power button sometimes turns on?

ismelllikepoop · 08-21-2008, 12:00 PM

couldnt find it on any searches, but every 10 or so starts, the power button is on even though i prefer it off. makes me look like an idiot driving since im not modulating the throttle smoothly anymore. anyone have this issue?

masmole · 08-21-2008, 12:07 PM

Maybe you use a different key fob 1 out of 10 times and that key fob has its key-dependent settings under the M-Drive menu set for power on and the other key fob set to power off?

I had the same issue until I actually read the manual and figured it out.

!Xoible · 08-21-2008, 12:08 PM

using the same keyfob?

monsta · 08-21-2008, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ismelllikepoop

couldnt find it on any searches, but every 10 or so starts, the power button is on even though i prefer it off. makes me look like an idiot driving since im not modulating the throttle smoothly anymore. anyone have this issue?

definitely using different key fobs....also why not just turn it off so you don't look like an idiot like your claiming....I prefer it off also for around town driving and have my M button set up to active it when I want to play

ismelllikepoop · 08-21-2008, 10:21 PM

how am i definitely using a different key fob when the other one is sitting in a cabinet and the one i use has all my keys on it? It's usually off but my whole point is that it's on randomly perhaps 1 out of every 10 times i start up the car.

J08M3 · 08-21-2008, 11:17 PM

I feel like this happened to me too before break-in. But ever since my Power button has be on and left on. But I remember a few times getting in my car before it was broken in and randomly the POWER button was on and I've only used one key.

Unlimitedtoolz · 08-22-2008, 02:44 AM

there's nothing wrong ! just go to the m-setting and choose normal and you'll be fine ! i had the same problem when i first got it ! and took it to the dealer for the first service and found out ! good luck !

mkoesel · 08-22-2008, 08:55 AM

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makes me look like an idiot driving since im not modulating the throttle smoothly anymore.

What I don't get is - how do you not notice it right away when starting to pull away? No need to leave it on, right?

ismelllikepoop · 08-22-2008, 01:54 PM

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What I don't get is - how do you not notice it right away when starting to pull away? No need to leave it on, right?

I turn it off when i see it on, but i dont tend to check unless there is the jumpy feeling when i take off. it just seems like an irritating electronics gremlin. i dont have m-drive, and for the most part it is off when i start the car, but every so often i notice it lit up.

spyderco10 · 08-23-2008, 12:31 AM

hey, you know the same thing happens to me about one in every 10 starts!! i just figured that i pressed the power button accidentally when the car was off, and that's why it was lit when i started the car. weird. good to know others are having the same issue.

mkoesel · 08-23-2008, 08:25 AM

Ok so another person has the problem too.

So if that's the case, here's a related question that I would be even more curious in knowing the answer to. Has anyone had the opposite experience? I.e. the car is set to sport mode when the car is shut off (or is not set to sport mode when the car is shut off, but has sport mode selected for the particular key in question) and then starts up not in sport mode? That would probably be much more annoying for me since I will always drive in sport mode anyway.

Barry Chuckle · 08-23-2008, 09:27 AM

Didn't think you could specify the m button on even with a programmable key!

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masmole Captain 266 Rep 770 Posts Drives: blue, gray, brown cars Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Chicago, IL iTrader: (0)	Maybe you use a different key fob 1 out of 10 times and that key fob has its key-dependent settings under the M-Drive menu set for power on and the other key fob set to power off? I had the same issue until I actually read the manual and figured it out. __________________ 2021 A6 Allroad, 2020 SQ7, 2019 M5 Comp, 2011 GT3 past: A4, S4, X5 4.8is, SLK55, E60 M5, RS4, ML63, E92 M3, Q5, Touareg TDI, Escalade, SQ5, RS7, Velar FE, Q7
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ismelllikepoop First Lieutenant 26 Rep 365 Posts Drives: m3 Join Date: May 2008 Location: pooptown iTrader: (1)	how am i definitely using a different key fob when the other one is sitting in a cabinet and the one i use has all my keys on it? It's usually off but my whole point is that it's on randomly perhaps 1 out of every 10 times i start up the car.
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J08M3 Major General 285 Rep 6,007 Posts Drives: 2011 M3 COUPE Join Date: May 2008 Location: NEW YORK iTrader: (8)	I feel like this happened to me too before break-in. But ever since my Power button has be on and left on. But I remember a few times getting in my car before it was broken in and randomly the POWER button was on and I've only used one key. __________________
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Unlimitedtoolz New Member 3 Rep 16 Posts Drives: E92 M3 Jet Black Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA iTrader: (0)	there's nothing wrong ! just go to the m-setting and choose normal and you'll be fine ! i had the same problem when i first got it ! and took it to the dealer for the first service and found out ! good luck !
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spyderco10 Colonel 63 Rep 2,426 Posts Drives: AW E92 M3 6MT Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Honolulu, HI iTrader: (0)	hey, you know the same thing happens to me about one in every 10 starts!! i just figured that i pressed the power button accidentally when the car was off, and that's why it was lit when i started the car. weird. good to know others are having the same issue. __________________ “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” - John 3:16
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mkoesel Moderator 7512 Rep 19,368 Posts Drives: No BMW for now Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Canton, MI iTrader: (1)	Ok so another person has the problem too. So if that's the case, here's a related question that I would be even more curious in knowing the answer to. Has anyone had the opposite experience? I.e. the car is set to sport mode when the car is shut off (or is not set to sport mode when the car is shut off, but has sport mode selected for the particular key in question) and then starts up not in sport mode? That would probably be much more annoying for me since I will always drive in sport mode anyway.
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Barry Chuckle New Member 5 Rep 21 Posts Drives: E92 M3 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Telford iTrader: (0)	Didn't think you could specify the m button on even with a programmable key!
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