[///Marco.it]

Gundo, on Nov 9 2009, 09:12 PM, said:

Well thank you for the compliments - loving this car so far. There is a night and day difference compared to the A6 Avant we were driving. It's got more power, better handling, and far more comfort.

This car is pretty rare here in the States. Americans seem to love giant, fuel guzzling SUVs (yes, we've got one of those too) and overlook the very competent wagons that are being manufactured. When we venture outside of this part of Connecticut, it becomes even more rare.

Here's a couple of photos taken on delivery day:

Really nice looking wagon.
Do you have any interior photo?
I am glad to here that you are happy with it and that you think is better than the A6. Here in western Europe there are more and more Touring, actually it's easier to see a touring than a sedan, specially in Italy and Germany.
Follow the forum and you will find many interesting things about BMW and its cars.

[bigbadbull]

I just got my 530xiT today...
It has the Premium package on it so it has both the power lift gate and the power up and down Cargo cover.

It has two sets of tabs...

1st mode the cargo cover is released and slides up and out of the way but you manually have to lower it back in to place

2nd mode for the cargo cover is the fully automatic mode, so open the lift gate and it goes up, push the close button and it closes....

3 mode..... not in use...

I have not tried both modes with just the glass open... Starting to get the first waves of the Hurricane/tropic storm...
I'll mess with it tomorrow in the parking garage at work...

[johnlai]

ntpcrew13, on 05 October 2008 - 10:07 AM, said:

i was wondering if someone could help me out. we recently purchased an e61 and we are having a small issue with the rear cargo cover now, but the dealership cannot fix the issue due to the fact they have never seen it before. we bought the car about a month ago and the rear cargo cover would automatically open and close once you press the liftgate to open or close. the small problem we have now is that the rear cargo cover will only automatically open when we press to open the liftgate and the rear cargo cover will not automatically close when we press the liftgate button to close the trunk. i brought it in for warranty services, but the dealership said its not suppose to close automatically. i told them i wouldnt be complaining about the issue if i didnt see it done before. so my question is can someone confirm that it automatically opens and closes after you press the liftgate button? so there is no confusion, i am talking about the cargo tarp inside the trunk that covers the rear. my dealership has never seen an e61; so they said they cannot fix it unless they actually see or know about the feature i am talking about. we purchased this vehicle from a maryland bmw dealership; since chicagoland dealerships didnt have what we were looking for. so if anyone can help, thanks in advance.

Have you fixed your problem now ? If not, let me know and I will tell tyou how. I had that problem and is now fixed.

[bigbadbull]

Yeah after the electronic rebuild , I too had issues and the dealer did not even know about the feature.

They had to tear apart 2 other E61's that happened to be in for service (I'm sure their owners will be happy to find out!).
There are some magnets that have to be lined up correctly for the whole cover thing to work. When they rebuilt the interior of my car they had the magnets facing the incorrect way and the car was not "seeing" that the cover was ready to lower. Nice.

[socalbimmernut]

Hi All -
Thanks for posting this thread and for so many other e61 owners weighing in.

I have a 2006 530xi sport wagon. I have never seen my rear cargo cover return to the closed position but sure would like if it could.

I purchased the vehicle used, and although I do have the window sticker I'm not sure if the option is included.

My window sticker shows the vehicle having Premium Package - which includes "Automatic Tailgate" as one of four included items (along with the leather interior, rear dimming mirror and auto garage door opener).

Is this the option that should include the auto-return cargo cover? The tailgate is functioning well -- but the inner shade (cover) has to be pulled back manually...

I've never inspected it closely - this thread has me wondering.

Thanks-
John

[bigbadbull]

My 07 has it, it was part of the Premium package for that year up on the wagons in North America.

As stated the magnets that signal to the car the cover is in the correct position may have moved. I don't know if this is a easily User fixed thing. If you look along the slot where the cargo cover slides you can see the "Screw" type system to raise and lower the cover.
If you can 't see the long threaded Screw I'm willing to be your car does not have it.

I'll see if I can snap a Shot of what I'm talking about after work today.

[obiwan]

bigbadbull, on 09 February 2010 - 11:09 AM, said:

I'll see if I can snap a Shot of what I'm talking about after work today.

inside picture you can see the cargo cover spring on my post in this thread:

http://forums.5serie...nual-sunshades/

[socalbimmernut]

bigbadbull, on 09 February 2010 - 11:09 AM, said:

My 07 has it, it was part of the Premium package for that year up on the wagons in North America.

As stated the magnets that signal to the car the cover is in the correct position may have moved. I don't know if this is a easily User fixed thing. If you look along the slot where the cargo cover slides you can see the "Screw" type system to raise and lower the cover.
If you can 't see the long threaded Screw I'm willing to be your car does not have it.

I'll see if I can snap a Shot of what I'm talking about after work today.

Thanks for the clarification. I had a fresh look this morning - there are NO mechanical parts (screws or other) that would draw the interior shade back down to the closed position -- so it is not a feature in my vehicle.

Have to say that for the first month or so of having the car I would often forget to restore it to the closed position - but now I've pretty much got the habit down. (More importantly, the kids do too!)

Thanks again for the info.