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Originally Posted by HaroldC
I would guess that they did it on purpose. It's just too easy to arm and lock with the keys or something valuable in the car (pets, kids, etc....). Plus no way of remote unlocking it would make it a nightmare...... could you imagine the number of calls BMW assist would get.
As an example, Onstar uses a perfect example of the following senario: Tiger Woods gets locked out of his car during a tournament and needs a 9 iron (iirc). Onstar unlocks it for him and .......
BMW assist can't do this. Thus it's going to require the spare key, or a tow. Both of which are very inconvenient.
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Again, passive arming does not and NEVER SHOULD LOCK the car. The purpose of an alarm is to alarm anyway. While it can be an annoyance with false alarms that we hear all the time, they can allow us to set the timer for it in idrive (as with pathway lighting), one time, and we'd be set.
I'm surprised there's nobody who has wondered the same thing here. We didn't all grow up in BMW vehicles I'm sure.