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| 04-27-2015, 10:33 AM | #1 |
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Locked out - anyone ever seen this!?
assuming the car battry is dead... so i can't get in car.. supposed to have manual place for key, but my car doesn't have it.. My dealer is confused.. I have no clue and now need to get damn truck on flatbed to BMW
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| 04-27-2015, 10:50 AM | #2 |
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Did you buy it new? Did you ever have the door handle replaced at all? if you bought it used, maybe something happened to the original door handle and it was replaced with the cheaper non-key version.
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| 04-27-2015, 11:05 AM | #3 |
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can you call BMW assist and have them remotely unlock?
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| 04-27-2015, 11:28 AM | #5 |
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Someone installed the keyhole cover but didn't install the keyhole behind it. When you replace the keyhole cover, you can choose to leave it off - which makes for a easier reinstall, but if you need to get in the car and battery is dead, your only choice to to break a window.
I did this on mine - replaced it with one from IND. |
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| 04-27-2015, 11:46 AM | #6 |
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I would at least remove the grills and see if you can remove the hood latch. Not and e70 but could be useful.
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| 04-27-2015, 01:39 PM | #7 |
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thanks guys.. i have it at BMW now, who knows wtf they are going to do.. my sunroof is tilted up.. one guy was suggesting to stick metal pole through the opening and try to hit the unlock button in center of the car
no fun! oh the car is 2 months and 2k miles out of warranty!! yea and BMW assist cant do if dead battery, but anyways I would need the damn password, etc and thats all locked in the car! Sh*t like this always happens to me - i drove car yesterday with no issues!
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| 04-27-2015, 01:43 PM | #8 | |
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that had to be what happen.. no other explanation Quote:
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| 04-27-2015, 07:02 PM | #9 |
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Damn. Now I'm thinking of pulling mine back off and installing the module behind it. The problem I was having at the time was that the tabs didn't quite fit in the cover so I couldn't get the cover on and since it was getting dark and cold, I just left it off. But, now that winter is over, maybe I should try again.
Here is what should be behind the cover had it been installed:  Last edited by mleun481; 04-27-2015 at 08:56 PM.. |
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| 04-27-2015, 10:16 PM | #10 |
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I used a dremmel to shave some of the plastic off the back of the IND keyhole cover. Once complete, I reinstalled the door locking mechanism shown a post above and then the keyhole cover fit snugly over it
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I miss the old days when cars had keyholes at every door. |
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| 05-02-2015, 07:15 PM | #14 |
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i had the sunroof on that tilt... so they stuck metal pole through it and pushed the unlock buttom.. so they say, who knows
I just started another POST bc replaced battery.. now car is dead again today.. need to find out why "high battery drain"
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| 05-02-2015, 08:10 PM | #15 |
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hmm, at least no window was broken. Because of your post, I actually took my keyhole cover off today and used a dremel to shave the plastic tabs a little so I can fit the locking mechanism behind it.
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