BMW i4

I think BMW's response said "refrigerant was low", not coolant.

I dont think any car gives an error when the refrigerant gas goes low. You'll just notice that its not pushing as much cold air as before.

The retest will be interesting.

I wont disagree that they should do better.

Just making the point that cars dont typically have a sensor for low refrigerant and the car wasn't technically broken down, just inhibited and there is a visual indication on the dash that you are inhibited.... it just didn't specifically point the finger at low refrigerant.

Every conceivable fault wont have a corresponding light.... that's what diagnostics are for. You can argue for an extra sensor and a corresponding light but no other car has it for that fault. If they overheat or are too cold it shows it on the dash and that's it.

Really delighted to have this car back I must admit. It's an absolute joy to drive.

Two Cork - Dublin trips the last two weeks. The DAP makes motorway driving hassle free and the driving assistant is mint in Dublin rush hour traffic.

Have done 2k km since I got it back 2 weeks ago.

They pilot sport 4 tyres that it came with? Any time protection on them?

Wasn't obvious where from at first but yeah I think it's under the door handle.

i think he means rim protection, i dont think PS4s are great in that regard.

As in tyre protection/ insurance? Nah, I will take my chances. I don't do huge mileage and only keep a car for 2 years max anyway so not worth it in my use case.

If it’s the same as on the 3series it’s actually coming from under the area below the door sill behind the wheel arch.

BMW call it a welcome carpet light or some such jargon

strange, have seem similar reports, id swear the B'stone altezzas on my old etron had it and on my new one doesnt as well which is unfortunate with 21" wheels you have to be beyond careful.

Think there is some.

I cannot get the iDrive 8 digital assistant to function properly in some circumstances.

When I ask it to (using the ‘Hey BMW’ prompt or the steering wheel button) to ‘take me home’ or such like, it works fine.

But if I ask it to navigate somewhere (for example 'Navigate to Circle K’) it loses itself. It clearly recognises what i’m saying as the words ‘Circle K’ appear correctly on the screen; but the DA is unable to locate anything and then goes into a sequence of saying ‘pardon’ over and over again.

By contrast, if I enter ‘Circle K’ manually, the expected plethora of suggested destinations appears.

I tried this in a 320 with iDrive 7 today and it works perfectly.

The dealer took the car in and reloaded the software but it still doesn’t work.

Has anyone else encountered this issue?