07-27-2019, 05:15 PM | #1 |
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Blinking interior ambient lighting
Anyone know why my interior ambient lighting would be blinking instead of solid? Can't find anything in the owner manual or google.
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07-27-2019, 05:21 PM | #2 |
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07-27-2019, 05:23 PM | #3 |
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Yep familiar with that, but this is actually all the lights even on the dash and doesn't change colors.
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07-28-2019, 03:40 AM | #5 |
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I’m the other way. My door lighting stopped flashing a few days after picking it up. It’s too much hassle making a trip to the dealer to sort out why
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07-29-2019, 06:13 PM | #8 |
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07-29-2019, 06:17 PM | #9 |
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hah yes oddly enough a call coming in, which evidently causes ambient lighting to blink, must have caused the system to get stuck in that state. I received a new call in and the blinking stopped. Hopefully little glitches like this get resolved in future ota updates.
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Fast forward now to October 9th, 2020, in my 2020 BMW X5 G05 (Mfg date: June 2020):
Similar situation happened with the flashing interior lights. THANKS to those who made mention here of an “incoming iPhone call” and the flashing lights being stuck long after the iPhone call. I just initiated an iPhone call and voila! The interior lights stopped blinking. So it seems this glitch is STILL around, but at least now. Thanks to what you guys shared here I know the cause. Thanks! Quote:
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Damn. I didn’t know it blinked when a call was coming through via CarPlay!!
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10-22-2020, 09:11 AM | #13 |
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Got in my car for the first time of the day, no calls had happened yet and ambient lighting was flashing. Having remembered this post I simply initiated a new call and it instantly stopped flashing and stayed normal the rest of the drive.
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Its also a setting that alerts you when there is a car notification. Mine first did it when the weather changed and my tires needed air. Drove me crazy...took it to the dealer on my way home. They said never heard of it. But sure enough there is an option in Idrive. Cannot tell you where as I do not remember. But it is off now.
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10-22-2020, 07:18 PM | #16 |
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I learned the doors only flash when the engine is running, maybe that's what's happening with you? Seems weird to me because if I'm getting out of my car which is when it would be useful, my car would already be off.
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10-22-2020, 07:51 PM | #17 |
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All of my ambient lights were pulsing/strobing and I actually liked it for a few minutes.....then it got distracting quick. A quick reselect of the color reset all of it back to normal.
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I just ran into this on my iX M60. One outbound call via CarPlay fixed it. Glad I saw this post! Thanks, guys!
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