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Old 02-26-2023, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by CapeX5 View Post
Sounds more like a battery dying than anything else. As the battery degrades, you have to get closer and closer. The ridiculous design of this key where you can't replace the battery is so frustrating. I know there are ways to do it, I have not had luck doing ti. I would do whatever Qsilver says. He knows this stuff inside and out.
I got scared that my 20 year old key would fail and brick my car, so I finally broke down and bought a new one last week from the The Bmw Mini Parts Store. Wasn’t inexpensive, but good piece of mind. Now I just worry about some part in the rest of that system failing and bricking my car…EWS, ring antenna, etc. I understand why guys delete the EWS.
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