Wednesday night, when I went to bed, I know my trunk was closed, the car locked, and the key in a secure place. Thursday morning, my trunk was wide open and the doors locked. Unfortunately, it had rained all night. The trunk was soaked.

I drove the car on thursday, no problems. On friday, after about an hour of driving, the Idrive went dead, radio dead, nav dead, SOS dead. It tried to reboot itself several times over the next hour, until it just finally died.

It is now Saturday, and no signs of life.

I have an appointment on Monday to bring the car in. I am concerned that the dealer will find water damage and blame me for this problem.

Is there a known problem with phantom trunk opening? Should I dry out the car as much as possible, and not mention the water in the trunk?

Any thoughts.

PS: about 6 months ago I had a similar problem with the radio, but it rebooted after about an hour and a half.

05 530 black/black nav/sat :help:

There's quite a few reports on here of the trunk opening on its own. 'Touch wood' it hasn't haeppened to me yet - but if you do a search you should be able to find the detail you want.

I have a similar problem with my 530xiT (E61) but have traced it to my unknowingly sqeezing the tailgate/trunk release button on the key. Your i drive, etc. problems may be due to shorting caused by the wet trunk.

I had my trunk open after work. My offcie is ~ 1000 ft from the car, no way I could have opened it.... Of course, thats what my dealer told me.

There is (was) a problem with phantom openings. You should be able to do a search and find multiple people with the same problem (in fact I was one of them). The dealer fixed it with a software upgrade, but I do not recall the version. I had multiple occassions with the opening by itself and not one since the upgrade.

There is (was) a problem with phantom openings. You should be able to do a search and find multiple people with the same problem (in fact I was one of them). The dealer fixed it with a software upgrade, but I do not recall the version. I had multiple occassions with the opening by itself and not one since the upgrade.
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Man, what a double wammy. Depending on the dealer, the truth will set you free. They will see that the trunk will have water traces (if it is the water that cause the other malfunction).

There is (was) a problem with phantom openings. You should be able to do a search and find multiple people with the same problem (in fact I was one of them). The dealer fixed it with a software upgrade, but I do not recall the version. I had multiple occassions with the opening by itself and not one since the upgrade.
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Man, what a double wammy. Depending on the dealer, the truth will set you free. They will see that the trunk will have water traces (if it is the water that cause the other malfunction).
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It happened to me to but i had a lot of expenses with the car after the rain but it was covered under bmw waranty. About 4OOO dollars of equipment had to be replaced. Idrive cc computer, 4 switchboxes, the complete cables set running in the car from front to rear (had to wait 4 days for that it was not in stock)the dvd drive, cd drive ext....all was broken after the rain.

The problems occured 3 days after the rain or spilling of water in the trunk. I am not sure what caused it : the rain or the spilling, both things happened in 2 days time and the problem occured 3 days later) There was a hole burned into the cables connection box at the end of the cables. The water caused a short circuit in that part and upstream the cables all equipment was comprimmised and broken.

Well, I cleaned out the trunk last night. There was a green pond at the bottem of the wheel well, and at the bottom of the pond was a wire and a module seeping green fluid. I don't know what the module does, but I have to assume that it is the cause of all my problems.

What a stupid place to put a module. The bottom of the wheel well with no drainage?

PS: There is no way that the trunk was opened by my remote. It was spontaneous. I wil have to explain it to the dealer and hope for the best.

Yes my module there was fucked up to. That was the cause; there was even a hole burned into that module connection box. Prepare for major damage. Hope you can enjoy the bmw waranty otherwise....... lots of dollars