So, I finally got round to trying to sort this and found someone to do it... and it turned into a 2.5 hour soap opera.
I found Andy through a friend of a friend, and he said he was fine sort out a replacement. He turned up at my work yesterday just before 12pm. Grabbed my key and started by copying the blade on a machine in the back of his van. Cool machine - scans the key, then the CNC head cuts a copy from a blank. Unfortunately, the first didn't work.... or the second. He then realised that my key has a strip down the middle so used a different type of blank. After a bit of filing, it finally turned in the lock and the ignition barrel. That took an hour!!!
In the meantime, whilst the CNC machine was cutting, he went looking for the EWS module. I wasn't sure (but thought it was behind the glove box) and we quickly found it by taking the glove box off (held by 5 screws). This proved to be the least problematic part. With the EWS module out, he had all the kit in the van and was able to copy the board, read the data on his laptop and write a new chip.
So we are 90 minutes in and we have a new blade and the immobiliser chip. I thought they were the hard bits done but syncing the key to the central locking proved impossible. He didn't have blank BMW diamond style key with him (even though he thought he had one), so was going to have to come back, but did have a Mini key to use temporarily. He reckoned the sequence to pair the key to the car:
- Turn the existent key in the ignition - on then off.
- Press and hold the door open button on the remote key
- Then press the central button on the remote key three times quickly (if this doesn't work, repeat but press the centre button eight times quickly!)
Well, try as you like, whatever he did, he couldn't get the key to sync to the card. He had a 433mhz tester in the van so knew that the key was fine.
After the best part of another hour, he finally decided that it must be something wrong with my car, and suggested that the "Central convenience module" cant be working if it cant pick up the key for the central locking! I googled it and found this on eBay which he said was the correct device and needs replacing!
Does this sound right? Surely if the central locking is working, then this unit is fine? If I do replace it, are they coded to the car? I wondered if it could be the fuse for this Control module, but then surely, the central locking wouldn't work.
As it stands, my new friend Andy is getting the proper key this week, and I am to replace the control module, then we'll get back together.
Are we missing something? Given that I now have a new correct blade and the correct immobiliser chip copied from the EWS, surely the other bit is easy??? Are we pairing the key to the car incorrectly?
Any comments welcome......
I found Andy through a friend of a friend, and he said he was fine sort out a replacement. He turned up at my work yesterday just before 12pm. Grabbed my key and started by copying the blade on a machine in the back of his van. Cool machine - scans the key, then the CNC head cuts a copy from a blank. Unfortunately, the first didn't work.... or the second. He then realised that my key has a strip down the middle so used a different type of blank. After a bit of filing, it finally turned in the lock and the ignition barrel. That took an hour!!!
In the meantime, whilst the CNC machine was cutting, he went looking for the EWS module. I wasn't sure (but thought it was behind the glove box) and we quickly found it by taking the glove box off (held by 5 screws). This proved to be the least problematic part. With the EWS module out, he had all the kit in the van and was able to copy the board, read the data on his laptop and write a new chip.
So we are 90 minutes in and we have a new blade and the immobiliser chip. I thought they were the hard bits done but syncing the key to the central locking proved impossible. He didn't have blank BMW diamond style key with him (even though he thought he had one), so was going to have to come back, but did have a Mini key to use temporarily. He reckoned the sequence to pair the key to the car:
- Turn the existent key in the ignition - on then off.
- Press and hold the door open button on the remote key
- Then press the central button on the remote key three times quickly (if this doesn't work, repeat but press the centre button eight times quickly!)
Well, try as you like, whatever he did, he couldn't get the key to sync to the card. He had a 433mhz tester in the van so knew that the key was fine.
After the best part of another hour, he finally decided that it must be something wrong with my car, and suggested that the "Central convenience module" cant be working if it cant pick up the key for the central locking! I googled it and found this on eBay which he said was the correct device and needs replacing!
Does this sound right? Surely if the central locking is working, then this unit is fine? If I do replace it, are they coded to the car? I wondered if it could be the fuse for this Control module, but then surely, the central locking wouldn't work.
As it stands, my new friend Andy is getting the proper key this week, and I am to replace the control module, then we'll get back together.
Are we missing something? Given that I now have a new correct blade and the correct immobiliser chip copied from the EWS, surely the other bit is easy??? Are we pairing the key to the car incorrectly?
Any comments welcome......
left in learning mode. I will need to have a serious dig for a photo. It’s a tiny little slider on the back of the box.