Page 1 of 1
Rear lights
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2020 8:21 am
by PeteB
Woke this morning to the rear tail lights on....anyone else had this issue?
Little concerning if it sits there draining the battery
Re: Rear lights
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2020 9:19 am
by HeidiFlowerpt Driver
Were the lights on steady, or doing their 'Welcome' animation? If you keep the car key somewhere in range of the car, it seems to recognise when you approach and do its animation to say hello. In my case I only have to walk up to the front door in the house for the car to say hello this way. The car is on the drive about 2M from the house and the keys are on a hook about 2m back from the front door. I'm now trying keeping the keys further into the house to avoid the problem.
Re: Rear lights
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2020 10:26 am
by Deleted User 192
HeidiFlowerpot wrote: ↑Thu Dec 17, 2020 9:19 am
Were the lights on steady, or doing their 'Welcome' animation? If you keep the car key somewhere in range of the car, it seems to recognise when you approach and do its animation to say hello. In my case I only have to walk up to the front door in the house for the car to say hello this way. The car is on the drive about 2M from the house and the keys are on a hook about 2m back from the front door. I'm now trying keeping the keys further into the house to avoid the problem.
Same here, if I walk to our shoe cupboard with my key in my pocket the lights will go on - they've usually gone off again by the time I've actually put my shoes on and gone outside
Re: Rear lights
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2020 10:31 am
by PeteB
The keys were at the back of the house, so I was pretty surprised that they popped on. I had just done an app software update....maybe related?
Might wrap them in foil tonight
Re: Rear lights
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 1:38 pm
by PeteB
Happened again last night, resulting in neighbours ringing me at 02:00 !!
Turned off the welcome light feature, I have a feeling it’s too easily triggered
Re: Rear lights
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2020 5:44 pm
by RDR
we solved a weird problem today, random incidents of lights coming on on the car. We keep car keys in a bowl near a door, if the ID3 Is parked in either of the two parking spaces closer to the door every time someone opens the house door the welcome lights come on and you get the "dad the cars lights are on" call
Re: Rear lights
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2020 2:18 pm
by Ians
Use a Faraday pouch widely available on eBay or Amazon. Will solve this problem and protect against key cloning theft.
