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Code request?
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Code request? -
03-17-2007
, 06:02 AM
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Hi. I just replaced the battery in My X5 and when I try to start the engine, it asks for a code. Any thoughts? |
it. Check your glove box.
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Hi. I just replaced the battery in My X5 and when I try to start the engine, it asks for a code. Any thoughts? |
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When MY car is asking for the CODE, it wants the code that tells the radio that it hasn't been stolen, and is now living in a strange dashboard. Your Owner's Manual package should contain a manual for the radio, that manual contains the CODE key. If not take it to a radio expert and get the code changed............. |
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On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:09:11 GMT, "Jeff Strickland" <c... (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote: When MY car is asking for the CODE, it wants the code that tells the radio that it hasn't been stolen, and is now living in a strange dashboard. Your Owner's Manual package should contain a manual for the radio, that manual contains the CODE key. If not take it to a radio expert and get the code changed............. |
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When MY car is asking for the CODE, it wants the code that tells the radio that it hasn't been stolen, and is now living in a strange dashboard. Your Owner's Manual package should contain a manual for the radio, that manual contains the CODE key. "Segun" <odesegun (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:1174129350.660743.296780 (AT) y80g2000hsf (DOT) googlegroups.com... Hi. I just replaced the battery in My X5 and when I try to start the engine, it asks for a code. Any thoughts? |
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I should mention that if the wrong CODE is input several times (I'm not sure of the count, but I've heard that three attempts is all that are allowed), then the car must be set with the Ignition left at ON for an extended period to reset the Attempt Counter. I had a weak battery, and the wife and kids attempted many times to input the CODE, and eventually the car would not accept any input at all -- even the right one. I found that if I left the ignition set to ON (RUN, but not START -- obviously) for about an hour, I could then plug in the correct CODE, and get the radio back. |
To get another chance, the radio must be *powered* for an hour.
Obviously, you can drive the car during this time, but the power must
be on *continuously* for at least an hour. Then, you get 3 chances to
screw up again. ;^)
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C.R. Krieger
(Been there; done that)
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On Mar 20, 9:56 am, "Jeff Strickland" <c... (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote: I should mention that if the wrong CODE is input several times (I'm not sure of the count, but I've heard that three attempts is all that are allowed), then the car must be set with the Ignition left at ON for an extended period to reset the Attempt Counter. I had a weak battery, and the wife and kids attempted many times to input the CODE, and eventually the car would not accept any input at all -- even the right one. I found that if I left the ignition set to ON (RUN, but not START -- obviously) for about an hour, I could then plug in the correct CODE, and get the radio back. That's the pattern: three strikes (incorrect inputs) and you're out. To get another chance, the radio must be *powered* for an hour. Obviously, you can drive the car during this time, but the power must be on *continuously* for at least an hour. Then, you get 3 chances to screw up again. ;^) -- C.R. Krieger (Been there; done that) |
disable the car starting, not the radio. The radio codes are so 20th
Century (no modern BMW uses them..)
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E28 Guyİ wrote: On Mar 20, 9:56 am, "Jeff Strickland" <c... (AT) verizon (DOT) net> wrote: I should mention that if the wrong CODE is input several times (I'm not sure of the count, but I've heard that three attempts is all that are allowed), then the car must be set with the Ignition left at ON for an extended period to reset the Attempt Counter. I had a weak battery, and the wife and kids attempted many times to input the CODE, and eventually the car would not accept any input at all -- even the right one. I found that if I left the ignition set to ON (RUN, but not START -- obviously) for about an hour, I could then plug in the correct CODE, and get the radio back. That's the pattern: three strikes (incorrect inputs) and you're out. To get another chance, the radio must be *powered* for an hour. Obviously, you can drive the car during this time, but the power must be on *continuously* for at least an hour. Then, you get 3 chances to screw up again. ;^) -- C.R. Krieger (Been there; done that) Ummm... C.R.. we're talking 21st Century BMWs - this is the code to disable the car starting, not the radio. The radio codes are so 20th Century (no modern BMW uses them..) |
to enter a code that would prevent starting the car. The problem is, it
was user selectable. I never used the feature so I don't know what
happens if you get locked out.
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Ummm... C.R.. we're talking 21st Century BMWs - this is the code to disable the car starting, not the radio. The radio codes are so 20th Century (no modern BMW uses them..) |
codes here getting my butt chewed out?
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C.R. Krieger
(Been there; done that)
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