BMW iX1 Adaptive LED problems - update #3. Important information about software for BMW iX1 & X1.

Update about the Adaptive LED problem that a a lot of iX1 have. Also important information about other software updates for both BMW iX1 and BMW X1 2023 so make sure to watch until the end if you want to keep your car up to date.
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[@ahbs]

Thanks for keeping us up to date!

[@swede-365]

Always!

[@lunabouch]

Hope this rather late update (July/August) solves these critical components. I have ordered a conventional X1 and this information will be important when I finally receive my car.

[@swede-365]

Make sure to subscribe and I post updates here as soon as I get new information.

[@maurorodrigo3347]

Thanks for sharing the information. Hope BMW arrange a solution very quickly.

[@swede-365]

I hope so too😊

[@bund440]

I really hope the camera calibration solves the problem once and for all, picking up my X1 23i M Sport next Thursday I’m really hoping I don’t have a problem with the adaptive headlights.

[@swede-365]

So far I have not heard that any X1 has the problem, only iX1.

[@cp4512]

My X1 23i doesn’t have problem with adaptive headlights. But it does have problems with BMWConnect activating purchased services such as heated steering wheel and assisted driving 😡

[@swede-365]

@@cp4512 I have no such problems because this is standard in Sweden. But there are a lot of software updates for the car so visit your workshop!

[@pferdeschorshi]

I wonder what the situation is on when OS9 hardware will be built in on the assembly lines. I want to order an iX1, but still waiting until I get a good feel for this. The roll-out of the software itself is not an issue - seems the OS8 (8.5) is very good. However, I plan to buy & keep the car for 10+ years (if whoever controls these matters agrees!)

[@RMElsa]

I am so happy that my iX1 has no problems with the LED light. It works flawlessly. I keep my fingers crossed for you

[@swede-365]

Glad for you 😊

[@RMElsa]

@@swede-365 Instead, my ix1 was transferred to the dealer with a delivery stop that lasted over 6 weeks "vehicle is subject to a delivery stop" BMW's communication was zero. Neither the dealer nor I was proactively informed. Pretty disappointing.

[@2simontemplar]

Our iX1 has already been assembled last week. I hope BMW manages to solve this problem with the hints from your very informative videos until we receive the car in May.

[@swede-365]

Not all iX1 has problems so hopefully you get a fully functional, good luck!

[@far_tech5555]

How did you find traffic signs reader? My car adjusts the speed limit based on the navigation data. For example, when a temporary speed limit in some road is placed, it sets the speed to that limit and shortly after returns to the limit of that road from the navigation data. So in my city, they removed the speed of 60 from a road recently and the limit is 50 like other streets. But the dash still shows 60 for that road. It is pretty confusing in these circumectances. Also, it is not recognizing the sign of entering to the city area, which should adjust the speed to 50. I noticed that it also has problem with adjusting the speed when the speed sign has extra information underneeth. It completely ignores those.

[@swede-365]

It works fine for me!

[@RudolfGrimm-bv6by]

Does anybody know if this problem also occurs on X1 models? And thank you Per - great job!

[@swede-365]

As it seams no X1 had the problem with adaptive LED, only iX1.

[@SteveLoughran]

As a software developer, I can see that the software is in that state we call "stabilising "- it is out in the wild, but there are surprises in real world deployments... understanding how the car is set up and being used as critical here. Ideally, the car should somehow be permanently recording what is actually being seen on a drive so they can collect more real world videos of the roads the vehicles are being driving down. In this state, we often update the software on a regular basis so it is a shame they are not providing any public details about updates. If you compare with Volvo, they actually publish release notes with their big updates. EVs have a lot in common with laptops and rather than pretending that the manufacturing knows best they should be more open about things.

[@swede-365]

This is the problem for my dealer as BMW don’t publish any release notes for most of the upgrades. But next week BMW will collect raw data from driving and do the diagnostic online with the workshop.

[@wpap5863]

Mine adaptive LEDs are ok (early production - december), you have to really focus to see them working, it's not a discoteque (working rather seamlessly).

[@swede-365]

I have covered this in many videos if you check my channel. They work on some cars but not on most of the delivered iX1.

[@wpap5863]

@@swede-365 I'm sure that your's are faulty, but other users may be confused, those lights don't work as older generations of adaptive leds.

[@robstacy]

If they had to recalibrate the camera, does that mean some of the other safety systems weren’t working either?

[@swede-365]

They don’t know yet. This was new information both for my dealer and BMW. That’s why they will do a live diagnostic next week.

[@MarSz1982]

I'm observing your videos because I ordered X1 and was surprised with your observation of weak LED system. BTW - now I'm driving Audi A5 (MY2020) with full Audi Matrix LED and they work nice but unfortunately just nice - I've seen better lights operation in VW Passat. This makes me worried about X1 but I hope root cause will be identified and fixed. Going back to this question - based on some experience in automotive safety systems - and w/o knowing this particular BMW system I can guess that wrong camera callibration can potentialy lead to less or more severe issues of some system functionality. Depend on whole architecture it can result in minor functions (as you observe annoying behaviour), more risky (wrong parking assist may lead to scratches) or some key active safety features malfunction (line assist, line departure warning, pedestrian protection etc) and even fail or not proper behaviour of passive safety systems (airbags, seatbelt pretentioners, active hood lift) as in some systems cameras, radars or lidars may support in preconditioning of passive systems in case if possible crash. Base on this I would not ignore fact that camera (or cameras) is not calibrated even with assumption that what I written above is a kind of worst case scenario and in general system should have fail safe scenarios to prevent it.

[@goodlifebdg]

The sensors that keep blinking on the info display, what are the functions ?

[@swede-365]

It’s ir lights for the driver attention camera.

[@swede-365]

Only visible on camera, not in real life.

[@goodlifebdg]

@@swede-365 ok.. is that the only function ?

[@swede-365]

As far as I know.

[@goodlifebdg]

@@swede-365 thanks

[@AndreaPrestana]

hi, i have the same problem. And the light in general is very low light respect other car!

[@swede-365]

Yes the light is very bad when adaptive functions are not working

[@AndreaPrestana]

@@swede-365 i have car from 2 days ago. But the problem is always on?

[@swede-365]

Yes. When the adaptive functions not work you don’t get the range you should get so both low beam and high beam is very bad.

[@gertverweij5813]

Thaanks for the updates. Please keep your posts short

[@swede-365]

They will be of various length depending of information and content

[@xyredmax]

Question - Knowing what you know now, would you still buy this car?

[@swede-365]

Yes, don’t see any better alternative at this moment in that size of EV. If you watch my review you also see that I think this is the best EV I have owned. Much better than my Audi RS E-Tron GT and also better than my EQC I had. But the EQC is very close but also much more expensive.

[@xyredmax]

@@swede-365 Thank you, as I thought. I liked the drive of the EQC, but it is too big for us. It is very difficult to find a mid sized AWD EV. I'm stuck between the ix1 and the Volvo XC40