Replacement key BMW e36, is this for real!
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Just picked up a replacement key for my 1998 e36 from a BMW dealer.
I had lost my key and was using the emergency one. My ex wife lost loads during the 18 years I've had the car.
Miserable spares bloke points out that this is key No9.
If it gets lost I cannot get anymore. The control unit and all barrels will have to be replaced at an estimated cost of 500 quid.
Obviously if this happens the poor old car will be scrapped but seems a shame.
Anyone else know about this?
I had lost my key and was using the emergency one. My ex wife lost loads during the 18 years I've had the car.
Miserable spares bloke points out that this is key No9.
If it gets lost I cannot get anymore. The control unit and all barrels will have to be replaced at an estimated cost of 500 quid.
Obviously if this happens the poor old car will be scrapped but seems a shame.
Anyone else know about this?
Yep. When the car was built, it will have been allocated 10 key codes. Two would have been supplied with the main key and spare, and given to the first customer. The other 8 would have been kept on BMW's systems, in case you need new keys cut.
Once you exceed the number of codes allocated to that vehicle, all the locks need to be changed.
Once you exceed the number of codes allocated to that vehicle, all the locks need to be changed.
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