Coding the i3

[TheMK]

That's annoying, however you should be able to flip the expert toggle at the top of the screen, and then change
3005->TNK_VOLL_ANZEIGE set to 6_liter (This one is unimportant because all it does is change the display value, doesn't actually do anything with how much fuel is allowed)
3005->TNK_LITER_RECHTS set to mcv_rex_liter_kl_rechts_usa
3005->TNK_OHM_RECHTS set to mcv_rex_ohm_kl_rechts_usa

[i3Houston]

That's annoying, however you should be able to flip the expert toggle at the top of the screen, and then change
3005->TNK_VOLL_ANZEIGE set to 6_liter (This one is unimportant because all it does is change the display value, doesn't actually do anything with how much fuel is allowed)
3005->TNK_LITER_RECHTS set to mcv_rex_liter_kl_rechts_usa
3005->TNK_OHM_RECHTS set to mcv_rex_ohm_kl_rechts_usa

Thank you!!!!!

[i3Houston]

That's annoying, however you should be able to flip the expert toggle at the top of the screen, and then change
3005->TNK_VOLL_ANZEIGE set to 6_liter (This one is unimportant because all it does is change the display value, doesn't actually do anything with how much fuel is allowed)

This one setting is to 7liter and 6 is not listed.

Also found out the restore option, it appears under each Menu item, for example inside Instrument Cluster OR head unit but not on the main/home page. It showed that values will set to factory settings.

I did this and verified the values you provided and they matched except for one above.

[TheMK]

Thank you for the correction! I was going off of memory and couldn't recall.

[alohart]

For many months, changing the number of "lane change" turn signal flashes from 3 to 5 via coding hasn't worked for most i3 drivers. A Facebook i3 group member discovered that resetting the driver profiles after changing the coding will change the number of "lane change" turn signal flashes from 3 to 5. I have verified this on our 2014 U.S. i3 with system software version I001-18-11-520 (i.e., the November, 2018, version). However, restoring the driver profiles from a backup will revert the number of "lane change" turn signal flashes back to 3.

The bottom line at this time seems to be that to have 5 "lane change" turn signal flashes, profile restorations cannot be made which eliminates the value of backing up profiles so that they can be restored, if necessary, an unfortunate requirement. So if you want 5 "lane change" turn signal flashes, after resetting your driver profiles, you'd need to laboriously reset the side mirror positions, the pre-sets, Eco Pro settings, and a number of iDrive settings that aren't completely obvious until one notices that something has changed.

One possibility that I didn't check is to uncheck the iDrive setting that enables 3 "lane change" turn signal flashes prior to backing up a driver profile, resetting the profile, restoring it, and then manually checking the iDrive setting that enables 3 "lane change" turn signal flashes. I would check this possibility if it weren't likely that I would have to once again manually set all of my settings that are stored in my driver profile. If you try this, please post your findings.

[Wazonga]

+1!

Can confirm that this works! (the 5 blinks that is; did not try the other bit...)

[bwilson4web]

Tonight I got the GPS, set the time, to work:

1. Set the head unit to allow the option to be set.
2. Set the body unit to allow the GPS to set the code.

To verify it worked, my BMW clock was about a minute behind my cell phone time. So I enabled the option under the vehicle settings and the BMW i3 'caught up.'

Bob Wilson

[alohart]

So I enabled the option under the vehicle settings and the BMW i3 'caught up.'

So now the question is, "Will the i3's clock periodically synchronize automatically with the GPS time so that it stays accurate?"

[bwilson4web]

So I enabled the option under the vehicle settings and the BMW i3 'caught up.'

So now the question is, "Will the i3's clock periodically synchronize automatically with the GPS time so that it stays accurate?"

Well I bought the car in May 2016 and today is February 2019. The car clock was off by ~3 minutes. Ask me again in 3 years.

Bob Wilson

[websterize]

Tonight I got the GPS, set the time, to work:

1. Set the head unit to allow the option to be set.
2. Set the body unit to allow the GPS to set the code.

For those interested in how to automatically set the car's clock via its GPS, the coding edits in my 2015 BEV were:

1. HU_NBT module > 3000 > SETTINGS_TIME_AUTOMATIC > set to navigation
2. BKOMBI module > 3000 > GPS_UHR > set to active

In some older U.S. i3s, the auto-clock setting is active from the factory, but it's inactive in others, requiring drivers to manually change the car's time in spring and autumn. Unlike the 2015, the auto-clock setting was active in my 2018 BEV.