BMW Key Cloning

[tbc]

Can't believe this is still happening.

I thought BMW had fixed this key issue long ago.

Anyway some Eastern European scumbag is up in court apparently stealing cars by way of key cloning in Dublin and storing them at a farm in rural Fermanagh in Northern Ireland.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-natio...

[Robert Burns]

No they didn't did a partial fix but I never really fixed the problem. You need to get a aftermarket alarm to fix it haha

[Jonny_]

Certainly still going on.

Just a couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine had his company 5-Series taken from his drive overnight. No noise, no broken glass, keys not taken.

If I owned a modern BMW, I think I'd be fitting one of those great big Disklok things to the steering wheel.

[Driver101]

Here goes for another long thread.

Why is nobody else interested in making a big deal about all the other brands that are easier to steal?

[Oilchange]

...because the chap didn't steal 120 'other brand' cars. He stole 120 (supposedly premium) BMW's, probable to order.

Easily.

[tbc]

He'll get a suspended sentence.

[Yadizzle1]

Jonny_ said:

Certainly still going on.

Just a couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine had his company 5-Series taken from his drive overnight. No noise, no broken glass, keys not taken.

If I owned a modern BMW, I think I'd be fitting one of those great big Disklok things to the steering wheel.

Do you know which generation 5 series it was, or the year of the reg plate?

[Jonny_]

Yadizzle1 said:

Do you know which generation 5 series it was, or the year of the reg plate?

Yes, it was a 12 plate car, current-shape. Not a glamorous variant either, just a boggo 520d ED in recession white!

[va1o]

Didn't realise the F10 was affected too now, thought it was mostly 06-11 E-chassis models

[Chicane-UK]

Jonny_ said:

Certainly still going on.

Just a couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine had his company 5-Series taken from his drive overnight. No noise, no broken glass, keys not taken.

If I owned a modern BMW, I think I'd be fitting one of those great big Disklok things to the steering wheel.

That sort of physical security does seem the only logical solution to this problem until BMW can fix their st! :|

[55palfers]

Knowing how risk averse our wonderful insurance companies are, you'd think they would insist on additional security or maybe a Tracker for a car with such a widely known vulnerability.

[Osinjak]

Jonny_ said:

....recession white!

Thanks, I'll be using that!

[Limpet]

So this affects F models now?

[Bennet]

Could anyone kindly suggest a reliable source of information about which models and years are affected?

[Jonny_]

I ought to clarify, my mate doesn't know exactly what method they used as the car hasn't been recovered. It may or may not be the same technique that applied to the previous generation of cars.

But the end result in any case is the same: no mess, no noise, no sign of breaking in to the car, no keys taken, car gone.

[rodericb]

Driver101 said:

Here goes for another long thread.

Why is nobody else interested in making a big deal about all the other brands that are easier to steal?

Please feel free to start threads about those other brands....

[redtwin]

Chicane-UK said:

That sort of physical security does seem the only logical solution to this problem until BMW can fix their st! :|

Or just relocate the OBD port.

[PanzerCommander]

redtwin said:

Chicane-UK said:

That sort of physical security does seem the only logical solution to this problem until BMW can fix their st! :|

Or just relocate the OBD port.

I believe you can get OBD port locks, they are easy enough to remove but you'd trigger the alarm in doing so, quite a few modified car owners fit them (especially in the US) to prevent dealers doing "helpful software updates" and buggering up tunes on cars fitted with aftermarket super chargers (and other mods that require a mapping adjustment).