System 3 Alarm on 93 E34

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   Hi All,
Just joined the forum and just bought a 93 E34 525iSE Touring. The guy who sold me the car had unfortunatly lost the alarm key fob. I believe the alarm is a system 3 BMW alarm (which should provide full closure??). Has anyone had been though the experience of trying to get a new alarm fob?? If so whats the best way. I popped into Wood BMW in Bournemouth yesterday and they said the fob is around �60 and it would cost another �60 to pull the alarm control box and retrieve the codes that are needed to set up the new fob.....but he said there is no garrantee that it would work. So just wondering if anyone has had to do the same and if it was successful.
Also wondering if there is any online manual's or park number indexes like I managed to find for my Corrado, i.e. VW's etka parts CD and the Bentley Manual.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Cheers Andy

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Andy_Brookes Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 05-July-2003 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 5	Topic: System 3 Alarm on 93 E34 Posted: 05-July-2003 at 07:26
	Hi All, Just joined the forum and just bought a 93 E34 525iSE Touring. The guy who sold me the car had unfortunatly lost the alarm key fob. I believe the alarm is a system 3 BMW alarm (which should provide full closure??). Has anyone had been though the experience of trying to get a new alarm fob?? If so whats the best way. I popped into Wood BMW in Bournemouth yesterday and they said the fob is around �60 and it would cost another �60 to pull the alarm control box and retrieve the codes that are needed to set up the new fob.....but he said there is no garrantee that it would work. So just wondering if anyone has had to do the same and if it was successful. Also wondering if there is any online manual's or park number indexes like I managed to find for my Corrado, i.e. VW's etka parts CD and the Bentley Manual. Thanks in advance for any help. Cheers Andy

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micky_h Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Really Senior Member II Joined: 17-February-2003 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 798	Posted: 06-July-2003 at 05:14
	I got a new key and remote about a month ago from a dealer up here in Newcastle.Only cost 38 quid for the remote and 2 mins for the tecky to encode it,no messing around with control boxes etc. I would try another dealer for a second opinion and see what you come up with.