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      03-31-2021, 02:54 PM   #23
ericvasania
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Drives: BMW 535i 2011 & Z4 3.5is 2011
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Dubai, UAE

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Originally Posted by jawolf View Post
I really appreciate your input and offer to help. I am not sure when I will get there again but I will keep your offer in mind. I was actually there in the fall with the Indiana BMW club, they went to the Chocolate factory. I live near indianapolis.
I recently bought a 2011 3.5iS which has the Comfort access FOB with the removable battery in it, and face the exact same issues you described above - only buttons on the FOB work, CA via door handle doesnt work, nor does FOB in the pocket as it needs to be plugged in the ignition.

Wild guess after looking at the specs via VIN check - the car doesnt show as having comfort access, so could the car have the hardware, yet be coded to disable CA since the original owner didnt opt for the feature when the car was new?
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