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      03-25-2011, 10:42 AM   #12
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Drives: 2021 X3 M40i, 1974 2002 Tii
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Originally Posted by jmflukeiii View Post
This is not true... the battery on CA car keys (such as mine) is charged when inserted into the key slot. Why else would there be a key slot? At least this is the case for 2011, which is all I can really speak to.
Page 26 and page 35 of my 2011 manual clearly describes how the battery on CA equipped cars will need to be replaced periodically (Pg. 26), giving directions on how to replace the battery (Pg. 35). Non-CA keys charge while in the ignition but CA keys will need to replace the battery as it does not recharge. It was the same in my 2008 550 w/ CA...
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