01-07-2021, 06:22 PM | #1 |
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Automatic High Beams - Setting is not Remembered
The auto high beams setting is not saved. I need to re-enable it every time I get back in the car and start the engine. Is that normal?
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01-07-2021, 06:26 PM | #2 |
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I would say having to do it every time is not normal but it forgetting the setting is a bug that popped up fairly recently, I think in 07/2020. I have not heard if it was fixed on 11/2020 or not.
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01-07-2021, 06:31 PM | #3 |
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Thanks. I recently upgraded to 7/2020.80 from 03/2020.69. I believe it was remembering the Auto High Beams setting when I was on 03. It only recently started irritating me so I think it must be a bug in the 11 update.
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01-07-2021, 06:40 PM | #4 |
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I guess that answers the question as to whether it was fixed on 11/2020.
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01-07-2021, 08:02 PM | #6 |
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Glad I’m not the only one who noticed this. For me it’s maybe once a week I see the Auto High Beam has turned off. I initially assumed I’d done something to cause it. Hopefully they fix it in a future update.
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what "settings" are available for automatic high beams? i haven't used automatic high beams on my new 45e yet. i thought you just toggle it on or off... (at least that's how it is on my wife's 540i.)
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01-07-2021, 09:57 PM | #8 |
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We are referring to having the option on or off which is accomplished with the bottom button on the turn signal stalk. The sensitivity of the system can be adjusted but I think it works great with the default setting.
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I just wanted to double check this if we're going to be making assertions about which specific versions have this bug.
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I am seeing it occasionally. Like once or twice a month. I am on 11/2020.43
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01-09-2021, 12:30 PM | #15 |
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I am on version 07/2020.60 and mine constantly has to be reset. I will engage the auto setting and 60 seconds later it is disengaged. Other times it will remember the setting for a couple of days. Note I had this issue with the 11/2019 software but it was no where as frequent as now.
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01-09-2021, 12:55 PM | #16 |
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I noticed yesterday that the auto high beams setting was being remembered. It may be user error. I frequently get the top and bottom buttons mixed up. Not the best design IMO.
think the auto high beams setting should either a button by the lighting control or a setting only accessed via the iDrive Lighting menu. It's not like you constantly need to change this setting. You either like it on or off all the time. UPDATE: The setting was forgotten and I absolutely did not touch the button so perhaps it is not user error after all. I am on 7/2020.80 Last edited by robby818; 01-10-2021 at 10:05 PM.. |
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What's really sad about this is the fact that it worked flawlessly before the 2019 update. BMW can't tell me they didn't test this before releasing the update. I know they did and they knew it was a problem but released it anyway.
This is how all of these large companies that deal with tech work. Just get those updates out there so they can fix some other bug without making sure they don't break something else in the process. Unfortunately, they almost always break something else. What's worse, is when you call them on their issues and they flat out deny it. The classic "This is the first I've heard of that problem". Or, "We could not replicate the issue you are having and we haven't heard of anyone else having this problem either" type responses. Yet, weeks or months later they come out with a "Service Information Bulletin (SIB) that addresses the very issue everyone's complaining about but BMW has never heard of before. I've dealt with Intel Corporation on a faulty network card issue on a specific business line motherboard model. We bought 100's of them and they all had the same issue. I documented the issue and sent them the documentation on the problem. They flat out denied that it was an issue. They even told me they did the same test, in house, on the same model motherboard but couldn't duplicate the problem. Really!!!? Two months later Intel released a new network card driver that solved the problem that they claimed didn't exist. Welcome to the new world of technology folks! |
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11/2020.33 works well for this feature. The setting, once enabled, is retained.
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And here I am assuming this was a "feature" that you have to re-enable it everytime you drive.
I had this kind of feature in my Audi and had to re-enable it everytime. Therefore assuming it was a "safety" thing Hoping they will fix it in the next update that it is remembered. |
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Ya think BMW has a problem getting their act together on this simple feature? Along with many other glitches. Seat and steering wheel heating for just one example. |
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01-12-2021, 06:28 AM | #21 |
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I have the same issue with 07/2020.60 and the auto highbeam has to be constantly turned back on. I will engage mine and 30 seconds later it is off. I also get some other control message errors on I drive screen related to automatic lane change. All of these issues point to the KAFAS camera.
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01-19-2021, 08:07 AM | #22 |
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Update on auto high beam - I had no issues with the retention of Auto High Beam once enabled for the first four weeks or so.
Last few days, however, I notice that the auto high setting is not retained. Every time I enter the vehicle and start the engine, I have to enable it again. Once enabled, it does continue to be on throughout the time until I exit the vehicle and lock. My software version is the same that the vehicle was delivered with - 11/2020.33
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