Lane Departure Warning

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Ian J

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Lane Departure Warning is part of the "Driving Assistant" package which I have on my new Z4 which I don't like.

I had Lane Departure Warning on my 630 GT and it worked by sending vibrations through the steering wheel to warn you if you were changing lane. You could change the vibration level from low to high and it was fairly unobtrusive.

On my Z4 the warning seems to be much more violent and according to the spec "The vehicle is actively guided back into the lane and properly aligned"

Several times I have nearly been caught out when changing lane to overtake with the steering wheel trying it's hardest to pull me back into the slow lane so I have now switched this facility off as I think it's dangerous.

Is this how the car is supposed to react or is mine faulty?
 
Yup, sounds exactly like my new 1-series.
I too decided to ignore the nanny state and operate the 'Master O-F-F switch' :D
 
I have switched it off on all my cars, I don't understand how it can ever work without being a real pain.

With the narrow roads in the UK, you often go over the centre of the road to avoid the pot craters on the side and you are forever battling the steering.
 
Many thanks both. I'm glad that it's not me.

As an oldie I'm having difficulty with iDrive 7 as it seems much more complicated than iDrive 6 that I had in my 630 GT and my next problem will be trying to master the climate control.

On the 630 GT it was switch on A/C and set temperature and that was it but on the Z4 it seems unduly complicated
 
pvr said:
I have switched it off on all my cars, I don't understand how it can ever work without being a real pain.

With the narrow roads in the UK, you often go over the centre of the road to avoid the pot craters on the side and you are forever battling the steering.
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Plus if you de rely on it the white lines have worn away and it doesnt work!

Switched off here too
 
Neighbour has (had) a Porkster Macan with something similar..wrote it off 4 weeks ago..returned him into a line of parked cars..

Not sure what happened..has left the old boy shaken..police investigating his competence to drive sadly..

In aviation we were taught to be very very wary of auto pilots..nearly got killed a few times with pups trying to make them do things that were not aerodynamically advised..
 
Zed Baron said:
Argyll Andy said:
Zed Baron said:
How much is the drivers assist package?
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£900 iirc
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Have you ordered it on your new buggie Andy?
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Yes I have, options chosen below, all plus the dreaded VAT :thumbsdown:

Only other option available is the anthracite roof and it didn’t look great on the configurator with the black wheels etc on the Shadowline pack but did look ok with some colours and the silver/grey wheels
 

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Pbondar said:
Neighbour has (had) a Porkster Macan with something similar..wrote it off 4 weeks ago..returned him into a line of parked cars..

Not sure what happened..has left the old boy shaken..police investigating his competence to drive sadly..

In aviation we were taught to be very very wary of auto pilots..nearly got killed a few times with pups trying to make them do things that were not aerodynamically advised..
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I have had this on several cars and my biggest gripe is on a motorway where they narrow a lane and just burn over the existing line, the car will see both sets and try to direct you left into the bollards.

It states if you indicate then the LDW does not activate but not going to indicate as I am staying in the same lane - even worse on a Peugeot the control is buried deep inside a menu when it should be a button to switch if off quickly :headbang:
 
It’s not even part of the drivers assistance pack. The drivers assistance adds another layer and adaptive cruise control and blind stop stuff.

I had it set on a custom setting. Everything off except emergency braking which was set to late so as not to annoy me.
The lane departure you can have on vibrate only without steering intervention. It can be all setup using the button on the dash.
 
I had mine back into BMW 2 years ago shortly after taking delivery. The LDW was erratic, I went on a drive with a BMW tech and he confirmed things were not right but suggested that the next software update would fix it.

It didn’t, each update reset the LDW back to max vibration. I now just try and remember to turn the whole thing off each time I start the car.

It’s a menace, I hate the bloody thing. I love everything else about my G29 apart from this :(
 
dr_john said:
I had mine back into BMW 2 years ago shortly after taking delivery. The LDW was erratic, I went on a drive with a BMW tech and he confirmed things were not right but suggested that the next software update would fix it.

It didn’t, each update reset the LDW back to max vibration. I now just try and remember to turn the whole thing off each time I start the car.

It’s a menace, I hate the bloody thing. I love everything else about my G29 apart from this :(
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You can have it all off by default. Why have it on if you don’t like it?
 
dr_john said:
I had mine back into BMW 2 years ago shortly after taking delivery. The LDW was erratic, I went on a drive with a BMW tech and he confirmed things were not right but suggested that the next software update would fix it.

It didn’t, each update reset the LDW back to max vibration. I now just try and remember to turn the whole thing off each time I start the car.

It’s a menace, I hate the bloody thing. I love everything else about my G29 apart from this :(
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Due solely to this thread it was a question I had for the “tech genius” I had allocated to me at handover. I told him I wanted it switched off permanently and he did it. A button on the central console and a couple of settings in the iDrive and it’s been off ever since. I don’t need to do anything each time I get in the car :thumbsup:
 
Argyll Andy said:
dr_john said:
I had mine back into BMW 2 years ago shortly after taking delivery. The LDW was erratic, I went on a drive with a BMW tech and he confirmed things were not right but suggested that the next software update would fix it.

It didn’t, each update reset the LDW back to max vibration. I now just try and remember to turn the whole thing off each time I start the car.

It’s a menace, I hate the bloody thing. I love everything else about my G29 apart from this :(
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Due solely to this thread it was a question I had for the “tech genius” I had allocated to me at handover. I told him I wanted it switched off permanently and he did it. A button on the central console and a couple of settings in the iDrive and it’s been off ever since. I don’t need to do anything each time I get in the car :thumbsup:
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That's what I thought it would be. Got the same thing on our 1 series. There's a little button in the middle of the dash that goes from green to orange to show part of 'nanny' isn't selected. It acts as a shortcut to the menu as well.
In fact it also depends on the key in use. Wifey's settings leave it all switched on.
Is the G29 the same?
 
enuff_zed said:
Argyll Andy said:
dr_john said:
I had mine back into BMW 2 years ago shortly after taking delivery. The LDW was erratic, I went on a drive with a BMW tech and he confirmed things were not right but suggested that the next software update would fix it.

It didn’t, each update reset the LDW back to max vibration. I now just try and remember to turn the whole thing off each time I start the car.

It’s a menace, I hate the bloody thing. I love everything else about my G29 apart from this :(
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Due solely to this thread it was a question I had for the “tech genius” I had allocated to me at handover. I told him I wanted it switched off permanently and he did it. A button on the central console and a couple of settings in the iDrive and it’s been off ever since. I don’t need to do anything each time I get in the car :thumbsup:
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That's what I thought it would be. Got the same thing on our 1 series. There's a little button in the middle of the dash that goes from green to orange to show part of 'nanny' isn't selected. It acts as a shortcut to the menu as well.
In fact it also depends on the key in use. Wifey's settings leave it all switched on.
Is the G29 the same?
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Yes, you’re correct, the button in the middle is now permanently Orange but I haven’t pressed it since I picked it up and also haven’t done anything about setting up the keys individually. Kathleen says she’s not driving it so I’ve got both keys and just use whichever one is at hand and that hasn’t changed the settings by doing so.
 
Argyll Andy said:
A button on the central console and a couple of settings in the iDrive and it’s been off ever since. I don’t need to do anything each time I get in the car :thumbsup:
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Does your inappropriately named "lane change warning" light still work shining orange in the wing mirror when another car approaches in your blind spot?

Mine doesn't any longer and I can't find a setting for it and am wondering if it's tied in with the "lane departure" facility
 
Ian J said:
Argyll Andy said:
Kathleen says she’s not driving it so I’ve got both keys
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Why on earth not? Mine couldn't wait to grab the keys and drive off into the sunset
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Ian, I’ve tried to encourage her several times, and with the 35iS, but I think there’s a combination of things. She’s quite small so can’t see the corners, it’s an auto and she’s never driven one before and I suspect she feels it’s too powerful for her. She drove the 23i once but it was a manual.

There is another small issue and that’s that she’s not a very confident driver, she has what I affectionately call an Argyll driving license, it’s only valid for 40 miles from her house :rofl: she’s never driven in the city or on a dual carriageway/motorway as far as I’m aware.

She says she much prefers being driven and I’m not complaining, to say I’d be a nervous passenger if she was driving the G29 would be an understatement :cry:
 
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