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      01-21-2021, 08:59 PM   #1
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G05 MY21 Door Ajar Warning Malfunction

I took the vehicle out of the garage this morning and experienced a weird whooshing sound coming from the left of the driver area. I also noticed frequent mild clicks every five minutes or so while I was driving. No warnings or alerts on the instrument cluster or the iDrive screen.

While driving, I unknowingly did a gentle elbow push to the door and realized that the door was not secure, it was kinda nudging. I then realized that the driver's side door was not completely closed and secured as it should have been. I stopped the vehicle and opened/closed the door, all of those symptoms went away.

The problem is, I was not getting any warning or alerts about the door not secured situation when I put the shift to drive mode in the beginning or while driving going up to about 50 mph.

I have an appointment with the BMW service department later this week. They say, the vehicle ideally should shift to park if you attempt to drive while the door is not secured.

I am wondering is this a normal behavior in BMW vehicles, especially G05 MY 20 or 21?

So far, I have been losing some settings in iDrive intermittently, and now this door issue. Not sure if all of this is connected somehow and may be an indication of a bug. I for some reason feel this is a reminiscence of the door soft-close feature that they removed from My21 but could not adjust the response of the sensor accordingly.

Would appreciate if any of you can please perform a quick test and update. I simulated the condition by sitting in the driver seat, and gently closing the door, not all the way secured, but just gently touching the frame. I put the shift in Drive mode and start driving. No alerts or warnings.

If I open the door all the way, I do get a door open picture in the instrument cluster. But nothing for this situation.
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