Normally this website offers answers – but here is a mystery and a question …
I have noticed that when I park GBMINI#3 and switch it off, the “P” light on the automatic transmission stays lit:
GBMINI#3 automatic transmission
Even after the lights are off and I get out, shut the door and lock the car, the “P” light stays on.
Some “running-in-and-out-in-the-cold” experimentation reveals that the light stays on for between 3 and 5 minutes. I have no idea why.
Any ideas?
M&I / GBMINI 
i noticed this as well ian – i thought something might be fritzed with my new ride, so i am really glad to see you have noticed it as well! must be something new in the programming.
cheers – drew
My august built 05 S was in the garage one evening with all lights out in the garage. When walking past I noticed the MFSW lights in buttons were on. Everthing else was off. I put in key and turned on head lamps, then shut off. They went all out. I know theres something of a glitch there. Think its happened twice now. Other than that, it has run flawlessly.
It is simply complaining about being in P…GBMINI prefers to be in D! 🙂
Perhaps it is done to be sure you notice it, in case you left it in something other than park.
Or more likely it is powered not by the body module but the engine module or something that receives power for 5 minutes. I think I’ve heard of other items staying powered for that long as well.
No glitch. It’s on mine too. Freaked me out enough that I at first kept going out to make sure it had in fact turned off.
Oh and Josh, my MCSa hates D, it much prefers SD (or manual, but that can be WAY to tempting to put it over 4500 rpms right now with only 450 miles…..gotta put some more on this weekend).
It’s a BMW thing! My ’00 328i (with the Steptronic fitted) does the same thing; same timeframe also: 3 – 5 minutes. Obviously, BMW found a really good deal on capacitors!
Theo