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use the valet key, using the key fob causes problems with the lock/unlock. you can use the fob, but you got to remove the battery in it.Ted

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i dont have a valet key :-( and really dont want to pay 60 for it. guess ill attempt to take this battery out :-(

try it without stripping the battery. i took it out when i did one. why dont you try this. hold that key up to the ignition cylinder. attempt to remote start and if it starts up, you have a problem with the key wrap.Ted

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tedmond wrote: try it without stripping the battery. i took it out when i did one. why dont you try this. hold that key up to the ignition cylinder. attempt to remote start and if it starts up, you have a problem with the key wrap.

nope looks like something else is wrong :-( when i put the key up to the key barrel it shows the yellow key in the dash and i press the remote start button and the module tries but the car doesnt do anything...... now if i actually put the key in and press the remote start you can tell its wants to start because the headlights come on like it trying to start but it never starts.......

Also if i do it this way while the headlights are on and its trying to start i can press the start button without pressing the brake and the car starts up. So i know the brake wires are correct. it seems like it just doesnt want to start the actual starter......

Removing the battery makes no difference, the RFI chip is still "talking" to various processors in the car. The battery simply powers the remote for lock and unlock. Does this method ask you to power up an ACC as an ignition like the earlier models? The comment roughly, "the instructions said I could use the key".... Read my by-line or get the hint from Tedmund's.

there has to be some extra step im missing.........the part that start the car is the int-bmw2 and i know for a fact the brake wires are correct. Also i have test the ground while running feature (by pressing the brake when the car is started) ignition goes from remote start to int-bmw2 to the evo-can and accessory goes from int-bmw2 to the remote start... it says nothing about powering acc as iginition. i looked at the ealier model and it is pretty different.

OK, just a thought.

Well fortin wont help me until i get the firmware upgraded to 4.02 instead of 4.00 so I guess ill put everything on hold :-( until i can get it upgraded or buy a new module

just ordered the update module since not one person in my state has it :-( should be here on friday or saturday. I guess ill start tucking a few wires and moving things around