[gmzanatta]

Originally Posted by zenmaster

Not for 2017.

There's a member that posted above with a MY17 that has it and we do have them up here too

[DivideBYZero]

Originally Posted by King_Slayer

Only 6sp cars get the extra socket

Because it's takes them longer to get anywhere. More charging required.

[King_Slayer]

Originally Posted by DivideBYZero

Because it's takes them longer to get anywhere. More charging required.

[jtfields]

Originally Posted by ajkperson

Not true, my '17 has the outlet. From what I've read in other threads, it seems to be determined by your country and whether or not you got the executive pack

Interesting, I did not realize it wasn't consistent and some MY 2017 do in fact have the extra outlet. There was a post about this a few months back and I didn't remember anyone with a 17 having one. But that might have been when the MY 17s were first rolling out so there was a much smaller sample size. My MY 15 328i has one but not my MY 17 M2.

[David1]

Originally Posted by zenmaster

Not for 2017.

No power socket on my 17 either with exec pack.

[zenmaster]

Originally Posted by gmzanatta

There's a member that posted above with a MY17 that has it and we do have them up here too

Pics or it never happened.

[CantComplain]

Originally Posted by David1

No power socket on my 17 either with exec pack.

Ditto, and with 6MT as well. Not sure of build date but landed at LA 12/24/16

[Caper-1]

My car has the USB in console but doesn't charge my HTC phone, had to purchase a lighter socket adapter which works fine, it would be nice if there was a place to store phone aside from ashtray!

[omasou]

Originally Posted by gmzanatta

The outlet/no outlet thing seems to be a market based item.

All Canadian cars, MY16+17 have them - but our cars are fully loaded.

In the US, I believe you get them if you get the Exec package.

In most markets it seems that if you have Exec (or equivalent) you get the socket.

My US MY 2017 with Executive package has a hole no socket. Like I original told OP it based on market and maybe options, have not seen latter confirmed. But not MY.

[doug_999]

Originally Posted by David1

Tried every cable known to man

I had the same thing - ended up being a whole bunch of lint in my charger port. Went into the apple store, guy pulls out a pick out of his pocket and pulls out this monstrous piece of lint stuck in my charger port.

I had tried with a tooth pick but nothing came out - he must have had the special tool

and yes, charge, buzz, charge, buzz, then nothing (the phone will stop charging if it detects this kind of thing)

[David1]

Originally Posted by doug_999

I had the same thing - ended up being a whole bunch of lint in my charger port. Went into the apple store, guy pulls out a pick out of his pocket and pulls out this monstrous piece of lint stuck in my charger port.

I had tried with a tooth pick but nothing came out - he must have had the special tool

and yes, charge, buzz, charge, buzz, then nothing (the phone will stop charging if it detects this kind of thing)

My car has 900 miles so thats not the problem. I have also tried the usb ports on the 3 and 4 series and they work fine. Tried the usb ports on a couple new M240 cars Nd they don't have enough power to charge so it must be a two series thing. Additionally the guys at the performance center said for sure the one by the cup holders will not charge. Now I wonder if the iPhone 7 needs more current:

[doug_999]

Originally Posted by David1

My car has 900 miles so thats not the problem. I have also tried the usb ports on the 3 and 4 series and they work fine. Tried the usb ports on a couple new M240 cars Nd they don't have enough power to charge so it must be a two series thing. Additionally the guys at the performance center said for sure the one by the cup holders will not charge. Now I wonder if the iPhone 7 needs more current:

The lint was in my phone, not the car

[DivideBYZero]

Checked my UK car today and I have the Glove box Port. WIN.

[David1]

Originally Posted by doug_999

The lint was in my phone, not the car

Like lint in my belly botton

[doug_999]

Originally Posted by David1

Tried every cable known to man

Something is up with your car. Just took my co-workers iPhone 7+ out to my car - charged in every outlet.

[bluescoupe]

Is the USB power in the center console "ON" all the time? I left my iPod there overnight and it charged it!
So now I'm wondering should I unplug items rather than drain the battery...
And does that go for the charger outlet in the rear of the console as well?
Shouldn't these power sources turn off when the car does?

[mike in o.c.]

Originally Posted by bluescoupe

Is the USB power in the center console "ON" all the time? I left my iPod there overnight and it charged it!
So now I'm wondering should I unplug items rather than drain the battery...
And does that go for the charger outlet in the rear of the console as well?
Shouldn't these power sources turn off when the car does?

On my 2018, all are powered on even with the ignition turned off. I don’t leave anything plugged in after I turn the car off; don’t want to draw down the car battery.

[ORIGIN M.]

Originally Posted by mike in o.c.

On my 2018, all are powered on even with the ignition turned off. I donÂ’t leave anything plugged in after I turn the car off; donÂ’t want to draw down the car battery.

The car will do that for you

Even if you left the trunk open eventually the light will get turned off so it will not drain your battery.

[bluescoupe]

Originally Posted by mike in o.c.

On my 2018, all are powered on even with the ignition turned off. I don’t leave anything plugged in after I turn the car off; don’t want to draw down the car battery.

^^^
Yes, that's where I'm at too. Thanks!

[Nezil]

Originally Posted by bluescoupe

^^^
Yes, that's where I'm at too. Thanks!

I'm actually looking for an always on 12v power-source without having to tap something into the trunk power for a project with a WiFi hotspot. I'm probably going to be going that way anyway, but have been doing some tests with the outlets in the center console, cup holder, and trunk, and they all power off shortly after locking the car...

It's not instant, but it's pretty soon after in my testing.

[ZPrime]

Originally Posted by David1

My car has 900 miles so thats not the problem. I have also tried the usb ports on the 3 and 4 series and they work fine. Tried the usb ports on a couple new M240 cars Nd they don't have enough power to charge so it must be a two series thing. Additionally the guys at the performance center said for sure the one by the cup holders will not charge. Now I wonder if the iPhone 7 needs more current:

Sounds like it's your cable or possibly something in your phone's charging port (I've seen this in the past).

I have a 2018 and it charged my iPhone 7 and now charges my iPhone X without issue, using the port up by the cupholders. Until I have a charging dock solution mounted to the dash, I just have a little 6" cable from Anker and I plug it in and toss it in the little storage area up there.

[eeyang92]

Originally Posted by ZPrime

Sounds like it's your cable or possibly something in your phone's charging port (I've seen this in the past).

I have a 2018 and it charged my iPhone 7 and now charges my iPhone X without issue, using the port up by the cupholders. Until I have a charging dock solution mounted to the dash, I just have a little 6" cable from Anker and I plug it in and toss it in the little storage area up there.

In my 2018 I could not use the USB port to charge my dashcam - it kept turning off and on, so probably the current is too low? I ended up purchasing a flush 2-port usb like the ones shown earlier in this thread.