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12-08-2009, 08:12 PM | #1 |
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OK - How about some really useful stuff. I have had my Z4 30i for 24 hours now and I have had several little annoying issues. I am wondering what specific issues others are / have had in the tiheir first week to 10 days of ownership and what they or their dealers have done about them. Here is my little list:
- 6 speed auto - very harsh shift from second to third (in normal mode) then after turning the engine off and back on it goes away. Next start it may or may not be back ... Anyone else had anythng like this ?? Any action to correct ?? Is this controlled by the computer ??? Programjming the touch buttons_ I have programmed the #1 button to close the display - after a few hours the programming is LOST - I do it again and it gets lost again.... Anyone else see this ?? - activer headlights - the left / right motion appears to respond very slowly.... the lights come back to center several seconds after the car is moving in a straight line .. anyone else seen this ?? I have a few other little items but will go into detail on those at a later time.....
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I have a 30i also.
No noticable issues with 6 speed auto in 'normal' or 'sport' mode. Have programmed 3x shortcut buttons and they have not lost their settings (at least not so far). Don't have adaptive headlights so can't comment on reactive speed. Actually, I have to say that so far, everything seems fine with my car. Had a few squeaks and funny noises myself the first few days but they have since gone and, so far, not returned. Think they may have been down to dirty and/or wet rubber seals. I would perhaps wait a couple of weeks just to see if any other issues crop up so that you can then get them all resolved in one go. Beats having to take the car to the dealer several times. |
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12-08-2009, 09:33 PM | #3 |
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The automatic transmission will adapt to the driving style of the driver...So if you floor it sometimes and gentle other times, you're just confusing the poor thing!
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The potential for confusion would always be there if this were the case, even with the best intentions; what happens when my partner (who has a different driving style to me) gets in and drives. Perhaps someone else who knows more than me can confirm. |
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12-09-2009, 06:43 AM | #5 |
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Even if you wait for a few more faults to show before taking the car in, please let your dealer know, on record, NOW . . . You have no idea yet how serious a problem you have, if any. It may be that you ultimately want to reject the car and your right to do so (in the UK at least) evapourates the longer you keep it. I personally wouldn't wait at all since rejecting the car is contingent on giving the seller opportunities to rectify. If you show up with a gearbox fault 3 weeks after it first appeared, you might fall prey to the excuse "You made it worse by continuing to use it."
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12-09-2009, 12:29 PM | #7 |
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Well.... after a bit more than 24 hours the HARSH shifting has appeared to GO AWAY... just as mysteriously as it came... Maybe it does learn but I doubt it learns that ..
Anyway another of the little nuances is that the mirrors ocassionally do NOT come back to their set point after they have been folded in and left for several hours. Sometimes they do and sometimmes they do not. When they do not they are both aimed down at the ground. This is regardless of the position of the mirror selection switch and in DRIVE not REVERSE where they re-aim for parking.
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So maybe that's why I jhad the HARSH shifting on the initial ride home (30 miles) on the forst day...... So far it has not happened again....
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Just a little something i have noted and the dealer didn't know the answer, whenever i start the car the fan is always on, nothing else is on only the fan. I take the key out put it back in start the car and the fan is back on, damn annoying
the other thing is on the idrive, there is no pause or repeat function available or even stop for the songs .. how strange There is a night mode for the nav system, but it doesnt come automatically, i had to assign it a shortcut button on the front radio. Same thing for zoom mode for movies it doesn't remember the setting, once again shortcut button.. and the volume on movies is terribly low same thing for the phone you turn it up while talking then hang up and back to music blasting at full volume the car needs to go back to the dealer as the voice recognition for the nav system doesn't work, works everywhere else but not for the address, i was told i need to have the 2010 software. Interesting enough i have an option to use satellite images on the nav but they don't appear to work, we looked at a different Z4 (earlier build) and it did not have that option. Apart from that, had my Z4 30i for 2 weeks now, i should have got the white Last edited by Drk280; 12-10-2009 at 05:53 AM.. |
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My 35i is 2 weeks old. The satellite radio only works about half the time. The rest of the time it just says "acquiring...". Just made a service appointment to take it in next week. It's probably a problem with the antenna.
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There should be a repeat option for songs, IIRC. Press the Options button while one's playing. The phone volume should adjust separately from stereo volume. Use the steering wheel volume buttons while on a call.
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I have the same thing with the fan, too. Everytime I turn on the car, I have the fan on the lowest setting. I turn it off, but the next time that I start the car, it is on again. I could find nothing in the manual to change this setting. Any ideas?
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what fan? you guys don't leave the climate control on AUTO?
the little fan sound you guys hear when you insert the key is the vents opening up.
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I shut everything down, but it isn't only hearing a fan. The green light that shows the speed of the fan always comes up with one green light meaning that it is on the lowest setting. I shut it off, but the next time that I re-start my car, it is on again.
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I think the fan coming up is for positive ventilation. Most american cars do the same thing to assure that there is no chance for exhaust (CO2) to stay in the car. My 2007 335i cab did the same thing.
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oh... that i haven't encountered, i pushed AUTO when i got the car and never touched it again.
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But agree that a quick email or similar to the dealer so that there is something in writing is a good idea. |
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I was told from a friend that worked in BMW until not too long ago, that the auto transmission does not learn (as it can't see and therefore anticipate) the driver, which admittedly makes sense to me. But then again, he's the same guy that told me I'm deaf and need to go to the opticians!! Just found this thread if anyone is interested. Doesn't specifically relate to the Z4 and may not relate at all to 35i's with DCT but interesting reading all the same: http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=411543 If anyone tried the rpocedure perhaps they can post back with their results. Last edited by riccis; 12-10-2009 at 12:13 PM.. Reason: Added topic related thread. |
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