325i 1985 Anti=theft System Won't Let Me Start It

[ilene]

My son has played with the anti-theft buttons and managed to turn it on and the car is locked in "disabled mode" and there is no code that he can recall of the buttons he pushed.

I just had my car towed home. The nearest BMW dealer is one and a half hours away.

Can someone please tell me how to reset this stupid anti-theft code or what the heck I'm supposed to do now. I haven't been able to drive anywhere for three days now.


Your help is greatly needed!
Thanks

oops, I forgot to tell you, the little anti-theft display has four dashes and the word CODE... I figure its waiting for the code that I don't have!

[e30fanm3]

disconnect the battery for five minutes or so, and it should reset itself, if that doesnt work i can tell you how to bypass the anti-theft code function

[ilene]

We tried disconnecting the battery, it didn't change anything other than we had to put the radio code in. The anti-theft still says "---code" and the car won't start.



Does anybody know how to get rid of this anti-theft code? Or the entire device itself?

If you do, I'll buy the beer!

[schneider252]

email sent

[e30fanm3]

there should be 3 big wires coming out of the back of the unit, splice the 2 green ones

[ilene]

Have you done this yourself? Has anyone done this? Do you think the BMW company is telling me "they" have perform the work and if I disconnect it they say the car won't start still because they want the service work????

Thanks,

also...
Please tell me what a knee abolster is. "Take your knee abolser out and disconnect the factory antitheif device."

[e30fanm3]

its your driver's side under-dash panel, and yes they would tell you that just for the money

[ilene]

Excellent!
Have you done this to your car? How did it work for you?
Just wondering before I go cut some wires. I am excited to know there is an alternative besides the dealership.


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[Kowalski]

Originally posted by ilene@Feb 2 2005, 07:22 PM
Excellent!
Have you done this to your car? How did it work for you?
Just wondering before I go cut some wires. I am excited to know there is an alternative besides the dealership.


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anyones excited when they dont have to deal with the dealership, i hate the dealership have a nice day and good luck.

[ilene]

IT WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We unhooked the battery cable, after we found the battery in the trunk, then came back in two hours and hooked it back up.

The car started right up and VROOOMMMMMMMM!

I am sooooo relieved I cannot thank you all enough. I also went for help on the RV3limited.com website and both sites helped me.

I was afraid to cut the green wires and wanted to try the battery first.
Now I'm wondering if the green wires spliced together would eliminate this anti-theft function.

The anti-theft display was blinking "---CODE" and the car was immobilized. Now that the car has been reset by unhooking the battery, the display is blinking "---HUR".

What is this????????
Also, does anyone know how to set my own personal code for the anti-theft display?

Whew!
Ilene

[Kowalski]

Originally posted by ilene@Feb 5 2005, 03:23 PM
IT WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We unhooked the battery cable, after we found the battery in the trunk, then came back in two hours and hooked it back up.

The car started right up and VROOOMMMMMMMM!

I am sooooo relieved I cannot thank you all enough. I also went for help on the RV3limited.com website and both sites helped me.

I was afraid to cut the green wires and wanted to try the battery first.
Now I'm wondering if the green wires spliced together would eliminate this anti-theft function.

The anti-theft display was blinking "---CODE" and the car was immobilized. Now that the car has been reset by unhooking the battery, the display is blinking "---HUR".

What is this????????
Also, does anyone know how to set my own personal code for the anti-theft display?

Whew!
Ilene

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when you do that it resets the language, now you have to set it back to english.