# 5BMW X3: How do I . . .

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5bmw-x3-how-do-i/788520>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 9, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5bmw-x3-how-do-i/788520 "2017-06-09T16:18:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5bmw-x3-how-do-i/788520/1 "2017-06-09T16:18:59Z")

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Keep the stereo on without car running? Trying to listen whilst planting flowers, but it stops 15 mins interval and I have to turn car on and off. Both in in owner’s manual. . .

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**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5bmw-x3-how-do-i/788520/2 "2017-06-09T18:05:53Z")

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Ne’er mind, figured it out.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5bmw-x3-how-do-i/788520/3 "2017-06-09T19:23:14Z")

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Well, don’t keep us hangin’!

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**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5bmw-x3-how-do-i/788520/4 "2017-06-09T22:18:42Z")

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Press the start button without a hoof on the brake 😃 car won’t start without brake on, just turns on ACCES.

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**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5bmw-x3-how-do-i/788520/5 "2017-06-09T22:53:35Z")

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Actually, good to know. Have had that issue myself. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2017, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5bmw-x3-how-do-i/788520/6 "2017-06-10T00:29:35Z")

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> [@Sunny\_Daze](#):
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> Actually, good to know. Have had that issue myself. 🙂

It’s one of those BMW things that are so secret they aren’t in the owner manual 🆒