07-24-2014, 09:45 PM | #1 |
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Weird Auto Stop/Start Issue?
So a few days back, I parked my car at the parking lot of my work at around 10 AM. I locked the doors by touching the confort access ridge on the driver-side door and went by my day. At around 2 PM, the security stopped by my office and asked if the white M235i was mine. When I confirmed, he said that it was on. "The headlights?" I asked. "No, it's on, as the engine is on and the music is playing pretty loudly."
Pretty surprised, I grabbed my keys and walked over to the parking lot. The car was on, locked, and music blaring pretty loud. I unlocked it to find the A/C on as well. I was quite puzzled for a bit and recollected the event of me walking out of the car that morning. This is the only plausible explanation I could come up with: I was on the phone (via Bluetooth) when I parked. The A/C was on (low setting). When I parked the car, the engine must have auto-shut-off. Then I hit the P button on the shifter so it never restarted when I took my foot off the pedal. I talked on the phone for 2 more minutes, and walked out, locked the door and went off. Since I was on the phone for a bit while the car was auto-off, I probably never pressed the "Engine Start/Off" button to "actually" turn it off. After a few more minutes, the A/C must have drained enough power forcing the car to start again. Has this ever happened to anyone else? If my scenario is true, should BMW not have a built-in feature that does not let the car restart if the key fob is NOT present in the car? Or if the car got locked from outside, it should fully shut off everything, should it not? The only situation for which they may have deliberately let this pass could be if the driver pulls up to a store on a hot day, walks out, while the passenger stays in the car -- the key fob is gone with the driver, but the passenger may still in A/C, music, etc. But if someone actually LOCKS the door from outside, it should still shut everything off! But seems to me that it is pretty easy to forget to actually hit the Engine off button when the car has auto shut off. That could unintentionally get the car running by itself for hours -- or could have been worse, days! Any thoughts on this? Can anyone try to replicate this and confirm? |
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Mine turns off if I get out during auto stop and lock it via the touching the door.
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07-25-2014, 09:57 AM | #7 |
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Yup, this takes some getting used to. Have to hit the "stop" button once to toggle off the motor and then either a 2nd time to shut down OR use the remote to lock it and shut it down.
I've heard of other drivers being stopped and *forgetting* they were in auto start/stop. Motor's not running and as they get out of the car and lift their foot off the brake, the car starts up and starts to pull away. Can be very dangerous. I almost had this happen to me a few year's ago when I had a Prius. Those things are very quiet and you could sometimes forget they were ON. Almost had a "chasing the car down the street" with that one. :-) |
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07-25-2014, 10:16 AM | #8 |
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I've had to adopt some new habits when parking and leaving this car. This is my first "keyless" machine and I must say that I like being able to just walk up to the car, unlock it, start the engine and go, all with the "key" in my pocket.
But as I mentioned, this comes with developing some new habits. When parking, I first push the "P" button and then visually confirm that the car is, indeed, in Park. Next, I firmly apply the parking brake. After that, foot off brake pedal and then push the start/stop button while observing the tachometer, then one more time to turn off everything - confirmed by observing the dark LCD display. We're definitely not in Kansas anymore.
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07-25-2014, 01:23 PM | #9 |
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I had the same thing happen when shopping, so it was only on a few minutes. This was early on. I have developed the habit of hitting the stop button twice when getting out. I have not had a repeat event, so I assumed I accidentally left the ignition on, but in the auto stop state and eventually it turned itself back on.
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07-25-2014, 03:35 PM | #11 |
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My experience with auto stop-start... come to a stop in a parking lot. Press the park button. Auto stop turns the engine off. If I leave the car then it automatically goes into 'ignition off' mode. That is, if I want to drive away again then I have to step on the brake and press the on/off button.
It's possible that if you only get out of the seat but then press the lock ridge without leaving the area of the car it might not do ignition off. I haven't tried it. I will try it some time. This behavior is on my 650i. It has different software, so YMMV. |
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regarding shutting down the car when the key not present - this is wrong. i let the car run when i leave for 3-5 minutes to grocery store for example, to keep ac running. someone may want to warm up the engine in winter not having to stay inside of a car. |
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The STOP/Start button is how you turn the car on/off, not by locking the door. I myself would completely disable the auto STOP/Start feature, it's just a gimmick anyways. |
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Safety mode After the engine switches off automatically, it will not start again automatically if any one of the following conditions are met. ▷ The driver's safety belt is unbuckled and the driver's door is open. ▷ The hood was unlocked. Hopefully what you're describing wasn't on BMW's. According to the manual, it shouldn't happen. If it does happen, please let us and BMW NA know ASAP. Thanks. |
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07-29-2014, 02:45 PM | #18 |
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Is it safe to assume there's no auto stop feature in cars with equipped with a 6SPD manual?
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The A/C system will not produce cold air when the engine is off. However, the fan will run off the battery power when using Auto Start/Stop and push any residual air in the A/C system into the cabin. That's part of the feature. That being said, the car will start up again as OP suggested when the battery drains or the cabin gets too hot, etc..
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I disabled the "Auto Stop/Start" feature. I also disabled the "coast" feature in the ECO PRO mode menu. I do not like either one of them.
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