2011 750LI Won't Start at Random Times

[darrin750LI]

Has anyone had a similar problem as me? Have less than 3K miles on the car. I usually leave my key fob in the car over night as we live in the country. So it's unlocked most of the time. Every once in a while, I'll come out in the morning to start the car and it doesn't. It just turns on all the electronics -- no warnings or anything. Repeated pressing of the start/stop does nothing to help. It seems after about 5 minutes if I walk away from the car for in excess of 1 minute that I can then go back and start the car normally. This is painful. I've called my local BMW dealer where I purchased and seems like I'm the only one there that's experienced this problem. Any help or direction before I take it to the dealer would be appreciated. Thanks.

-Darrin

[dbs600]

Have not had this problem. Sorry to hear of your troubles.

[Relapse]

leave your key fob out of ur car for a week or so and see if the problem continues.

[BMWrules7]

Lock your car after use and take the key in the house for two weeks as suggested.

You may be hitting a child safety branch in the iDrive code.

If the key is left in the car for too long the system may inhibit the start function so as to prevent a child from starting the car. This would not be a defect but a feature.

Originally Posted by darrin750LI

Has anyone had a similar problem as me? Have less than 3K miles on the car. I usually leave my key fob in the car over night as we live in the country. So it's unlocked most of the time. Every once in a while, I'll come out in the morning to start the car and it doesn't. It just turns on all the electronics -- no warnings or anything. Repeated pressing of the start/stop does nothing to help. It seems after about 5 minutes if I walk away from the car for in excess of 1 minute that I can then go back and start the car normally. This is painful. I've called my local BMW dealer where I purchased and seems like I'm the only one there that's experienced this problem. Any help or direction before I take it to the dealer would be appreciated. Thanks.

-Darrin