Re: key in ignition

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Re: key in ignition

jmiller0666

29 Oct 2006 15:03

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

Maurice

28 Oct 2006 13:00

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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