[retepnikrap1]

Hi
I have a 2018 G30 which I have just bought, it has the ambient light pack, and looking at all 4 external door handles they have the LED lens fitted however they don't light when I open the car doors. I have looked in the idrive menu and for 'External lights' there is no option to turn them on or off. I assume with them fitted that they should work and unlikely that all 4 are faulty. Can anyone help? Thank you

Just adding to the post.
This morning I opened the car with the remote and all 4 door handle LEDs lit, shut the door locked it and tried again and nothing! Tried again several times and still no illuminated LED door handles. Very strange and frustrating, I must be missing something.

[retepnikrap1]

Just bumped as I added to the original post.

[paquet]

blown / faulty fuse perhaps?

the only other thing i can think of is in drive settings - welcome lights.
not sure if you need your lights to be on the 'auto' setting for it

[allachie9]

In iDrive go to :

Car > Settings > Exterior Lighting.

Then scroll down to 'Comfort' and make sure 'Welcome and Goodbye' and 'Door Handle Lights' are both ticked.

Hope this helps.

[retepnikrap1]

Originally Posted by allachie9

In iDrive go to :

Car > Settings > Exterior Lighting.

Then scroll down to 'Comfort' and make sure 'Welcome and Goodbye' and 'Door Handle Lights' are both ticked.

Hope this helps.

Been in 'Exterior Lighting' and then 'Comfort' I have no option to check or uncheck 'Door Handle Lights'. I have only had the car a couple of days (bought used 12k miles) When I originally got the car I thought it didn't have the option even though you can see the LED under all 4 handles, then this morning when I opened the car they came on!! So I definitely have them as an option but no 'Door Handle Lights' option on the iDrive.
I had these on a 2012 320D a few years ago so I'm familiar with them, on my old car they came on every time you opened the door with the key fob day time or night time, will try tonight when it gets dark in case they work with the photocell which the auto headlights use. I have main dealer warranty but just thought that there has to be a logical explanation before turn up at BMW and look a numpty!

[retepnikrap1]

Originally Posted by retepnikrap1

Been in 'Exterior Lighting' and then 'Comfort' I have no option to check or uncheck 'Door Handle Lights'. I have only had the car a couple of days (bought used 12k miles) When I originally got the car I thought it didn't have the option even though you can see the LED under all 4 handles, then this morning when I opened the car they came on!! So I definitely have them as an option but no 'Door Handle Lights' option on the iDrive.
I had these on a 2012 320D a few years ago so I'm familiar with them, on my old car they came on every time you opened the door with the key fob day time or night time, will try tonight when it gets dark in case they work with the photocell which the auto headlights use. I have main dealer warranty but just thought that there has to be a logical explanation before turn up at BMW and look a numpty!

SOLVED
They are light sensitive, waited until dusk and now they come on when I unlock the car, no setting options on iDrive they just operate when it goes dark, makes sense really but on my last BMW they illuminated day or night! Interestingly they come on the first time you open the car even in daylight but after that not until it’s dark again….. Drove me nuts.

[G30_444]

Originally Posted by retepnikrap1

SOLVED
They are light sensitive, waited until dusk and now they come on when I unlock the car, no setting options on iDrive they just operate when it goes dark, makes sense really but on my last BMW they illuminated day or night! Interestingly they come on the first time you open the car even in daylight but after that not until it’s dark again….. Drove me nuts.

Hey I’m in a similar situation as you were where I have all 4 leds under each door handle, no iDrive options shown..but they won’t turn on at all whatsoever. Daytime/nighttime. Read a post about interior lighting having 2 different states (all lights on vs all lights off) when unlocking the car, still didn’t work..any idea what my issue could be?

[Qsilver7]

Originally Posted by G30_444

Hey I’m in a similar situation as you were where I have all 4 leds under each door handle, no iDrive options shown..but they won’t turn on at all whatsoever. Daytime/nighttime. Read a post about interior lighting having 2 different states (all lights on vs all lights off) when unlocking the car, still didn’t work..any idea what my issue could be?

As already mentioned in the thread...the door handle lights work in conjunction with the WELCOME LIGHTING feature...and there are different selections that you can check off. You can select welcome and/or goodbye...so that is what can affect the door handle lights from illuminating or not. Are you absolutely sure there is NOTHING in iDrive under Exterior Lighting that controls your door handle lights? Post a pic so that we can see what you see...otherwise we may assume that you are not looking in the correct location.

In order for the WELCOME LIGHTS to operate...the headlight switch MUST BE in AUTO mode. Do you have your headlight switch in AUTO mode?

Also, when you go into iDrive Settings for external lighting...what do you have checked off...and what length of time do you have selected?

As one of the forum members finally noticed...the welcome lights may not illuminate (including the door handle lights) if it is DAYTIME. The light sensor (located up around the interior rear view mirror) will determine if the welcome lights will illuminate or not.

Have you looked up Welcome Lights or Exterior Lighting in your owners manual to check for any additional info that you may not understand or you're missing? If you don't have a paperback version, there's a digital version of the owners manual embedded in iDrive...which has multiple ways of searching. One of the easiest is the KEYWORD search feature where you can simply input a keyword to see if it is mentioned in the manual...and if it is, you'll see a list that you can select which will take you directly to where it is discussed in the manual.

See example below...what version of iDrive do you have?

[bwdellorf76]

Thanks!

[Qsilver7]