A passenger left a car, however seat heating remained on

MOCKBA · 02-06-2009, 10:55 PM

Is it normal? Another strange behavior I noticed today, I locked car using CA touch as usually and display got closed, however music continued sounding. I have to press STOP button to make it shut. Yes, my window was down so I could reach the button.

jeremyc74 · 02-06-2009, 11:13 PM

The seat heat will work with no one in the seat. That lets you warm the seats up before you get in the car.

No idea about the other one.

MOCKBA · 02-06-2009, 11:15 PM

Makes sense. When I left a car for few minutes and then went back I noticed that my seat heating is still on.

stovesax08 · 02-06-2009, 11:33 PM

I think you can adjust the length of time that the car will stay "on" after you kill the engine. I think the default setting is something like 40 seconds.

Lester · 02-06-2009, 11:36 PM

I noticed that too. If I come back to the car within a few minutes, the seat heater remembers what setting it was on. Otherwise, it shuts off. I don't think the heater actually stays on though, I think it just remembers what the setting is.

AlienDNA · 02-07-2009, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by MOCKBA

I locked car using CA touch as usually and display got closed, however music continued sounding. I have to press STOP button to make it shut. Yes, my window was down so I could reach the button.

According to the Owner's Manual, "Radio readiness is switched off automatically...[i]n cars with convenient access, by touching the surface above the door lock.." See page 47 in the on-line version. That's how it works on my car.

I couldn't find a setting that would change that, but note that this is from the '09 1-series without iDrive manual. I don't see the iDrive manual on-line, but I wasn't that motivated to look. Maybe there's a setting in there that affects that.

shmee150 · 02-07-2009, 06:17 AM

My Dad's M3 with CA very definitely shuts the music off and on via unlocking the car the standard way, a feature I am very jealous of but I couldn't afford

Tim

Gray135i · 02-07-2009, 09:09 PM

If you're talking about the heated seat being on while no passenger is in it, then that is normal and it is great if you're trying to keep your lunch warm on the way back to work. I have had a few problems with the radio not going off on occasion however. Everything else turns off, the nav screen goes down and I lock the doors with CA but the radio is still playing. Each time I've had to restart the car and turn it off again before the radio turned off as well. It's only happened 3-4 times so I'm not too worried about it.

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MOCKBA Captain 54 Rep 870 Posts Drives: 135 convertible Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: SFBA iTrader: (0)	A passenger left a car, however seat heating remained on Is it normal? Another strange behavior I noticed today, I locked car using CA touch as usually and display got closed, however music continued sounding. I have to press STOP button to make it shut. Yes, my window was down so I could reach the button. __________________ 535i/HUD Kamerton brings me true sound fidelity
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jeremyc74 Banned 76 Rep 5,970 Posts Drives: '08 135i Montego/Terra Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Evansville, IN iTrader: (0)	The seat heat will work with no one in the seat. That lets you warm the seats up before you get in the car. No idea about the other one.
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MOCKBA Captain 54 Rep 870 Posts Drives: 135 convertible Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: SFBA iTrader: (0)	Makes sense. When I left a car for few minutes and then went back I noticed that my seat heating is still on. __________________ 535i/HUD Kamerton brings me true sound fidelity
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stovesax08 Second Lieutenant 7 Rep 269 Posts Drives: 135i, X5 45e Join Date: Feb 2008 iTrader: (0)	I think you can adjust the length of time that the car will stay "on" after you kill the engine. I think the default setting is something like 40 seconds. __________________ 135i Coupe-Manual, Montego, Lemon, HG Black, sport, premium, CA, HiFi, Ipod/USB, heated seats
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Lester Brigadier General 295 Rep 3,350 Posts Drives: Join Date: Oct 2007 iTrader: (0)	I noticed that too. If I come back to the car within a few minutes, the seat heater remembers what setting it was on. Otherwise, it shuts off. I don't think the heater actually stays on though, I think it just remembers what the setting is.
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shmee150 Second Lieutenant 18 Rep 259 Posts Drives: 123d SE Coupe Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: London, UK iTrader: (0)	My Dad's M3 with CA very definitely shuts the music off and on via unlocking the car the standard way, a feature I am very jealous of but I couldn't afford Tim __________________
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Gray135i Private First Class 15 Rep 138 Posts Drives: 2008 135i Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: East of the Mississippi iTrader: (0)	If you're talking about the heated seat being on while no passenger is in it, then that is normal and it is great if you're trying to keep your lunch warm on the way back to work. I have had a few problems with the radio not going off on occasion however. Everything else turns off, the nav screen goes down and I lock the doors with CA but the radio is still playing. Each time I've had to restart the car and turn it off again before the radio turned off as well. It's only happened 3-4 times so I'm not too worried about it.
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