Climate Vent control

crabu2 · 07-07-2017, 09:25 AM

I've got a question...

If you look at the below, you see that for the drivers side (green circle), you have 3 vent positions.. On the passenger side (orange circle), I only have 2. No matter how many times I press the vent position button, I can only the get bottom 2 on the passenger side. It's not the light being burned out either because it cycles with every press of the button. Is this normal? If not, is there some setting somewhere I can change or do I need to take this into the dealer?

Thanks!

BEM-S4 · 07-07-2017, 09:27 AM

See that button directly below the passenger side that you circled? The one with the 3 vent lines going towards the passenger? Try giving that a press or two and see what happens.

crabu2 · 07-07-2017, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by BEM-S4

See that button directly below the passenger side that you circled? The one with the 3 vent lines going towards the passenger? Try giving that a press or two and see what happens.

I've done it a million times to see if if the top line shows but it never does... It's not the light being burned out either because it cycles with each press of the button.. It just never gets to the top line.

BEM-S4 · 07-07-2017, 09:31 AM

That's a weird one. I forget exactly but I think the drivers side is the master and the passenger is slave, if that's the right term. So you can have all on for driver and then some selectively off for passenger. But you cannot have on for passenger but off for driver.

Without seeing how you have everything else set hard to comment further.

crabu2 · 07-07-2017, 09:44 AM

So you're thinking this is normal.. Just a setting doing this? I'm going to go and play around with it during my lunch break..

esp260 · 07-07-2017, 09:48 AM

This is normal! Mine is exactly like this and I asked the tech about it when I got my car delivered.

Not sure how true it is, but the way he explained it was that the 2 series only has one "top" vent and that is controlled by the driver side.

Xi-Xi · 07-07-2017, 09:56 AM

There is nothing wrong. Only the driver's side control determines whether there is any air directed to the windshield (both sides, pass & driver), because the driver has priority.

XutvJet · 07-07-2017, 10:02 AM

^This. It's in the owners manual.

crabu2 · 07-07-2017, 10:02 AM

Thanks folks!

bimmerfile · 07-07-2017, 02:51 PM

From the owners manual (page 130):

Press button repeatedly to select a
program:
▷ Upper body region.
▷ Upper body region and footwell.
▷ Footwell.
▷ Windows and footwell: driver's side only.
▷ Windows, upper body region and footwell: driver's side only.

morphomeman · 07-08-2017, 05:40 AM

Wow. You learn something new every day. I can't remember the last time I touched these buttons on any BMW I have owned in the last 15+ years.

Maynard · 07-11-2017, 07:44 AM

I spent the whole delivery time reading through the manual a couple of times (available online - nice touch), still confused about several features, but it does help. This was one of them that I had to go back and check, and I still can't figure out if it is using the thermostat numbers if it is on regular AC, or only if I set it to 'auto'.

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BEM-S4 Major General 4516 Rep 8,942 Posts Drives: Dinan M235, Dinan Sport Wagon Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Philadelphia iTrader: (5)	See that button directly below the passenger side that you circled? The one with the 3 vent lines going towards the passenger? Try giving that a press or two and see what happens. __________________ 2022 Macan S 2016 F31 328i xDrive Sport Wagon 2006 E46 330ci ZHP Convertible
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BEM-S4 Major General 4516 Rep 8,942 Posts Drives: Dinan M235, Dinan Sport Wagon Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Philadelphia iTrader: (5)	That's a weird one. I forget exactly but I think the drivers side is the master and the passenger is slave, if that's the right term. So you can have all on for driver and then some selectively off for passenger. But you cannot have on for passenger but off for driver. Without seeing how you have everything else set hard to comment further. __________________ 2022 Macan S 2016 F31 328i xDrive Sport Wagon 2006 E46 330ci ZHP Convertible
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crabu2 Captain 142 Rep 671 Posts Drives: Truck and ... Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Maryland iTrader: (0)	So you're thinking this is normal.. Just a setting doing this? I'm going to go and play around with it during my lunch break.. __________________ '20 240ix convertible
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esp260 Private First Class 53 Rep 187 Posts Drives: 228i Msport 6MT Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: San Francisco, CA iTrader: (0)	This is normal! Mine is exactly like this and I asked the tech about it when I got my car delivered. Not sure how true it is, but the way he explained it was that the 2 series only has one "top" vent and that is controlled by the driver side.
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Xi-Xi Private First Class 37 Rep 100 Posts Drives: 228xi Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Pennsylvania iTrader: (0)	There is nothing wrong. Only the driver's side control determines whether there is any air directed to the windshield (both sides, pass & driver), because the driver has priority.
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XutvJet Major General 5551 Rep 5,369 Posts Drives: 2011 Cayman Base, 2016 M235 Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Kansas City iTrader: (-1)	^This. It's in the owners manual.
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crabu2 Captain 142 Rep 671 Posts Drives: Truck and ... Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Maryland iTrader: (0)	Thanks folks! __________________ '20 240ix convertible
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bimmerfile Colonel 621 Rep 2,067 Posts Drives: 2019 BMW X2 F39 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: GTA, Canada iTrader: (0)	From the owners manual (page 130): Press button repeatedly to select a program: ▷ Upper body region. ▷ Upper body region and footwell. ▷ Footwell. ▷ Windows and footwell: driver's side only. ▷ Windows, upper body region and footwell: driver's side only. __________________ 2019 X2
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morphomeman Major 593 Rep 1,219 Posts Drives: 2015 M235ix Join Date: May 2015 Location: United States iTrader: (1) Garage List 2016 BMW X3 [0.00] 2015 BMW M235ix [0.00]	Wow. You learn something new every day. I can't remember the last time I touched these buttons on any BMW I have owned in the last 15+ years.
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Maynard Colonel 3847 Rep 2,872 Posts Drives: 228iX & M2C Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Upstate NY iTrader: (1)	I spent the whole delivery time reading through the manual a couple of times (available online - nice touch), still confused about several features, but it does help. This was one of them that I had to go back and check, and I still can't figure out if it is using the thermostat numbers if it is on regular AC, or only if I set it to 'auto'.
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