11-19-2015, 08:36 AM | #1 |
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Does the X1 have an electric interior heating element?
My car has been giving me heat out of the vents extremely fast in the morning. I timed it today, and I had warm air coming out of the vents within ten seconds of turning the engine on.
Is this an unadvertised feature? Typically a cabin pre-heater is standard on diesel vehicles, but my 35i seems to have one. I'm tempted to check out a parts diagram later today to verify. Direct injected engines take forever to warm up, so it would make sense to me if this is true. |
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11-19-2015, 08:00 PM | #3 |
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I'm pretty sure it does have a cabin pre-heater. I think all BMWs now have it.
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11-27-2015, 10:21 AM | #4 |
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If it does have a electric heater element it would be nice if one of the coding guru's could get it to work with the BMW Remote App like the i3/i8's. Then you could warm the car up a bit remotely.
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12-04-2015, 11:16 AM | #5 |
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Mine seems as slow as molasses to warm up. Even the seat heater seems slow. I do really appreciate the steering wheel heater. I don't have iDrive, if that makes a difference.
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12-04-2015, 11:33 AM | #6 |
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Interesting. For what it's worth, my car is always set to 68º with Auto selected from the second the car is turned on. Not sure if that may have something to do with a pre-heater being activated to warm the cabin before the coolant can heat up or not.
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12-04-2015, 11:47 AM | #8 |
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My CC with the direct injected 2.0 took forever to warm up as well. Direct injection sucks in general for heat. If these cars *are* fitted with an electric preheater, it would make sense as to why BMW did it.
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