BMW i3 Technical Training Manual page 77

I01￿General￿Vehicle￿Electronics
6.￿Locking￿and￿Security￿Functions
The￿BDC￿evaluates￿the￿status￿of￿all￿door￿contacts.￿In￿this￿way,￿for￿example,￿the￿vehicle￿can￿be
prevented￿from￿being￿locked￿while￿the￿driver's￿door￿is￿open.
The￿status￿of￿the￿central￿locking￿system￿button￿is￿also￿evaluated￿by￿the￿BDC.￿The￿BDC￿activates￿the
central￿locking￿system,￿depending￿on￿the￿status.
The￿BDC￿is￿responsible￿for￿the￿status￿recording￿and￿activation￿of￿the￿central￿locking￿system￿in￿the
tailgate.
The￿activation￿of￿the￿unlocking￿of￿the￿engine￿compartment￿lid￿is￿also￿the￿responsibility￿of￿the￿BDC.
The￿activation￿of￿the￿unlocking￿of￿the￿fuel￿filler￿flap￿in￿vehicles￿with￿range￿extender￿is￿done￿by￿the
hybrid￿pressure￿refueling￿electronic￿control￿unit￿TFE￿and￿not￿by￿the￿central￿locking￿system.
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