mine is acting really weird as well.

MikesBMW · 12-09-2019, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by asyvan

Yeah mine is acting really weird as well.

Do you also have the squeaky seat issue? I do and wondering if multiple aspects are faulty in some seats.

Jeepersjoey · 12-09-2019, 07:08 PM

Oddly, I have never been able to figure out which button increases and which decreases the balloon. It definitely does not seem consistent.

I will say that I get a back ache each time I drive without my round cushion beh8nd my back.

My wife's SQ5...no cushion needed.

Paul

asyvan · 12-10-2019, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by MikesBMW

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Originally Posted by asyvan

Yeah mine is acting really weird as well.

Do you also have the squeaky seat issue? I do and wondering if multiple aspects are faulty in some seats.

Nope. No squeaks.

spangle1980 · 12-10-2019, 04:25 AM

+1 - that four way button is a f**king constant enigma to me

Goneinsixtyseconds · 12-10-2019, 05:44 AM

Yes I am having problems with lumbar, I bought a £55k car where lumbar appears to be a fucking option, cheapskate BMW strike again. Reminds me of the £100 you used to have to pay to get folding rear seats in a 3 series. Not very good if no one, i.e. The salesmen, tells you these basic features have to be specced!

Fridge Doctor · 12-10-2019, 07:13 AM

Mines the same, each direction on the button seems to work differently each time you return to car. No squeaks yet.

JN2019 · 12-10-2019, 08:41 AM

Supposedly 🤔

spangle1980 · 12-10-2019, 08:58 AM

I know what the manual says but for me that button's function rotates by a random selection of 90/180/270 degrees every time I try it. I've given up - it's next to useless.

Bernie2x · 12-10-2019, 04:51 PM

same here...

bsperry92 · 12-12-2019, 02:57 PM

Yes mine has never worked. The driver seat squeaks, the passenger seat groans and my passenger seat ventilation fans keep hitting something in the seat causing it to sound like a little buzz saw coming for your butt. The ventilation issue was fixed once but now is never able to be reproduced by dealer even with video evidence. ugh!

clivem2 · 12-12-2019, 03:13 PM

Seems to work for me...

moff · 12-12-2019, 03:38 PM

The button has always been a menace. same in my 440i and just as dum in my X3M.

I've no idea which of the 4 directional options does what.

Someone should ask a BMW Genius!

Mpetey · 12-12-2019, 04:46 PM

On mine I noticed the up, down, forward seems to increase a different balloon, the back button decreases all balloons back to zero.

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asyvan Second Lieutenant 166 Rep 223 Posts Drives: X3 M40i (MY19) Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Sweden iTrader: (0) Garage List 2019 BMW X3 M40i [0.00]	Yeah mine is acting really weird as well. __________________ Jens Ejvinsson, Sweden BMW X3 M40i (MY19), every option in the book, Pictures BMW X1 20d M-Sport xDrive (MY17), Nav, HUD
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Jeepersjoey Stay Tuned! 297 Rep 390 Posts Drives: 2018 X3 m40i Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: North Denvah iTrader: (0)	Oddly, I have never been able to figure out which button increases and which decreases the balloon. It definitely does not seem consistent. I will say that I get a back ache each time I drive without my round cushion beh8nd my back. My wife's SQ5...no cushion needed. Paul
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spangle1980 Deadly 1308 Rep 2,066 Posts Drives: X3 M40d BG LCI Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	+1 - that four way button is a f**king constant enigma to me
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Goneinsixtyseconds Banned 4279 Rep 7,703 Posts Drives: Q7 & Clubman JCW on order Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Chesterfield iTrader: (0)	Yes I am having problems with lumbar, I bought a £55k car where lumbar appears to be a fucking option, cheapskate BMW strike again. Reminds me of the £100 you used to have to pay to get folding rear seats in a 3 series. Not very good if no one, i.e. The salesmen, tells you these basic features have to be specced!
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Fridge Doctor Fridge Doctor 17 Rep 19 Posts Drives: BMW X3 G01. Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Lincolnshire U.K iTrader: (0)	Mines the same, each direction on the button seems to work differently each time you return to car. No squeaks yet.
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spangle1980 Deadly 1308 Rep 2,066 Posts Drives: X3 M40d BG LCI Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	I know what the manual says but for me that button's function rotates by a random selection of 90/180/270 degrees every time I try it. I've given up - it's next to useless.
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Bernie2x Private 15 Rep 58 Posts Drives: BMW X3 G01 (2018) 2.0d Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Austria iTrader: (0)	same here...
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bsperry92 Enlisted Member 5 Rep 46 Posts Drives: 2019 X3 s30i Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Tampa, Florida iTrader: (0) Garage List 2015 MINI Cooper [0.00] 2019 X3 S30i [0.00]	Yes mine has never worked. The driver seat squeaks, the passenger seat groans and my passenger seat ventilation fans keep hitting something in the seat causing it to sound like a little buzz saw coming for your butt. The ventilation issue was fixed once but now is never able to be reproduced by dealer even with video evidence. ugh!
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moff Colonel 1363 Rep 2,495 Posts Drives: X4M Competition Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Nottingham GB iTrader: (0)	The button has always been a menace. same in my 440i and just as dum in my X3M. I've no idea which of the 4 directional options does what. Someone should ask a BMW Genius! __________________ Arrived! 2022 X4M Competition, SPY + Black Merino Gone: 2019 X3M Competition, Toronto Red, Adelaide Grey.
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