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In article , ricksabian1
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Yeah, my fob has lock and unlock buttons, but it has a little hole you
put it in before you press the start button. I don't know if it'll still
start if I keep my fob in my fob pocket. I've never tried that, but I
doubt it. Isn't it weird that Levi Strauss was making pants with a

That hole is probably the 'emergency start hole'. If the battery in the
fob is dead you put the fob in that hole. By a type of transformer
action the fob will get enough power to activate the start system. The
fob should work if the battery is good just being in you pocket.

Nope. It's a brand new fob directly from BMW. You push the fob into a
hole, and it locks in place. Then you push the start button directly
above it. You can't even remove the fob unless you stop the engine
first, and then push the fob inwards, which causes a release mechanism to
let go of it. I tried to start the car today without putting the fob in
the fob hole, but it won't start unless you fob-**** it first.


You might as well have a key if you have to do all that.

I think it was more of a security feature to immobilize the car, but
Beemers do seem unnecessarily complicated IMO... like when I back up, the
side view mirrors tip down slightly. More complicated and useless
features to go wrong and cost a fortune to fix. Here's another feature I
could live without:

"The Adaptive Headlights cast their beam in the direction of the curve
and ensure better visibility and more safety during night drives on
winding roads. Sensors measure speed, steering angle and yaw (degree of
rotation around the vertical axis). ... Driving at night is even safer,
particularly when visibility is poor."

If that system gets borked, you're looking at around $2500 to fix it.

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