Help Needed!!!!!!

[chrismcl05]

hello to everyone who reads this i bought a 318i SE and it come with a remote apparently for an alarm but when i press the buttons nothing happens i have been looking on ebay lately and found a remote that looks identicle and when i emailed the guy he told me i just had to reprogram the 1 i have can anyone tell me how to reprogram the remote looks like used: used: used: used: used: used: used:

[Cruzin 323is]

what year is your car??? i didnt even know they made a 318se??

if it needs reprogramming, then i would bring it to the dealer.. they will prolly charge u like 20 bucks.. since u have the remote allready

[Delmarco]

what the heck is an 318se?

special edition?
second edition?
sport edition?

[Hamfisted]

That looks like an old Cobra or Viper alarm remote. I would try replacing the remote's battery (see if the alarm responds after that.... if not....) , disconnect the car battery ground cable for about ten seconds then reattach the ground cable and immediately push one of the lock/unlock buttons on the remote. That should reprogram the remote to the alarm brain box. If that doesn't work the brain box is probably crapped out and you'll need to replace it with a new one. Most likely an updated version of the same company's alarm will plug right in. You can probably find the brain box behind the glove box (you have to remove the glovebox...). Pull it out and see if you can identify it. But try the new remote battery and reprogramming first and see if that fixes it. Good luck.







Mike

[bitcore]

Beware that if you have the stock radio, you will have to re-enter the code if you disconnect the battery.
Be sure you know this code otherwise you'll be making a trip to a dealership to get them to look up the code for you.

[chrismcl05]

hi the year is 1996 (P) and the SE stands for Sports Edition well so say the dealer. thanks for everyones help but i will get in touch with the dealer as this would be easiest. i have tryed a new battery and tryed also reprogramming it myself but unfortunatly it didnt work.

[Hamfisted]

A shop that installs alarms would be able to hunt down the problem also. The dealer will rip you off and then tell you it's not a factory alarm system so they can't touch it. You have several options though. You can buy a factory alarm system from Bav Auto and install it yourself (they're easy...) or you can buy one of the Stellar alarms that also just plug into your wiring harness behind the glovebox. There are several how-to articles on alarm installations for the E36 available on the web. I like this one: Keyless Entry/Alarm install E36 . But for the money you're gonna spend to have the dealer look at it you could install a really nice aftermarket system that's plug-n-play yourself. That's an aftermarket FOB you have there anyway.


You're looking for this plug behind the glovebox.....









Mike

[SpeedInfusion]

yea, get a new alarm, they arent that expensive and its far less trouble then reprgramming and paying to diagnose your old alarm..