My MINI is in the shop getting the "convenience opening" feature programmed and a squeaky belt taken care of.

As I was going through some of the progamming options with the dealer he mentiond he could enable the audible low fuel indicator. I knew there was the visual indicator, but didn't know there was an audible warning.

Why wouldn't that be the default programming to have it enabled?
Is this only on certain years? Anyone else have it enabled/disabled?

 

Hmm....I haven't let mine get that low since I picked it up a couple weeks ago. I want it turned on if it isn't already.

 

It's personal preference. Some people just don't like unexpected noises I guess.

A week or so before I even picked up my MCS, the dealership had me fill out a multi-page customization form that had all of these little memory options on it, so that I could pick and choose how I wanted my car to act before I even took delivery. I'm taking it that this is not standard practice since I seem to be the only one/one of the few that had all of this programmed long ago.

 

up you might hear it for the one cycle of it's chime ..... fyi - don't flip over this feature, for me it is almost useless

 

I have this feature enabled on my new Cooper, and I like it. The beep is exactly the same as the beep when the temp drops to 37 F or below. I let my first tank run down to verify that it worked, and when I filled up shortly thereafter I put just under 12 gallons of fuel into the car.

I don't generally like extra beeps, but I really don't like letting my fuel go below a gallon, so this one is a no-brainer for me.

 

Others on NAM have mentioned such customer service from their dealers. I was not offered that option.



When we took ours in today we specifically asked for the convenience opening to be enabled. They offered 6 other options at that time.

 

I didn't learn about it until after my pickup either - but the damn ding is SO low that I don't hear it for anything else anyway - it would be a useless feature for me to enable in the first place.

One other related gripe is the lighting of the dash warning lights - they get COMPLETELY washed out in sunlight from many angles :(

 

Just six? My customization package was 4 pages long (only two of which actually had options, the rest was sign-off and whatnot).

 

Do you still have the sheets? Could you scan them for us mere mortals? Or tell me which dealership so I can have them fax me a set?

Thanks!

John

 

I agree with others that the sound of the beep is really low.

 

I have run down to the visual warning numerous times. If mine is enabled, I have never heard of it.

Fred

 

Sure thing. I'll scan them when I get home tonight.

 

I had mine turned on. The fuel gauge is not in the line of sight, so it's a handy option. Mine seems to gong at startup if I'm below 1/8 tank. It doesn't make noise the whole time the car is running when gas is low.


Rawhyde

 

Ditto. I always have my radio on so it's impossible to hear. The chime sounds a little lower than when you start the car and it only does it one time. Like bing that's it. Same for the ice warning. I notice the flashing temp before I hear the chime.

 

Never heard of this feature. Maybe because I fill the tank when it's 1/2 of capacity.

 

As requested, here is a scan of the MINI memory customer configuration forms that my dealer gave me so that I could select how I wanted the car programmed before delivery. There are a few pages removed that were just things for various people to sign-off on, and information specific to my car. These were obtained from MINI Woodbridge, just north of Toronto, ON.

Sorry for the somewhat crappy resolution: NAM has fairly strict image res limits. Just save them locally and zoom in using whatever image viewer you've got.

 

Thanks! I don't think I'll get a sheet like that at MCM - but then again, maybe I will! Those sheets should become a sticky, or at the very least in a mini2 faq (does NAM have FAQ's?).

 

In over 50K miles I've seen the light come on maybe 5 times. I always,well except for those 5 times, fill-up between 1/2 and 1/4

 

Ask your MA for the car's programming sheet. I can't imagine MINI Woodbridge having made this sheet up on their own...

This would make a good sticky/FAQ item actually, just so people know what you can ask to have programmed. I'm sure it will vary model year to model year though, so not all options will apply.

 

It did look like it came from MINI. I don't think I'll get one - at the very least, I now know which options I want/don't want!

John