E53 X5 Alarm

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   actually that was half an hour labour i saved myself 45pounds by removing the glovebox before taking the car in.
i was advised to remove it, as a friend said they will charge it out & itemise it on the bill so i thought i would save them the hassle of putting it on my bill. 
it turns out i was right as they told me it would have cost me 45 just to do a job that took me 20mins to remove & refit myself.

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jamessvg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 09-August-2010 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote jamessvg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: E53 X5 Alarm Posted: 08-September-2010 at 09:04
	actually that was half an hour labour i saved myself 45pounds by removing the glovebox before taking the car in. i was advised to remove it, as a friend said they will charge it out & itemise it on the bill so i thought i would save them the hassle of putting it on my bill. it turns out i was right as they told me it would have cost me 45 just to do a job that took me 20mins to remove & refit myself.

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Andrew Rolland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Go away rain Joined: 19-August-2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 6579	Post Options Post Reply Quote Andrew Rolland Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07-September-2010 at 12:21
	I'm not suprised you had to take it to BMW. Sometime it just has to be done. Sounds like you were only charged for 2 hours work, sounds about right after a bit of head scratching.
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jamessvg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 09-August-2010 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote jamessvg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07-September-2010 at 10:19
	had to take it to bmw in the end. turns out the ecu has a transportian mode which had kicked in 118 pounds.

jamessvg Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 09-August-2010 Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote jamessvg Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09-August-2010 at 11:24
	i opened my 2002 E53 X5 last sunday as usual with the remove only to have the alarm go nuts on me. every time i pressed the unlock button on the remote locking the alarm goes nuts but i can still drive it, the rear windows also wouldn't work. i disconnected the alarm siren but that still did nothing i disconnected the battery & the alarm, reconnected the battery the alarm no longer goes off but the alarm is not working as the lock & unlock buttons on the remote no longer work but the boot release does so that tells me that the key hasn't gone out of sync. i also tried the spare key that is the same. the central locking works but only manually using the key in the door lock. can anyone please help i don't want to have to take it to my bmw dealer