It hasn't happened with my MINI but it has happened with my dumb idea to get a keychain type garage door opener
that apparently has the ability to open the garage door from almost a 1/4 mile away.
Can't tell you how many times I've been washing the MINI and when I bend down the garage door opens or closes.
Maybe I should impress my neighbors by doing one of those (Russian?) dances where you squat down and kick your feet out.
And then they can watch the garage door open/close and my MINI top go up and down.

After all if I can't dazzle them with my brilliance, then maybe I can baffle them with my BS.

 

Well I don´t really think it would represent a security issue. In mine at least, when you press the key button once it opens both door locks, you have to press a second time for the "sunroof" to open but you have to keep pressed for at least a couple of seconds. Then you have to press a third time and leave for at least 10 seconds for the top tocompletely open. I think that it would be very difficult for that secuence to be done accidentaly.

By the way, my owners manual includes a section on "convenience opening" being a standard option. Mine is a 2008 sidewalk version which in Mexico is loaded up with standard packages that in the USA are optional. So maybe in the US is different. However, I would ask around in the dealership. As I mentioned earlier, in mine nobody but the shop guy knew that they could program the key with that feature.

Regards,

XAvier

 

Look for an indie BMW shop that has a BMW diagnostic computer. If they have some MINI knowledge, they might be able to adjust the programming for you in ways that (for whatever reason) the dealer won't.

I recently discovered this when we were at a tech day last w/e at an indie Euro shop in NJ and they did a quick diagnostic to find out why one of our member's "follow-me-home" lights weren't working. No promises, but it can't hurt to try.