[aherman18]

Originally Posted by RichardInCA

Not sure if you can do that - the only thing I could see in the menu was a way to set the duration of the pathway lighting but that only seems to activate when you push the full beam stalk away from you before exiting.

Of course the “halo lights” come on when you approach with the phone but I think you’re thinking of the actual headlights, correct?

I am. Looking for guidance to the car on a dark street. Using the phone app.


Thanks

[SkykingUSA]

If you want to see the car from a distance in a dark area, can't you just press the circled button below to turn on the lights from a distance?

[aherman18]

Originally Posted by SkykingUSA

If you want to see the car from a distance in a dark area, can't you just press the circled button below to turn on the lights from a distance?

On my car that flashes the lights for a few seconds. I was hoping for a way to turn the pathway lights on.


Thanks.

[AiredaleDad]

Pathway lighting
Principle For the pathway lighting, the exterior lighting turns on for a certain period of time after leaving the vehicle in order to illuminate the area surrounding the vehicle.

Switching pathway lighting on: After switching off the drive-ready state, briefly push the turn signal lever forward.

Press and hold the button on the vehicle key (The one that looks like a horn sounding) for approx. 1 second.

Setting the duration
1. Apps menu
2."Vehicle"
3."Exterior lighting"
4.If necessary, "Additional settings"
5."Pathway lighting"
6.Select the desired setting.

[aherman18]

I guess I’m going to have to carry the key. Does not appear to be a way to turn on pathway lighting with the app.


Thanks all.

[Scrapula]

Originally Posted by aherman18

I guess I’m going to have to carry the key. Does not appear to be a way to turn on pathway lighting with the app.


Thanks all.

My pathway lighting turns on as soon as I am within Bluetooth range and I am wearing my Apple Watch. That’s about 3 parking spaces away from my car.

[RichardInCA]

Originally Posted by Scrapula

My pathway lighting turns on as soon as I am within Bluetooth range and I am wearing my Apple Watch. That’s about 3 parking spaces away from my car.

That’s just the puddle lights though, the OP is after the pathway/headlights coming on I think

[aherman18]

Originally Posted by RichardInCA

That’s just the puddle lights though, the OP is after the pathway/headlights coming on I think

Correct....

[Scrapula]

Originally Posted by RichardInCA

That’s just the puddle lights though, the OP is after the pathway/headlights coming on I think

The headlights come on and the grille lights up as well as the door handles.

[RichardInCA]

Originally Posted by Scrapula

The headlights come on and the grille lights up as well as the door handles.

Hmm - my headlights don’t come on, just my “halo lights” or whatever we’re calling these things, these days.

[aherman18]

Originally Posted by RichardInCA

Hmm - my headlights don’t come on, just my “halo lights” or whatever we’re calling these things, these days.

This is correct. Also, only a couple of car lengths away if using the digital phone key.

If a dark night, I may try to remember my actual key fob to be able to trigger pathway lights.

Thanks


Andrew

[Scrapula]

Originally Posted by RichardInCA

Hmm - my headlights don’t come on, just my “halo lights” or whatever we’re calling these things, these days.

Yes, that’s what I meant. They come on and the grille, the door handles and the side lights just from wearing my watch.

[aaexpert]

With the vehicle locked, I just approached with my phone 30ft. away in my pocket and only the carpet lights and interior light came on. I do NOT have the feature for the car to auto-unlock when I approach it so the headlight/tails didnt come on.

[patch5674]

Hey everyone!

Sorry to reboot this thread but I am not a month into owning my G61 and I love it.

An update is that I have the Lighting animation package from the app store and i still have no idea how I can get the puddle light to be cross hatched or to project an M like Airedale.

But never mind.

I have got an annoying squeak on my steering wheel though. It is when I press volume down, the button to change the driver display (the cog in brackets) or the call button.

Basically the three buttons on the left of the right hand steering spoke. Whenever I press them there is a really cheap sounding squeak as if the plastic is rubbing on the piece of plastic that isn't moving.

Does anyone have any idea where I might stand on this? It is not a huge issue but equally they are buttons you use a lot and it is a brand new car. Or is it just unfortunate?

I do feel like if I could a spudger or a pry tool in the gap I could just shimmy the panel across a mm and it would fix it. But should I have to?

[RichardInCA]

Originally Posted by patch5674

Hey everyone!

Sorry to reboot this thread but I am not a month into owning my G61 and I love it.

An update is that I have the Lighting animation package from the app store and i still have no idea how I can get the puddle light to be cross hatched or to project an M like Airedale.

But never mind.

I have got an annoying squeak on my steering wheel though. It is when I press volume down, the button to change the driver display (the cog in brackets) or the call button.

Basically the three buttons on the left of the right hand steering spoke. Whenever I press them there is a really cheap sounding squeak as if the plastic is rubbing on the piece of plastic that isn't moving.

Does anyone have any idea where I might stand on this? It is not a huge issue but equally they are buttons you use a lot and it is a brand new car. Or is it just unfortunate?

I do feel like if I could a spudger or a pry tool in the gap I could just shimmy the panel across a mm and it would fix it. But should I have to?

I’m 99.9% sure that the animation package does nothing to the puddle lights, rather it changes the flashing pattern of the halo lights when you approach/unlock the car.

My guess is that the squeak may just end up being a replacement of the wheel by the dealer if you can get the to warranty it.

[AiredaleDad]

Originally Posted by patch5674

Hey everyone!

Sorry to reboot this thread but I am not a month into owning my G61 and I love it.

An update is that I have the Lighting animation package from the app store and i still have no idea how I can get the puddle light to be cross hatched or to project an M like Airedale.

But never mind.

I have got an annoying squeak on my steering wheel though. It is when I press volume down, the button to change the driver display (the cog in brackets) or the call button.

Basically the three buttons on the left of the right hand steering spoke. Whenever I press them there is a really cheap sounding squeak as if the plastic is rubbing on the piece of plastic that isn't moving.

Does anyone have any idea where I might stand on this? It is not a huge issue but equally they are buttons you use a lot and it is a brand new car. Or is it just unfortunate?

I do feel like if I could a spudger or a pry tool in the gap I could just shimmy the panel across a mm and it would fix it. But should I have to?

Agree with Richard. Mine doesn't do that. So far no squeaks or rattles. I also have no ide what I did to create the cross hatch and M logo in the puddle lights. I do know it did not have them, then it did. There is nothing to select anything different. Maybe ask the Genius line?

[pdqbimmer]

I now have 15,000 miles on my 2024 i5 M60, and while I absolutely love the car, it clearly has many annoying things.

I can't get rid of meaningless, annoying messages on my display, such as the one saying that I must immediately charge my car to 85%, despite it being at 85%.

Every time I get in the car I have to set it to B for Regen braking -- why isn't their a menu where I can make that the default setting.

Sometimes when I open the door to walk into the garage, the car is sitting there with all of its external lights already on, including the front kidney lights, despite me being so far away that the car is locked with the mirrors folded.

Out of frustration I went though every single icon for all of their settings, as trying to do it using the owners manual was a waste of time, as the owners manual tells me to do things a certain way that aren't available on my car.

I turned off the "kick under the rear of the car" to open the trunk feature, as it didn't work consistently when I wanted it to, and other times would open by me just walking past it as I went to get into the car.

People at the dealership know less than I do about this model, so they are of no help.

So -- a long way of saying "Don't get frustrated by the quirks of the car" -- it's just the way it is.

Oh -- like the gear selector. What Einstein in Germany designed it where you push the selector forward to go backwards, and then pull it backwards to go forward?

And, why do I have to listen to it make that sound like an ICE engine starting every time I start the car? I couldn't find that in any icon, and the dealership is clueless. Annoying.

[LVBMW]

Originally Posted by pdqbimmer

I now have 15,000 miles on my 2024 i5 M60, and while I absolutely love the car, it clearly has many annoying things.

I can't get rid of meaningless, annoying messages on my display, such as the one saying that I must immediately charge my car to 85%, despite it being at 85%.

Every time I get in the car I have to set it to B for Regen braking -- why isn't their a menu where I can make that the default setting.

Sometimes when I open the door to walk into the garage, the car is sitting there with all of its external lights already on, including the front kidney lights, despite me being so far away that the car is locked with the mirrors folded.

Out of frustration I went though every single icon for all of their settings, as trying to do it using the owners manual was a waste of time, as the owners manual tells me to do things a certain way that aren't available on my car.

I turned off the "kick under the rear of the car" to open the trunk feature, as it didn't work consistently when I wanted it to, and other times would open by me just walking past it as I went to get into the car.

People at the dealership know less than I do about this model, so they are of no help.

So -- a long way of saying "Don't get frustrated by the quirks of the car" -- it's just the way it is.

Oh -- like the gear selector. What Einstein in Germany designed it where you push the selector forward to go backwards, and then pull it backwards to go forward?

And, why do I have to listen to it make that sound like an ICE engine starting every time I start the car? I couldn't find that in any icon, and the dealership is clueless. Annoying.

Regarding the lights coming on, this is normal behavior if you have passive entry turned on with the digital key. When the car detects the phone entering an outer perimeter, it turns on the welcome lighting. When the phone gets closer, the doors unlock. If this happens several times and the car is not opened (e.g., passing by the garage at home several times), it will stop listening and will no longer exhibit this behavior (but will require you to grab the door handle with a subsequent delay of a few seconds before it unlocks.

[aaexpert]

Originally Posted by SkykingUSA

I think you're right - probably updated hardware. I have the Welcome Light purchase as well, and it didn't change anything with my puddle lights. I even checked them on each setting of the three Welcome Light options, plus the Off setting and there is no difference to the puddle light pattern on mine. My i5 eDrive40 was born on Feb 1, 2024 and I took delivery in mid March.

I found the difference is if you have the non-Iconic grille the Carpet lights are 'Static welcome leds' and if you have the Iconic grille package you have 'Dynamic welcome leds' . The Static leds are just 2 wires (power and ground) while the Dynamic have a 3rd wire that goes to the BPC(computer) and the pattern can be changed aka Dynamic.

[MiGs550e]

Gear selector. Here are couple thoughts. One thought is pulling the gear leaver toward you is pulling the road toward you. Pushing the gear leaver away from you is pushing the road away from you. Another thought is when flying stick you pull the stick back climb in the positive direction. You push the stick forward to descend in a negative direction. Maybe it's the Luftwaffe way. You know where BMW got its start. .

[Blue Sky]

I’m pretty sure the gear selector is supposed to mimic the most common center console automatic transmission lever setup. Minus the Park.

So in the system I’m talking about which is common across many manufactures, Park is at the very most forward setting. As you pull backwards, you pass through to R, N, D, and whatever else may or may not be beyond that (like L, or D2 or something). So this is why you pull back for D/B, and push forward for R.

[nacs]

My 550e puddle lamp shows the M logo. M sport package only. No $25 package.