Want to share this, happened on a Sunday (yesterday).

I was waxing my X5 yesterday and 2 guys approach me for help. They actually live about 5 blocks from me and walked to my house when the wife of one of the guys saw the X on my driveway.

Story is that they just picked up a 2005 3.0L X5 from a used car dealer yesterday. It was parked on thier driveway being loaded up for a roadtrip. This guy was putting CDs into the CD changer when his wife called him into the house. He closed the hatch with the keys inside. All other doors were locked, hatch was opened with the trunk button.

The used car dealer gave them ONLY 1 KEY. They called BMW Canada and were told that they had to have it towed to a dealer 'tomorrow' (Monday) as there was no service on a Sunday. CAA ( AAA in Canada) said they couldn't open an X5. The used car dealer told them to find another X5 owner because "the trunk unlock button of one X5 will unlock the trunk of another". Wierd huh, I told them that was BS but out of curiosity I go over to their place (its the neighborly thing to do - help out another X5 owner) with my key to prove it. Well it didn't work. I could see his keys in the trunk, his wife's purse in the front passenger seat, his wife was fuming mad that if stares could kill he'd be dead and buried. Just then the used car dealer calls to tell them they 'found' an extra key so they head over there in his brother's Honda.

MORAL of the STORY: Once again the trunk unlock button has gotten someone into trouble. Be wary of dealers who give you only 1 key.