4 months into ownership

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Now that I have had my SE for 4 months and 1900 miles I am still figuring out all of the features on the car. I know most of you figured things out immediately - now that the weather is warming up

Recently something has changed and I can’t figure out if I have done something.

Initially when I turned off the car the radio and if operating the wipers would turn off when I opened the door. Now they continue on unless I turn them off manually which is sort of a pain.

I have searched through the various menus and can not see any options that
1. I have purposely changed
2. Look like they are applicable

Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated
 
They stop when you close the door (or a few seconds thereafter). Or, just hit the toggle a second time after you open the door and the car will shut down.
 
I should add: hitting the “power” button on the radio only mutes it (and pauses anything being streamed).
 
I will try hitting the power button a second time with the door open - as noted in the past simply hitting the power button once and opening the door shut everything down.
 
When I disembark, I hit the power button once, then when I open the doors the music stops. Works like that in our F54 too. I hope you find a fix, because that sounds irritating.
 
That is the way it used to be but no longer. The other issue is that the presets on my radio are no longer there. I tried the suggestion from Same Guy but that did not seem to work. Possible dealer visit
 
chrunck said:
When I disembark, I hit the power button once, then when I open the doors the music stops. Works like that in our F54 too. I hope you find a fix, because that sounds irritating.
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Did you have a passenger in the car? I think on ours if there is a passenger, the radio says on until both doors have opened.
 
Newbs said:
Did you have a passenger in the car? I think on ours if there is a passenger, the radio says on until both doors have opened.
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I concur. The passenger enjoys the radio while the driver does whatever they are doing out of the car.
 
Stillk said:
That is the way it used to be but no longer. The other issue is that the presets on my radio are no longer there. I tried the suggestion from Same Guy but that did not seem to work. Possible dealer visit
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I believe the presets and general settings of the car are paired to the key. Are you interchanging your two main keys perhaps?
 
Newbs said:
Did you have a passenger in the car? I think on ours if there is a passenger, the radio says on until both doors have opened.
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Yep, when there are two of us, it doesn't stop until both doors are opened.

Stillk, do you have a heavy bag in the passenger seat maybe? I would guess not, since then you would have the seat belt chime going off.
 
No passengers ~ in fact I bought the clip for the seat belt receiver. Also using the same key. I really think it is something I did in playing with the settings. I also noticed that the passenger mirror again dips when backing up - something I changed long ago. Weather is still in the 20s and 30s as soon as it becomes warmer I am going to spend time scrolling through the menus.

Minor issues - still throughly enjoy the car
 
It might be worth the $45 or so to get an OBDII dongle and BimmerCode to change some of the features. I’ve used it to turn off seatbelt warnings.
 
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