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Hi,

Picked up a brand new X40d about two weeks ago, I'm not new to the forum I've had numerous BMW's in the past:

2009 E92 320i - Black Sapphire Metallic/Coral Red leather
2013 F06 640d - Individual Tanzanite Blue/Individual Champagne Merino leather
2001 E38 750iL - Royal Red/Individual Champagne Merino leather with red piping
1998 E39 523i - Royal Red/Champagne leather
2012 E93 M3 - Carbon Black/Fox Red Novillo leather


So basically, I've got two problems with the X5 at the moment. I've done lots of searching but can't find my answer!

Firstly, I plug my iPhone 7 Plus in to the USB port under the centre arm rest for music (Apple Music) and charging. I prefer it to Bluetooth Audio so suggestions for Bluetooth is a no no I'm afraid! I've got the latest iDrive 6.0 (touchscreen & tiles etc). I use the official Apple lightening cable as well. Whenever I decide to change playlists it tries to load the new song from the second playlist but struggles loading the album artwork and therefore the song restarts every 10 seconds until I have to plug my phone out and back in then it sorts itself out but it's super annoying because I can't just change playlists without having to take my hands off the wheel! But if I change playlists from my phone by unlocking it and through the Music app then iDrive manages to load it perfectly (again hands off the wheel though).

I was also surprised to learn that the official BMW Lightening Y-Cable no longer works with the newest cars as I was going to give this a shot because I had a cable lying around from when I had my M3 as that had a similar issue of struggling to load album artwork and instead of restarting a song it would just keep cutting out but the Y cable sorted that issue out in that car.

So any suggestions would be really helpful!

Second issue, regarding the tailgate when I try to open it from the pressure pad on the exterior of the car near the licence plate or from the keyfob it opens like 4 inches and then stops as if it aborted and then it'll close again if you press the pressure pad or key fob again, but then finally the third time you press either pad or fob it'll open the tailgate fully to its highest setting...am I missing something here?!

Sorry for the essay but suggestions would be really appreciated!