While Autoblog’s 2022 BMW 330e xDrive lengthy-term loaner is a delight to force, I’ve were given a few complaints about the auto’s conduct whilst the force is over. There are three specific issues I’ve been having.

First, if I’ve were given audio playing, it continues gambling until I lock the automobile. I need to manually pause it or turn it off after I turn the car off, or I’ll lose my place in my audiobook or podcast. Admittedly, that is some thing BMWs (and Minis) have been doing for decades now, but it’s still stressful. Sometimes, seemingly whilst the use of Apple CarPlay, it’ll resume on its own among me exiting the car and locking it, even though I’ve pressed pause or powered down the audio. That’s even greater frustrating, and not anything inside the guide or menus (that I ought to find) can trade it.Second, the car continually turns off once I open the door while the car is in park. There doesn’t seem to be a manner to preserve the auto on — and hence preserve the A/C going — if, say, I ought to get out of the car to grab some thing I forgot, to make certain I’ve locked the house or to grab the mail. I checked the menus and the proprietor’s guide, and located a placing in the “Doors/car get admission to” menu with a toggle-able checkbox marked “Turn off car after starting door.” A answer! Nope. Even when I uncheck it, the auto nonetheless turns off once I open the door.Third, touching the grooves on the handles to fasten the doorways doesn’t always work. It works maximum of the time on the motive force’s door, but sometimes it takes several touches before it genuinely locks. Any different door, even though, it usually simply maintains to unlock on every occasion I touch the cope with. I’ve taken to just digging the important thing fob out of my pocket almost on every occasion I want to fasten up, which frequently leads to me dropping other pocket contents at the floor. This is specially annoying when my palms are full wearing groceries or my toddler daughter. That stated, I’ve by no means had a hassle with the auto unlocking from any of the door handles.

As a ability answer, you may set the car up, thru the infotainment menu, to free up as you technique the car with the important thing to your person, and/or lock as you stroll away. I used this for some time, however went again to locking and unlocking the automobile manually. It’s unsettling to have the automobile unlock and the mirrors spread every time I walk beyond it within the driveway. I additionally don’t usually want it to fasten as I walk away, in particular if, say, my son is helping me sell off the automobile.

I’ve searched not just the guide and menus, but additionally the Internet for viable solutions to those problems. I’ve found others with comparable court cases about the first two troubles, however no definitive answers. I’ll likely keep searching, fruitlessly, for so long as I have the 330e in my driveway.