Locked out of boot. Help needed.

[zedonist]

To be honest, when you look at it in the cold light of day, you wouldn't use a drill to take a Z3, just a stanley knife through the roof and screw driver in the steering lock away you go...

 

[gookah]

I take a drill on every night out, Just finding a socket is the problem.......

 

[Dickymint]

is there not a chip in the key for the immobiliser?

 

[One Spanner Frank]

I may be wrong with this and with BMWs, but a lot of cars come with three different keys, each of which are limited to what it will open.
The drivers' key opens everything. Another key is for valet use and will not open the boot. I think the third is a spare drivers' key.
The keys look the same, so I assume that it is the programming that is different. (The keys themselves are the same but the bit that you hold to use them is different so that you know which key is which.)
My 1997 2.8 auto boot can be opened by key even if the battery is out of the car or flat. I just turn the key, let it return and press the button.

 

[Acousticplayer]

Thats interesting OSF. I've got only one key so will bear that in mind when I eventually source a spare one..
On a positive note I am pleased to report that when I checked a while ago the battery charger showed battery to be fully charged and after a bit of jiggery pokery the boot popped open on the remote.Will need to now investigate a possible fault but I can at least get on with the job in hand,still sorting out my rear anti roll bar and fitting new callipers etc.

Thanks everyone for your input and a merry christmas and happy new year.

 

[DavidM]

It's great you've managed to get back into the boot without any major headaches. Happy Christmas and New Year to you too!

 

[One Spanner Frank]

I looked up the keys in the on line handbook and you should have 4 keys with the car.
1. Main key with light.
2. Main key but without light.
3. A miniature emergency key to be kept in your wallet and not to be used full time.
4. A limited service key which only opens the doors and operates the ignition. It does not open the boot or glovebox.
It also gives information on how to get the security system to recognise a new key.

 

[littlefeller]

to be honest i dont think posting a how too is a real problem, if someone wants to open it they will, i remember back in the mid 80s loads of kawasaki 750 were getting nicked. The way this was done was actually quite simple, the culprits were targeting bikes that were often parked in the same place day after day. one of the crew would simply unbolt the helmet lock (this was a small barrel type lock with a bar attached and would simply hold the strap of the helmet, it was operated by the ignition key), it was just bolted on. so the helmet lock and the ignition including the steering lock operated off the same key, they simply had a key cut to suit the now removed helmet lock. most owners would never notice the missing helmet lock as they dont really get used (helmet fills with rain if its wet), then they can just take the bike at there leisure. quite log winded really but then the bike would be worth it just in parts, your boot however is a different story, if someone is breaking into your boot there only interested in its contents and would simply force it open, however if i find a small hole in mine i will let you know

oh yeh and just for the record - the only thing in my boot is the tonneau cover, thats not counting the explosives i have attached to the inside of the boot lid, directly behind the bmw badge

 

[Acousticplayer]

Oh dear I don't think I like the way this thread is developing.

 

[Low Rider]

My brother and my Z3's have flat batteries and we use the key to open the boot to charge the battery to give the engines a run.