So inconspicuous, yet pretty packed with handy functions ;) A standard remote BMW key fob can not only lock and unlock your doors or open the trunk, but in some cases control your windows, start the engine, disable your BMW sensors and more. Check out what hidden key fob tricks you can expect.
This one may definitely come in handy during freezing winters or hot summers. Many of you may not know, but you can actually run your E-Series car engine without having to leave your keys in the ignition and having your car awake while being somewhere else.
If you have an E-Series BMW with comfort access, or any F/G-Series car, BMW keyless start might also be very useful when you need to start your car quickly and drive away. Just make sure your key is with you, enter your BMW and the road is yours.
Another handy BMW key fob function that might be useful when you want to leave your car just for a quick sec, but have a passenger or a pet stay inside, is a feature disabling the motion detector. Normally, when your sensors are enabled and you lock someone inside your BMW, it only takes a few movements of a hand to trigger the alarm.
Have you ever had to change your seat position, mirrors, lights, air conditioning, door locks or other car settings after lending your car to your friend? Or maybe you have to do that everyday, as you share your BMW with your spouse? Anybody who has ever been in one of those situations knows how time consuming everyday car adjustments can be.
Fortunately, BMW's from the last decade or so have a function called Driver Profiles, so that all of your personalized settings can be paired up to a certain key fob retaining all of your settings. So, for example, if you and your partner use separate key fobs, and your partner drives with the seat set very close to the steering wheel, the key fob assigned to his/her driver profile will remember these settings and automatically change the seat position from yours to theirs. An array of other settings such as navigation, last temperature adjustments, lights, door locks or mirrors (if they come with automatic folding) will also be stored in the profile.
Hence, if both of you use completely different in-car settings and are often in too much of a rush to change up every detail, having two key fobs with different profiles may come out as a huge advantage. If you only have one key left and share your car often, you can easily order another fob from your BMW dealership.
Not many people know this but a lot of electronic components in your BMW are equipped with data memories that temporarily or permanently store technical information about the condition of the vehicle, events and faults. And so does your remote control key fob.
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