My car was stolen last night

[BzsBimmer]

Originally Posted by boss2k

How are u guys tracking your car? Thru BMW connected drive?

When I tried to use locate car feature it asked me to activate GPS positioning in the car, what is that?

Yes ConnectedDrive.
Pretty easy to do. Sign up for an account and pair to your phone thru idrive menus

[boss2k]

Originally Posted by BzsBimmer

Yes ConnectedDrive.
Pretty easy to do. Sign up for an account and pair to your phone thru idrive menus

I have an account and can connect to the app

How to enable GPS positioning in car and then track through the location in the app? Do you have the steps

Thanks

[BzsBimmer]

Originally Posted by boss2k

I have an account and can connect to the app

How to enable GPS positioning in car and then track through the location in the app? Do you have the steps

Thanks

Sorry I don’t. All I know is you go through idrive. I don’t have the car near me atm. Maybe someone can chime in

[jmr0311]

account with who?

[BzsBimmer]

Originally Posted by jmr0311

account with who?

Probably best to search or start a new thread so we can stop cluttering up this one

[boss2k]

Originally Posted by jmr0311

account with who?

Connected drive

[AllForTheCash]

We had a 330ci stolen back in the early 2000's. They did find the car 2-3 weeks later with a lot of parts missing. Hopefully insurance covers the loss and you get yourself into a new one. Good Luck and hope if all works out.

[zamboni]

Originally Posted by nujabes24

Well got a call this morning, Newark PD located the car. So even with the battery taken off bmw can still locate . The car was stripped completely - total loss. Fucking unreal man. Thanks for the support everyone. For My next one I’ll just get a viper alarm with the sensors. , maybe it will workout better.

The OEM alarm came with motion sensor surprised it did not go off.

[Naz24]

Unreal, i guess ebay will have a ton of M3 parts coming up.

That's sickening, people suck entirely

[MN2///M]

OP,
Hope you have a good insurance adjuster and company, but best to do your research and find some comparable vehicles to support whatever you feel the car is actually worth. Insurance companies rarely give you their best offer first.

Regardless of how nice or good, job number one is to pay you the least amount they can to settle the claim.

[jailonacs99]

Originally Posted by boss2k

I have an account and can connect to the app

How to enable GPS positioning in car and then track through the location in the app? Do you have the steps

Thanks

Under the main menu "Settings" in your iDrive, the very bottom option should be "GPS Tracking".

Make sure that option selected.

Then in the app select vehicle location and the little satellite icon I think.

[Naz24]

Originally Posted by jailonacs99

Under the main menu "Settings" in your iDrive, the very bottom option should be "GPS Tracking".

Make sure that option selected.

Then in the app select vehicle location and the little satellite icon I think.

Oddly enough my 2015 M3 doesn't have this option....?

[ItsGary]

Originally Posted by Naz24

Oddly enough my 2015 M3 doesn't have this option....?

It was a feature added later.

[mrgicm]

Couldnt they just disconnect the battery and disable gps tracking? I mean I doubt they are that stupid

[jailonacs99]

Originally Posted by ItsGary

It was a feature added later.

No kidding? Mine's a fairly early MY2015 build, 07/14, must've been earlier than that then.

[Rxpert]

Sorry to hear that OP. I know first hand what it feels like, like you said not mad, just intruded upon and violated.

Good luck getting your car back and I hope they catch and charge the POS that stole it!

[Rxpert]

Just read the post about it being completely stripped for parts....

My condolences for your loss.......

[davis31b]

Originally Posted by mrgicm

Couldnt they just disconnect the battery and disable gps tracking? I mean I doubt they are that stupid

If you read the whole thread, part of the module in our cars has a battery backup that is independent of the car battery. So if the disable the cars battery, then the modules backup battery would continue to allow BMW to track.

[BPMSport]

Originally Posted by davis31b

If you read the whole thread, part of the module in our cars has a battery backup that is independent of the car battery. So if the disable the cars battery, then the modules backup battery would continue to allow BMW to track.

It's so easy to bypass this, it's not even funny. I'd post up how but I'm not going to give anyone ideas... but we're talking less than 30 seconds.

[davis31b]

Originally Posted by Mike Benvo

It's so easy to bypass this, it's not even funny. I'd post up how but I'm not going to give anyone ideas... but we're talking less than 30 seconds.

Nobody is saying if it's difficult or hard to bypass it, just replying to your comment about "just disabling the battery".

[zamboni]

Originally Posted by davis31b

Nobody is saying if it's difficult or hard to bypass it, just replying to your comment about "just disabling the battery".

The scary part is no need to disconnect the battery, they can placed an anti shielded matt on the dash board and will block all incoming signals. Can't ping the car you can trace it.

[davis31b]

Originally Posted by zamboni

The scary part is no need to disconnect the battery, they can placed an anti shielded matt on the dash board and will block all incoming signals. Can't ping the car you can trace it.

Source?