BMW Owner 1 Report post Posted July 5, 2014 (edited) I have an imported 2008 Series 3, BMW 335i with two remotes. The first remote works perfectly and does everything it's supposed to do. My 2nd remote will lock/unlock and start the car however it will only allow very limited access to the idrive. I've removed the battery from the fob and it check out OK. So I replaced it and tried the fob again, but with no luck as it still wouldn't access the same information on the idrive as my other fob does. Does anyone know how to re programme these fobs or offer any help? Edited July 5, 2014 by BMW 335 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EuroSurgeon 2 Report post Posted July 5, 2014 How do u mean access same info? They have personal profile so will show different for each key Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BMW Owner 1 Report post Posted July 5, 2014 Hi. By limited info on the idrive I mean that after I press on the "communication" tab for example all the sub screens after that are blanked out or have very limited access. This happens with all of the four tabs when I open them from the main menu . When I use my other fob every detail to access the idrive, every option is available. I've attached a photo of the screen hopefully showing what I'm talking about with regards to the lack of information. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lord_jagganath 421 Report post Posted July 5, 2014 Could be a Valet fob? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BMW Owner 1 Report post Posted July 5, 2014 Unfortunately not. It's the same fob for both of them. They both have the physical key incorporated in the fob. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BMW Owner 1 Report post Posted July 5, 2014 If your correct and it is a valet key then how do I re code it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BMW Owner 1 Report post Posted July 6, 2014 I've tried the local BMW agent and they weren't very interested or helpful. I've managed to download a manual for the 335 which is for the American market but unfortunately even thought I've read it from cover to cover it didn't t shed any light on this particular problem, but overall was very informative of all the ins and out of the Bimmer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BMW Owner 1 Report post Posted July 6, 2014 Agree with you. From what I've read it's definitely not a valet key. I can programme the seat and door mirrors with this remote but as stated, can only get very minimal info from the idrive. Interestingly enough, I can set these seat and mirror changes into the seat memory. My problem is how to re sync the fob so I can access the full info on the idrive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BMW Owner 1 Report post Posted July 27, 2014 Finally managed to get my key fob remote sorted. I was fortunate in finding a garage that understands the working of bmw's and It turns out that my 2nd key fob hadn't been re programmed from Japanese to English. This has now been done and both key fobs are now working correctly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
