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TDK

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About an hour ago someone managed to get into my car. Didnt steal anything apart from some change but they got in without damaging the car. All the compartments were open. It was in the driveway and there was a camera, shame it was pointing in a different direction.

The car was an e46 3 series.

They also took £20 from a neighbours 5 series. Did see a clapped out van, probably was them :mad:

What can I do if all they need is an electric programmable keyfob to unlock the car? Doesnt seem like bmw are very secure.
 
its technology, its never long before standard stuff is easy to get around, if you know what you are doing.
 
Hmmmm, thats worrying! Is there a known way of getting into newer BMWs without damaging them? I live in London too and its quite worrying to know there are people around that can just get in my car whilst im away from it without any hassel! Lets hope this method isnt too well known about..whatever it is!

NS
 
Just seen a vid of how easy it is to break into bmw. Theres a lockpicking decoder kit that tells you the key combination and then when you use the laser cut key in the kit the door opens and deactivates the alarm, too easy :(

Cant believe there are only 16 key variations :mad:

maybe thinking of getting the bmw keyhole mod
 
I never actually bother locking my car, my central locking died on my passat and I haven't gotten into the habbit of locking my beemer yet and I probably should considering what I paid for it.

It's an E90 330d is it affected?

I live in swindon though, not exactly rough.
 
Yes all new bmw can be broken into easily using the decoder kit they just cant start the car because I believe the keyfob sends a code to the engine with changes each time you start the car.

My car was in hampstead its a good area but high crime rate.

Doesnt the car lock automatically after 3 minutes or something like that?
 
Well, I'm safe then! the lock in my drivers door doesn't unlock the car, just turns menaing nobody can get in using this kit..long as they dont then resort to the brick method!

NS
 
My cousin had his 7 series done over like this about 3 times in a month (pretty rubbish area he lives in). He got rid of it when on the third visit they left a little brown gift on the drivers seat and a note telling him that they would come and go as they please :( :eek:
 
Can't you get delocking kits?

I know this is a common security flaw on mk4 golfs, thats why most golf owners get rid of the actual key lock and put a piece of metal in place - very cheap iirc.
 
theres no need to lock it from the key, the button on the keyfob does that anyway

Mines locks after a couple mins already left the key in it once :o
 
TDK said:
Just seen a vid of how easy it is to break into bmw. Theres a lockpicking decoder kit that tells you the key combination and then when you use the laser cut key in the kit the door opens and deactivates the alarm, too easy :(

Cant believe there are only 16 key variations :mad:
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I just watched that video, interesting stuff. There should actualy be 4^8=65536 possible key codes, the problem is down to poor tolerances in the lock that means this gets reduced to 2^8=256 combinations, which can be covered by two sets of 16 key halves.

Pretty damn poor that a modern BMW lock offers similar security to those fitted to Ford Escorts 20 years ago...
 
If they're scanning for your fobs transmitter signal when you open/close the car then you could just close the car with the key manually?

On my e46 if you use the fobs button it arms the alarm and locks the doors/boot/fuel door and the exact same happens if you lock it manually via the keyhole (includes unlocking) but obviously it's not going to start the car unless the chip on the inside of the key (it's mounted on the inner wall seperate to the PCB) is detected by the car when you insert it into the ignition.

Try it, your car should have come with 4 keys consisting of 2x remote fob keys, 1x "blank" key used to laser cut backups and 1x plain key you can use to open the door/boot.
 
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Look on the bright side - if you never leave valuables in the car they'll get in, take nothing, and leave the car intact yet if it were more secure they'd probably smash their way in :(
 
If I lock my car with the remote, then open it with the key the alarm will go off until I start the engine, every BMW I've had does the same thing.
 
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