About 5 minutes is the best I can tell you. Or double press the stop button again to turn off the centre display. Can't remember off the top of my head if that knocks off the 12v too. What happened to Key position 1 being electrics active and 2 being ignition active. These new - key sensing and stop start button thingies isn't making things easy.

 

Thanks for the advice, earlier it seemed like 5mins might have been about right but this evening whilst plugged into the charger (good old brick as I'm waiting for a wall unit to be installed) it was still live 15mins later. I decided to go back to the car and simply pull the adapter and then ask the relevant question on here.

I'll give the double "off" with the start/stop button a try and see if that works.

Thanks,
Don

 

Or double press the stop button again to turn off the centre display. Can't remember off the top of my head if that knocks off the 12v too

I don't think this turns off the 12v... I have a Qi wireless charger in my car, and that stays on after the double press of the start/stop button.

Don't actually know how long it stays on for though

 

All I know is when I go for a snooze at lunch time when I wake up its not on any more ;-)
I actually want to know the opposite - how can I keep it on when the car is powered down. I prefer the old key position 1 at least then you knew sidelights and internal sockets were active. This clever key sensing stuff isn't helping anyone.

 

I think its 15mins, although one of them stays on longer maybe the one in the boot - not confirmed however.

 

Ok so it's no looking good for taking a feed from the 12v outlets, especially as when the charge cycle starts they live up again.

With this in mind can anyone suggest where is the best place to pick up a 12v feed that will shut off as soon as the STOP button is pressed ?

Thanks for all your replies

Don

 

@Don might be worth posting to the FB group, I know there are few US people with dash cams, I never paid much attention to the discussion to remember what they did...

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Double push the STOP button turns off the electrics; ie, shuts down the satnav. Seems to work on the I3 as it does on other BMWs.

 

It leaves my phone charger working for a few minutes

 

Thanks Jack, I tend to give Facebook a real wide birth but it might be worth me asking the question there.

Many thanks,
Don

 

Shutting down with the STOP button doesn't kill the 12v outlets on my i3, they remain live for quite some time. Even after eventually shutting down they live up again when the vehicle stars charging.

Don

 

This is how my I3 works (taken from BMW I3 Forum):

All modern BMW's require you to press the start button twice if you want to bypass the standby timer when stopping...the i3 is not unique in this. If you lock the car when getting out, it also shuts things down, but I don't lock mine when parked in my locked garage, so to prevent that extra bit of battery drain, I do the double-tap. I quickly became a habit, and I don't think about it any more.

Many cars require you to be pressing the brake to shift into gear, and some require it to start the car (think about a manual transmission vehicle...you'd want things set so that it couldn't roll once you engage the starter). Some do that by putting an interlock on the clutch pedal, but that can be problematic, too.

There are reasons why BMW did things the way they did...you may not like them, but there are logical reasons for them. Some of them can be tweaked if you want to try programming the car.

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Thanks Lexden, the information makes complete sense, I work for Land Rover and they are very similar. However, the fact still remains that my i3 leaves the 12v outlets powered for a considerable time even after a double press of the STOP button or alternatively locking the vehicle. And as previously stated, once the charger is plugged in (set to immediate charge at the moment as I'm using the brick rather than wall unit) the socket becomes live again restarting my Dash Cam which then records a static scene. I haven't had that patience, so far, to wait long enough to see if it subsequently shuts down or stays live through the whole charging cycle.

Don

 

Surely the dash cam footage would tell you how long power remained on?

 

Just a thought - and I have no idea about the answer - but on my F11, the computer would shut down all consumer electrics when the battery reached a certain charge. This happened to me when I was using a tyre inflator with the engine idling. Is there any such protection in the I3?