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04-12-2012, 04:05 PM | #89 | |
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This alarm issue needs looking into. A collective letter to BMW? Warrant a recall? |
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04-12-2012, 04:26 PM | #92 | |
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04-12-2012, 04:30 PM | #93 | |
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![]() Shouldn't BMW step up to correcting a blind spot of a security feature which renders said feature useless ,,, . |
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04-13-2012, 03:43 AM | #94 |
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Putting it in a garage will just force them to use other means like breaking the door down and forcing you to hand over the original keys. Plus I dont want to build a garage or move to a house with a garage just for a car.
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04-13-2012, 08:02 AM | #95 |
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It's absolutely disgusting!
Someone's wrote a letter in this months performance BMW magazine and also there's an advert in the back of it, from a company saying how easy it is to steal them and they can sort the problem for X amount of money, if I can find the mag I will take a pic as tbh I can't rly remember, still shocked though that these owners aren't getting trackers on the car especially when it's a limited edition and highly stealable |
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04-15-2012, 12:20 PM | #96 | |
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I personally wouldn't want my car back if it had been stolen. |
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04-16-2012, 04:31 PM | #97 | |
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There a big thead over on babybmw about the same thing, bmw need to do something before all are insurence goes even more sky high. It just shouldnt be that easy to get in or even to re-program a key or even buy a new key let alone buying in bulk. just shocking. |
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04-18-2012, 01:38 AM | #98 | |
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interesting perspective. Just cleaned like hell and got a second car IN the garage and I feel like a full citizen again, as opposed to some mope with a bunch of junk in the garage while the car gets hailed on.
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04-18-2012, 03:32 AM | #99 |
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Any chance of this?
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04-18-2012, 06:25 PM | #101 |
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This is everywhere long threads on Tyresmoke, Pistonheads and BabyBmw and still BMW denying there's a problem that without the correct key their cars cannot be started.
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04-19-2012, 09:11 AM | #103 | |
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04-19-2012, 11:27 AM | #104 |
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How did you go about removing and relocating the OBD port?
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04-19-2012, 01:51 PM | #105 |
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Personally I'd rather not see a "how to" on relocating the ODB port - let's not reveal where it's moved to eh?
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04-19-2012, 02:10 PM | #106 |
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It would be my whorse nitemare!!, in the past, i bought a acura integre type r brand new!, it was stolen after 3 weeks, i got a second type r and 3 weeks after, they stole my seats and cluster... Mother.....rs.. They not only steal my baby, but after, it,s impossible to get insurance. I wish ta it was possible to have the car explode after it,s stolen
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04-19-2012, 02:39 PM | #107 |
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I don't think sharing how to relocate the OBD port is going to give a would-be thief any advantage. I can see how one might not want to share where they relocated the port, but even then I think the point is to make the new location much less accessible so that the thief would either set the alarm off in the process of looking for it or just abort the theft due to the amount of time it would take to find it.
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04-24-2012, 07:10 AM | #108 |
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Just been on the BMW LAND forum to see someone nearly had their 1M stolen this morning - http://www.bmwland.co.uk/forums/view...p?f=1&t=135599. Really is getting ridiculous now!
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04-24-2012, 09:27 AM | #109 |
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BMW needs to address this ASAP! i was just trying to convince my girlfriend to buy a BMW, but if BMW doesn't address this...I'm definitely going to talk her out of it. what's the point of buying a higher end car, if they are getting solen because of such an easy gadget?!
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