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Maurice - 28 Oct 2006 14:00 GMT

Funny thing happened the other day... I put the key in the ignition and
turned the key and it just turned freely forwards and back. I took the key
out, pondered a bit, put it back in, turned and this time it worked. Can
someone enlighten me, I'm guessing it is a security feature but how is it
enabled, do I need to have something checked, does the key need to be
recoded, batteries replaced?

Thanks
Maurice
'95 740i

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Jeff Strickland - 28 Oct 2006 16:22 GMT

I'm guessing it is not a security feature, but rather is a sign of impending
total failure.

> Funny thing happened the other day... I put the key in the ignition and
> turned the key and it just turned freely forwards and back. I took the
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> Maurice
> '95 740i

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Mike G - 28 Oct 2006 16:25 GMT

> Funny thing happened the other day... I put the key in the ignition and
> turned the key and it just turned freely forwards and back. I took the
> key out, pondered a bit, put it back in, turned and this time it worked.
> Can someone enlighten me, I'm guessing it is a security feature but how is
> it enabled, do I need to have something checked, does the key need to be
> recoded, batteries replaced?

I don't know the answer to the other problems, but I think you'll find that
when the battery needs replacing, it tells you on the cars display.
Mike.

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jmiller0666 - 29 Oct 2006 16:03 GMT

My 98 M3 has been doing the same thing for about 2.5 years. No
impending failure just a worn out mechanism. If you wiggle the
steering wheel a bit it will catch - or just turn the key back and
forth a bit and it will catch as well. Probably not worth the money to
fix since it is not really broken.

JM

> Funny thing happened the other day... I put the key in the ignition and
> turned the key and it just turned freely forwards and back. I took the key
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> Maurice
> '95 740i

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Leroy - 29 Oct 2006 19:33 GMT

Yes, it's a security feature, no it's not a problem. When it happens, just
do what you done before.

> Funny thing happened the other day... I put the key in the ignition and
> turned the key and it just turned freely forwards and back. I took the
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> Maurice
> '95 740i

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