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Originally Posted by wpoll
Pretty sure this is going to be a mechanical issue - there is no electrical lockout or system that will prevent the key from sliding into the tumbler.
There is an interlock connected to the gear selector, preventing the key from being removed when the vehicle is not in park. I'm guessing this interlock would also prevent the key from being inserted if the vehicle is not in park - i.e. if the interlock cable between the gear selector and the ignition lock has failed in some way, you won't be able to insert the key.
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I like your logic. I am with you. That is one of the things that I tried to evaluate by manually getting out of park and into neutral as well as a run through the gears. However, if there is a cable or some other method that it uses to determine that it in gear, if that mechanism is broken, my test would not have produced any different result as it thinks it is already in gear... I guess a way to test this theory is to have someone with another X or same vintage BMW try to reinsert a key while in gear... except, I dont think you can remove the key with the car in gear. I've never tried to do that. I am not sure how else to test this theory.
On the recommendation of my independent shop, I had the X5 towed to the dealership. I am fully expecting to get bullsh***ed and scammed. I hardly ever use the indy and I NEVER use the dealer. Without knowing what this is exactly, they could sell me almost any bull****.