Memory Seats / Profiles

[peppylepeu]

Anyone know how this is supposed to work? In the manual, it seems the seat position should change with the driver profile (key) but that doesn't seem to be the case. Yet when you change the driver profile manually in the car, it warns you to be stationary as seat position may change. But it doesn't. Of course I can set the memory seats but would be really nice if it would default to the profile settings based on the key being used and eliminate more settings being changed once in the car.

[myzmak]

Originally Posted by peppylepeu

Anyone know how this is supposed to work? In the manual, it seems the seat position should change with the driver profile (key) but that doesn't seem to be the case. Yet when you change the driver profile manually in the car, it warns you to be stationary as seat position may change. But it doesn't. Of course I can set the memory seats but would be really nice if it would default to the profile settings based on the key being used and eliminate more settings being changed once in the car.

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Mine change with the key being used.

[Tarzan]

Locking the door w the key fob should save those settings to that key.

[JDS]

Originally Posted by peppylepeu

Anyone know how this is supposed to work? In the manual, it seems the seat position should change with the driver profile (key) but that doesn't seem to be the case. Yet when you change the driver profile manually in the car, it warns you to be stationary as seat position may change. But it doesn't. Of course I can set the memory seats but would be really nice if it would default to the profile settings based on the key being used and eliminate more settings being changed once in the car.

The two buttons on the seat control seat and mirror positions (not lumbar support and back width though). The #1 and #2 buttons are stored as part of the key profile, so 2 positions per key can be stored.

For automatically retrieving the last key settings, you have to have the correct settings enabled in iDrive. Go into "Settings", "Doors/Key" and enable "Last Seat Position Autom."

[Aziego]

Do you have to unlock the car for the last seat memory to activate? I leave my car unlocked in the garage and for the few times my wife drive the car it never worked for her either.

[bronch]

Originally Posted by peppylepeu

Anyone know how this is supposed to work? In the manual, it seems the seat position should change with the driver profile (key) but that doesn't seem to be the case. Yet when you change the driver profile manually in the car, it warns you to be stationary as seat position may change. But it doesn't. Of course I can set the memory seats but would be really nice if it would default to the profile settings based on the key being used and eliminate more settings being changed once in the car.

When you have the seat , steering wheel, ambient lighting, etc... Set to your liking, you still have to save those settings by pressing the set button on the left of your seat then one of the number buttons to save the profile. After that, it should recognize what key fob you used when you set it. Make sure you don't have both key fobs in the cabin. Did you do that? I have to admit, we just bought a new X5 and I had to do that 2 or 3 times before it took.

[JDS]

Originally Posted by bronch

When you have the seat , steering wheel, ambient lighting, etc... Set to your liking, you still have to save those settings by pressing the set button on the left of your seat then one of the number buttons to save the profile. After that, it should recognize what key fob you used when you set it. Make sure you don't have both key fobs in the cabin. Did you do that? I have to admit, we just bought a new X5 and I had to do that 2 or 3 times before it took.

Only the seat position and mirror positions are stored by the buttons on the seat. All the rest, is stored to your key profile automatically. For example, you can't store two different lighting, shortcut buttons etc., to one key profile.

[bronch]

Originally Posted by JDS

Only the seat position and mirror positions are stored by the buttons on the seat. All the rest, is stored to your key profile automatically. For example, you can't store two different lighting, shortcut buttons etc., to one key profile.

My seat position, side mirror and steering wheel position, ambient light settings, day light running lights, etc... is stored in my key and changes when my wife drives. I would've thought that this was same across all of the new lines on BMWs.

[JDS]

Originally Posted by bronch

My seat position, side mirror and steering wheel position, ambient light settings, day light running lights, etc... is stored in my key and changes when my wife drives. I would've thought that this was same across all of the new lines on BMWs.

Yes. Stored in the key, but not in the button settings on the seat, as far as I know. You can have two different seat and mirror positions per key. I could be wrong, but that was my understanding.

Are you saying that if your wife drives your car using your key, all those settings change based on the buttons on the seat?

[bronch]

Originally Posted by JDS

...Are you saying that if your wife drives your car using your key, all those settings change based on the buttons on the seat?

No, it's just based on the key. Which is why I thought either the OP didn't save his settings with his key initially, or he might just have to do it a few times or there's something wrong.

[crashtestdummy81]

The first point to note is that no settings are saved to the key. Any settings which are changed are stored in the currently active profile in the car.
When the car is locked the key used to lock the car is associated with the currently active profile and multiple (even all) keys can be associated to a single profile.
When the car is unlocked the profile to which the key used has been associated is selected as the active profile, the active profile can also be changed by selecting it on the iDrive.
Seating positions will only move when the profile is changed and the newly selected profile is set to automatically move the seat.

[CanAutM3]

Originally Posted by Tarzan

Locking the door w the key fob should save those settings to that key.

Originally Posted by crashtestdummy81

The first point to note is that no settings are saved to the key. Any settings which are changed are stored in the currently active profile in the car.
When the car is locked the key used to lock the car is associated with the currently active profile and multiple (even all) keys can be associated to a single profile.
When the car is unlocked the profile to which the key used has been associated is selected as the active profile, the active profile can also be changed by selecting it on the iDrive.
Seating positions will only move when the profile is changed and the newly selected profile is set to automatically move the seat.

Are you sure that the profile is assigned to the key that locks the car?

I thought the profile is assigned to the key with which ignition is turned on.

For example, my wife can lock (with her key) the car that I drove (with my key), but the seat position associated with her key is not changed.

[peppylepeu]

Thanks, all. Seems I am not the only one with this problem! I will play around with it this weekend and see if we can get it to work, I did not have the one setting someone pointed out enabled regarding returning seat to previous position. Seems like there is an answer here in this thread, just need to fiddle with it to figure it out. Good news is that it IS supposed to work as advertised, which will be nice.

[CanAutM3]

Originally Posted by peppylepeu

Anyone know how this is supposed to work? In the manual, it seems the seat position should change with the driver profile (key) but that doesn't seem to be the case. Yet when you change the driver profile manually in the car, it warns you to be stationary as seat position may change. But it doesn't. Of course I can set the memory seats but would be really nice if it would default to the profile settings based on the key being used and eliminate more settings being changed once in the car.

A stupid question: Have you set the iDrive setting (under door lock/unlock) to have the seat come back to the last position? There are 3 options: seat does not move/seat moves when door unlocked/seat moves when door is opened.

[peppylepeu]

Originally Posted by CanAutM3

A stupid question: Have you set the iDrive setting (under door lock/unlock) to have the seat come back to the last position? There are 3 options: seat does not move/seat moves when door unlocked/seat moves when door is opened.

Yes, that is the setting I noted above just before your post. I did not have that set before but do now.

[JDS]

Originally Posted by crashtestdummy81

The first point to note is that no settings are saved to the key. Any settings which are changed are stored in the currently active profile in the car.
When the car is locked the key used to lock the car is associated with the scurrently active profile and multiple (even all) keys can be associated to a single profile.
When the car is unlocked the profile to which the key used has been associated is selected as the active profile, the active profile can also be changed by selecting it on the iDrive.
Seating positions will only move when the profile is changed and the newly selected profile is set to automatically move the seat.

good clarification. I didn't mean to suggest that any information is physically stored in the key, I meant it as you more eloquently described it, stored in the profile associated with the key.