I was told this is the fifth key on this EWS, which also doesn’t make any sense to me because again, they said they were unable to read it. Everything they are saying is inconsistent

Dealer won’t allow me to return the key for a refund or make a warranty claim on it. I’m really just frustrated because nothing they are saying is making sense to me

I am unsure if I have 7 and 8 bridged... will have to check in the AM. I will also check the voltage of both. I’m starting to think this is just a wiring issue because what are the chances that every module could fail due to corrosion in all different parts of the car

This is most likely the route I’m going to have to take. I appreciate you giving me the steps for the procedure!

I previously wrote that the dealer told me this is the fifth key... again this doesn’t add up to me. How would they know this is the fifth key if they can’t communicate with the EWS?

It's not even worth the time to chase after the dealer. Just leave them a 1/5 star review on google maps and go a route that is certain to work if in fact your EWS communicates on the canbus with the DME.

Depending on the state, county, city the cost amount to leave Small-Claims court AKA do it yourself court can be quite low and may possible to file a charge of "Theft by Deception" with the local DA. You paid for object 1 that would perform task 1,2,3 but instead they gave you similar object 1a that does only a minor percentage of what you paid the full price for.

I would try to get as much in writing from them as possible even if you aren't trying to make a legal case against them as they may try to bring a case against you for leaving an honest review and unless it's "Giuseppe Motors llc." they probably will fix the key issue instead of the bad publicity of yelp or whatever.

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I am hearing about big problems getting the AK90 to work over on the E46 board. I haven't tried using one, and there are those who seem to use it no problem, but there are many stories of people really struggling with it (like more than half the people give up) and it may have something to do with how the AK90 is manufactured ?

If you do buy one, buy a known-good one, or buy it from somebody with good ratings who will help you if you run into problems.

oh, and by the way, parts from a dealer should be warrantied for 2 years, so if you DO want to fight the dealer (might not be worth it), you have time.

With AK90+ there is a real risk that it corrupts the EEPROM on EWS module and the key information is permanently lost so that you have to order a new module from dealer.

Wow that's good to know. I have a new, never-used AK90+ unit I loaned to a tech savvy (elec engineer) on E46fanatics...he is struggling to get it to work, and discovered a major manufacturing flaw in the plug that attaches to the EEPROM resulting in most people attaching it 90 degrees off from the correct position.

So maybe we should avoid all AK90+'s?

See post #26
https://forum.e46fanatics.com/showth...1106419&page=2

My understanding is that there are 10 codes that will work with the EWS system in your car. You get 3 (?) of them in the keys that come with the car. The remaining 7 codes are just information securely stored back at the mothership. No keys or chips are pre-made. No communication is needed with your car each time a new key is issued.

You ask for a new one, provide your VIN and proof of ownership, and they burn and cut the next key in whatever physical form you order (valet vs. diamond, etc.). And they know you just used code #5 out of 10, so you have 5 left. They do all this with no idea of what EWS box you actually still have in your car, or what other 3rd parties may have already done. They know it is #5 because 1,2,3 and 4 all already came from there, they know what they are, they know about 6,7,8,9,10 and that they have not been released yet, etc.

Separately from your situation, I believe there is an option for them to access your car and turn off some previously issued codes, but that would not be needed when just buying a new key.

So basically, to me, this does make sense, although the stuff you were originally told at the dealership is clearly wrong.