Interior hazard button stays lit?

[spinball]

So my car in in my garage charging. Doors are locked and it's dark in there. I noticed the interior hazard "triangle" button is illuminated as are the back lights for the headlight controls. All other interior lights are off.

I check again 20 minutes later and they are still on. Is this normal? Do they ever turn off?

 

[jadnashuanh]

Never really noticed. At low intensity, an LED could probably go over a decade on the i3's battery capacity. It's not like it is a high output, multi-watt lamp that would blind you and suck up electrons.

It may change if you take it off the EVSE. Just haven't tried.

 

[epirali]

I've noticed the lights on when charging but I haven't paid attention over time. Will check and report next chance I get.

 

[spinball]

Oh I'm not worried about battery use, just want to make sure there's not some other issue that would cause these lights to stay on. It may be for convenience? Doesn't make a lot of sense though if the car is locked with the motion alarm on!

 

[alohart]

I've noticed this, also. I'm pretty certain that they turn off eventually, especially if one isn't charging, but I don't know whether they stay on during charging (why should they?). These lights remaining illuminated isn't an indication of a problem other than BMW's rather inscrutable design decisions.

 

[spinball]

I checked this morning and the lights were off. No idea how long they stay on for or why.