Auto window closing

Has anyone else experienced this.

Whilst I was accelerating with all the windows down and sunroof wide open,  suddenly all the windows closed by themselves!!!! Is this a safety feature?? I didn't notice the exact speed but lets say it was well before the limiter kicked in.

Yes, it actually mentions it in the windows section of the owners manual - windows go up at approx 150kmh - if you wind them down again they'll stay in that spot (ie won't go up again if you go back over 150) until you switch engine off - it helps reduce drag and cabin noise.

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Yep, this is supposed to happen alright.

Had mine in the local garage to get the tracking sorted. It was up on the lift with the engine running and the driver's window open when all of a sudden the window closed and the doors locked themselves! Luckily I had a spare key handy which wasn't inside the car! The doors, windows and sunroof often lock/close whilst I am driving along. Is this due to radio transmissions of the same frequency as my keyfob I wonder???

I agree with Phil, sounds like its worth getting the problem checked on a BMW dealer DIS diagnostic system.  Euro/Aus car were fitted with short range line of sight infra red key fobs, rather than the radio frequency ones (is your fob 2 or 3 button?) - if its infra red less likely to be that as the trasmitter needs to be in pretty close line of sight with the receiver on the back of the rear view mirror.

Could be a dodgy window/lock control module, think its in the door sill somewhere or the ABS sensors which measures the Vmom speed are somehow sending a spurious signal to that the module telling it the car has exceeded 150kmh and tripping the window/sunroof close circuit.

Ian

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you mean like this sniff....

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ian