Unknown Key

[Faheem]

I've been meaning to ask this question on the forum for a while now but I keep forgetting. With my Z3 I got 4 keys, 1 master, 1 spare, 1 for the wind deflector and another one, to this day I have no idea what this other key does.

Has anyone seen a key like this for the zed or any zed accessories?

Got the car from a trader so he probably wouldn't have known either.

 

[t-tony]

Not sure Faheem but it could be for isolating the alarm siren maybe?

Tony.

 

[Redline]

Initially guess - Am probably wrong but my first thought was - Nothing to do with the car whatsoever. Looks like a desk or cupboard key to me. Probably escaped accidentally with the car keys....
Might be the alarm siren key but would be surprised to see such a key for that.

 

[Stevo7682]

I also think it could be the alarm key

 

[Faheem]

@t-tony the factory bmw alarm system was removed at some stage and a cobra alarm was fitted in its place. However the cobra alarm doesnt allow you to isolate the alarm (from what I've seen)

@Redline you are probably right because it doesn't fit in anything I own lol. It's just one of those annoying things that I've really got to know the answer to.

 

[t-tony]

I also think it could be the alarm key

Used to see keys of that type regularly on cars of this era Steve, not so many these days.

Tony.

 

[DavidM]

I've been meaning to ask this question on the forum for a while now but I keep forgetting. With my Z3 I got 4 keys, 1 master, 1 spare, 1 for the wind deflector and another one, to this day I have no idea what this other key does.

Has anyone seen a key like this for the zed or any zed accessories?

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Got the car from a trader so he probably wouldn't have known either.

Could there have been a locking petrol cap on the car in the past?

 

[Faheem]

@DavidM there's one on there now but that uses the master key.

 

[cheeseandbeans]

@Faheem. If it does turn out to be the alarm siren key and you don't need it I'd be interested in taking it off your hands. I have a siren in mine that can be isolated but don't have the key. So when the alarm goes off just the lights flash without sound!

 

[Tracy Dee]

It looks like my key it turns off the BMW alarm siren.
Tracy.

 

[t-tony]

It looks like my key it turns off the BMW alarm siren.
Tracy.

Thought so.

Tony.

 

[Faheem]

So I have no use for it seeing as the car doesn't have the BMW Alarm Siren fitted But thanks, mystery solved.

 

[cheeseandbeans]

So I have no use for it seeing as the car doesn't have the BMW Alarm Siren fitted But thanks, mystery solved.

Could I take it off your hands then as mine is missing and I need one?

 

[Tracy Dee]

In saying that mine does look slightly different when checking.

As mentioned maybe old petrol cap met.
Mine only has a 3 digit number on key.

 

[Faheem]

I've got one like that @Tracy Dee but that key is for my wind deflector.

@cheeseandbeans Sure you can but it'll be when I get my Project Z back (they have the keys on the key-ring I gave them).

 

[Tracy Dee]

Well the key turns off siren trust me I have done it.
No wind deflector fitted on mine.

 

[madleemark]

ive got a key like that one, and it fits the alarm under the bonnet, just next to the abs pump

 

[Geoff Crispin]

My alarm key is a small stubby key not of the normal key design

 

[hard top]

My alarm key is a small stubby key not of the normal key design

On the early Z's the dealers fitted after market alarms as the cars came without them.

 

[cheeseandbeans]

I've got one like that @Tracy Dee but that key is for my wind deflector.

@cheeseandbeans Sure you can but it'll be when I get my Project Z back (they have the keys on the key-ring I gave them).

Top man. I can finally get some sound out of mine then!