Week 32 Support Group
#2451
#2452
I don't know about reducing after loading, but I just use a utility on my Macintosh to quickly reduce the size of pictures before I upload them. For you Mac users, it's called ImageWell, and it's quite handy for croping and resizing pictures. I generally reduce the size (and crop if necessary) to get the final picture to about 600x800 pixels.
#2453
#2454
Well, week 32ers - I think I have my first warranty issue.
My passenger window upon opening the door goes down too far, and is very slow. Typically, you open the door and the window ooches (scientific term - LOL) down about 1/4 inch and it goes pretty quickly. The passenger door window now goes down about an inch when you open the door and seems slow. When you close the door, it goes back up all the way, but something is not right.
In addition, ever since delivery, I started to notice a buzz in the dash. It hasn't gone away, so I'm going to have them check it when the look at the window. I have narrowed down the location to right behind where the start button/key insert is, and it typically happens right around 2500 rpm when accelerating. Anyone else have or had this?
My passenger window upon opening the door goes down too far, and is very slow. Typically, you open the door and the window ooches (scientific term - LOL) down about 1/4 inch and it goes pretty quickly. The passenger door window now goes down about an inch when you open the door and seems slow. When you close the door, it goes back up all the way, but something is not right.
In addition, ever since delivery, I started to notice a buzz in the dash. It hasn't gone away, so I'm going to have them check it when the look at the window. I have narrowed down the location to right behind where the start button/key insert is, and it typically happens right around 2500 rpm when accelerating. Anyone else have or had this?
#2456
Well, week 32ers - I think I have my first warranty issue.
My passenger window upon opening the door goes down too far, and is very slow. Typically, you open the door and the window ooches (scientific term - LOL) down about 1/4 inch and it goes pretty quickly. The passenger door window now goes down about an inch when you open the door and seems slow. When you close the door, it goes back up all the way, but something is not right.
In addition, ever since delivery, I started to notice a buzz in the dash. It hasn't gone away, so I'm going to have them check it when the look at the window. I have narrowed down the location to right behind where the start button/key insert is, and it typically happens right around 2500 rpm when accelerating. Anyone else have or had this?
My passenger window upon opening the door goes down too far, and is very slow. Typically, you open the door and the window ooches (scientific term - LOL) down about 1/4 inch and it goes pretty quickly. The passenger door window now goes down about an inch when you open the door and seems slow. When you close the door, it goes back up all the way, but something is not right.
In addition, ever since delivery, I started to notice a buzz in the dash. It hasn't gone away, so I'm going to have them check it when the look at the window. I have narrowed down the location to right behind where the start button/key insert is, and it typically happens right around 2500 rpm when accelerating. Anyone else have or had this?
That buzz sound like somethings loose!!
I've on occasion heard something in the dash window area that sounds like a bearing rolling when I take a turn - but I don't hear it all the time. I've been wondering if something fell from a tree maybe or maybe a squirrel left Hilla a present. I found a couple of acorns near the wiper blades once - I usually park in the garage, but sometimes I need to use the garage as my shop!
#2457
Doors and windows?
Probably a silly or ignorant question... but what's the connection between opening the passenger door and the window going down? My windows seem to only go down when I press the toggle switch or when I unlock the car and hold the key button down long enough to lower them. Have I've missed something
#2458
I have one from the first day I bought it, a bit grainy because i was in the garage at the time. I uploaded it. Nothing too interesting in their the only things I added where the chrome lined interior and the mutli function leather wheel, everything else is standard. Oh and its automatic.
#2459
Probably a silly or ignorant question... but what's the connection between opening the passenger door and the window going down? My windows seem to only go down when I press the toggle switch or when I unlock the car and hold the key button down long enough to lower them. Have I've missed something
Without that mechanism it would be too easy to blow out the windows by slamming the door shut.
#2460
The front doors don't have a window frame to hold the glass. When you open the door the windows roll down a quarter inch, so that you can shut it without smashing the window from the sudden pressure created by sealing the inside. Once the door is shut -- allowing the excess volume of air to escape the car, thus normalizing the pressure -- the windows roll up that quarter inch again. It happens very quickly. My M3 worked the same way.
Without that mechanism it would be too easy to blow out the windows by slamming the door shut.
Without that mechanism it would be too easy to blow out the windows by slamming the door shut.
#2461
If you open and close ever so gently, you can see it happen. It really is only about a 1/4" barely enough to clear the rubber seal.
#2462
I have one from the first day I bought it, a bit grainy because i was in the garage at the time. I uploaded it. Nothing too interesting in their the only things I added where the chrome lined interior and the mutli function leather wheel, everything else is standard. Oh and its automatic.
#2463
I looked closely and did see the window move slightly. But even better, now I know what makes that sound that's something between a whoosh and a thump just after I close the door. It seems it's the window going back up. I have always wondered what that sound was. Thanks again, RaceTripper, for the explanation. I'm always learning something new!
#2464
We are calling the dealer tomorrow to schedule time to take it in. The buzz really only does it upon acceleration at about 2 and a quarter or 2 and a half rpm. It's kind of weird, and I hope it is something simple that won't take dismantling the whole dash. I don't suspect it will, due to the fact that I can hold my head close to the key/ignition switch area and hear it. I'll update when I find anything out.
#2465
#2466
mrwickham, did you have something sitting on the passenger seat? That would cause the airbag off light to go on. It's weight sensitive.
The windows - is a BMW design, different but it works!
I received my custom license plate yesterday... yes, yes - I'll put it on and take a picture!!
I really was hoping not to have to bring my car in for anything - but the passenger side rattle is louder and is starting to drive me nuts!! I thought it was in the back speaker.. but I am not too sure. Other then that - Lucy is just perfect!! LOVE the price of gas and filled her up with premium gas yesterday - and the whole thing was less then $30.00!! Before we got rid of the SUV, it cost us $85.00 for non premium, and we got half the mpg!
The windows - is a BMW design, different but it works!
I received my custom license plate yesterday... yes, yes - I'll put it on and take a picture!!
I really was hoping not to have to bring my car in for anything - but the passenger side rattle is louder and is starting to drive me nuts!! I thought it was in the back speaker.. but I am not too sure. Other then that - Lucy is just perfect!! LOVE the price of gas and filled her up with premium gas yesterday - and the whole thing was less then $30.00!! Before we got rid of the SUV, it cost us $85.00 for non premium, and we got half the mpg!
#2468
#2469
I have never had heated seats... never thought I'd care... but I'm starting to believe that they are the best "feature" on the car. With the days getting colder, it is so wonderful to get in a cold car and be warm in a matter of a couple minutes. I just turn on the seat heater, let it warm me up, then in about 10 minutes, I turn on the car heater. It is so nice. If it were me, I'd be getting it fixed now.
#2470
Yea it sounds like you had something on the seat, it doesnt even have to be something really heavy. I noticed it when I first got my mini. If i have a purse it doesnt set it off, but when i am going to work I carry my lap top and whatever book i am reading (there is alot of downtime where I work) and its too heavy and the light goes off. So i just put my stuff on the passanger side floor.
#2471
The oddest thing happened this morning, on my drive back from dropping my wife off at work, radio controls both on the radio and steering wheel stopped working, computer toggle switch didn't work, and so on!! I thought at first that the radio went bad! Drove home, let her sit a while, and restarted without the key and noticed that my backup screen wouldn't come on when I shifted in reverse and the above controls still didn't work. Let it sit again for a couple of minutes and this time used the actual key and the systems came online and everything worked okay! I had gone back into the garage and I was about to make a list of things that don't work, so I could describe and try to figure out what controls all those systems, but since it started to work I'm not sure what to make of it.
Last edited by sikamini; 11-13-2008 at 08:29 AM.
#2472
I have never had heated seats... never thought I'd care... but I'm starting to believe that they are the best "feature" on the car. With the days getting colder, it is so wonderful to get in a cold car and be warm in a matter of a couple minutes. I just turn on the seat heater, let it warm me up, then in about 10 minutes, I turn on the car heater. It is so nice. If it were me, I'd be getting it fixed now.
-Will
#2474
Yea it sounds like you had something on the seat, it doesnt even have to be something really heavy. I noticed it when I first got my mini. If i have a purse it doesnt set it off, but when i am going to work I carry my lap top and whatever book i am reading (there is alot of downtime where I work) and its too heavy and the light goes off. So i just put my stuff on the passanger side floor.
#2475
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I really was hoping not to have to bring my car in for anything - but the passenger side rattle is louder and is starting to drive me nuts!! I thought it was in the back speaker.. but I am not too sure. Other then that - Lucy is just perfect!! LOVE the price of gas and filled her up with premium gas yesterday - and the whole thing was less then $30.00!! Before we got rid of the SUV, it cost us $85.00 for non premium, and we got half the mpg!
I really was hoping not to have to bring my car in for anything - but the passenger side rattle is louder and is starting to drive me nuts!! I thought it was in the back speaker.. but I am not too sure. Other then that - Lucy is just perfect!! LOVE the price of gas and filled her up with premium gas yesterday - and the whole thing was less then $30.00!! Before we got rid of the SUV, it cost us $85.00 for non premium, and we got half the mpg!
I've had a noise on the passenger side, which I only hear when my wife is not in the car!! Turns out it was the seat belt hitting the hard plastic! It's a bit tight there and so I adjusted the height of the connector on the strap and it reduced the noise a bit, but she keeps on fooling around with it so every couple of days I have to readjust the connector!!!