How long do you need to hold the button in for to get the windows to go down?

 

No more then five seconds. It could be that the dealer disabled the function. You can have them tell the computer to turn it back on

 

Can't answer the sunroof question -- I like that my "sunroof" opens with the key.
But as to daytime lights -- dealer has to deactivate for you.

 

"Comfort Open", when activated, will open your windows and sunroof. You have to keep holding the button down during the whole process. And if you have a cabrio, you can drop the whole top with the remote.

 

kay, so the unlock button only works if it hasnt been deprogramed. sometimes it takes longer than others, so you have to be patient. hit it once to unlock the driver, again to unlock the passenger, then hold it down for a couple seconds and the sunroof and both windows will go down. promise. ive done it many times =) just have to be a little patient. good luck!

 

be careful with this, it drains the battery a lot to drop the top with the car off =\

 

Tell my car that. I do it almost every day, for a year and half now, with NO problems... urban legend, IMHO.

If the battery is so wimpy that it cant run a small motor for 15 seconds (or 30 if you do it twice, or 120 if you do it 8 times) and then still start your car, something's wrong with the battery.

 

^ +1 -- I have yet to hear from a single cabrio owner who did this and found the battery to be dead when they tried to start up.

Although I guess it might be a problem if you put the top up and down with the key 20-30 times without ever starting up the car -- I haven't felt the need to do that.

 

i didnt mean that it would instantly drain your battery and you wouldnt be able to start it, that would be ridiculous. what i meant was that doing it a lot over a good amount of time is going to decrease your battery life, and it will die sooner. im guilty of this too though, i do the window thing, as well as leave my radio on with the car off, it was just a helpful hint. =)

 

I tried doing it with mine yesterday arvo. Unlocked the drivers side door, then the passenger side. Then took my finger of and pressed the unluck button and held it. 15 seconds later I gave up.

PS. Just out of curiousity, in the American Mini's when you use the toggle switches to put up the windows. Does the drivers side window go up with one click and the passengers window has to be held to get it to go up? Or is it switched?

 

The windows are not one-touch up. Only one-touch down.

 

Omg mine must be special Both windows are one touch down. My drivers side goes up with one touch. Passengers side has to be held up.

 

and the advice is appreciated. it's just that this "myth" has been mentioned several times, but frankly it's like saying that you're causing early battery failure by sometimes using the radio, hazard lights, follow-me-home lights, etc with engine off -- in other words, don't worry about it . . . enjoy the features of the car.

Yep -- special in that you don't have American litigators in Australia. MINIUSA decided not to include the auto-up for safety (MINIs don't have the pressure switch found in other cars like BMW). I believe they have now changed their minds and this is a feature in 08s . . . or maybe it's coming in 09.

By the way, embarrasing story: I was laughing about this dumb decision by MINIUSA with a coworker and said something to the effect of: "C'mon, how many people have ever been killed by an auto-up window?" --- her nephew had . Talk about sticking your foot in your mouth!

 

Wouldn't it be great if we (USA) took responsibility for our own actions and quit blaming others for our mistakes.
If your child chokes after pushing the up button on the window then isn't it the parents fault for not being there and not the car manufacturer?

Thank goodness the airplane has already been invented because they couldn't do it in present day USA.

 

One awsome things about the Mini....

- it will fit in any parking spot...garunteed!

 

As hard as I am on MINIUSA for making this decision in the past, I have to assume that the auto-up is not available for the passenger window in any market for the same safety reason -- other markets were just not as worried about a driver catching himself/herself in the window.

 

Yikes!
People find ways of hurting themselves in the most unpredictable ways!

 

Murphy's Second Corollary:

It's impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so damn ingenious.

 

Wise words.....

Hey, I can't find those "color" badges for gold MINIs!

 

I cant fine one for pure silver.

 

I think there's a conspiracy against us blingy MINI owners

 

Anyone know if a failsafe / auto OFF headlight is an option or even a plug in circut ?

 

I thought the headlamps automatically turned off when you shut the car off? (unless you activate the "pathway lighting" option, of course)

I guess the parking lamps would still remain on, though.

 

Injury prevention can be accomplished through multiple approaches. Certainly, education is an important strategy but technology also plays an important role. Using an example from my area of expertise (poison control), the number of aspirin overdoses continued to rise in the US through the 1960s until technology (child safety caps) became mandatory. Aspirin deaths in children plummeted after that.

Yes, I would like the convenience of an auto-up circuit in my MINI, but if it prevents a child's death to not have it, then it's worth it. There are numerous other examples where technology, legislation AND education are appropriate to prevent injuries and save lives.

poyzin

 

But it would be nice if the manufacturers gave us the choice (especially those of us without children). To continue your example, many prescription pill bottle lids can be flipped over to act as non-childproof lids if so desired. Likewise, many cars allow you disable the interior rear door pulls *if you wish* so that kids can't open the doors from the inside, but they don't force the feature on you.

Personally, I love the single-touch auto-up on my MINI's windows, but I'm sad that I had to resort to an aftermarket circuit to get it.