[johnjackgallag@yahoo.com]

Yesterday at 5:30 PM
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Bought my second I3 '21 rex from BMW in Silver spring Md.in February. I flew down from VT to get this car and had it shipped . all went well. My car only had one key so Carlos Corredor, my sales person, arranged to have BMW ship a second directly to me. All went well and I was able to activate the key to my car and it worked. I put it in a safe place and fast forward to June when I could not locate my main key and went to use this "new" key and nothing. Changed battery, made sure no" bitter taste" was obstruction connection.( Some battery manufacturers put that on to make kids spit it out because they can be lethal if ingested) changed batteries with fresh ones two more times. still dead. Took it to local BMW dealer who also could not get it to work. Had the car all day. When I came to pick it up they told me the key fob was defective and ordered a new one. It arrived quickly but would not activate. Went through many permutations of holding the fob to the symbol until the "no remote" message went off while holding the start button. Repeated with holding the brake on and the start button til the light went off. Repeated these steps but held the start button with and without the brake pushed down for 3 full minutes. Dealer said bring it back. It spent the day there. They decided this key fob was also defective and ordered another. That was 2 days ago. The third Key arrived at my house today and went through the whole thing again. Also in all cases drove car 500 feet away, unlocked the car with good fob, walked back to house and left good key fob there. Still no good. BMW service rep says they will get back to me. Of note, used bimmercode to code a few things like REX fuel capacity , Maintain set of charge and recirc button to stay on when needed. Could that have anything to do with it?