You absolute legend!!! I was locked out of my X5, the battery was completely dead and the driver's door handle is damaged so I couldn't open the door manually. I had a locksmith out to have a look and he was also stumped, so had to leave and arrange for a colleague to come the next day. In the meantime I found your video. I bought a battery charger and a piece of wire and followed the instructions and hey presto! The boot lid popped after about 5 seconds. I'm now in the car and charging the battery so we're back in business! You saved me $325. I'm so grateful you put this video up! What an absolute legend!!
After hours and hours of watching videos on how to open my trunk with a dead battery, and trying everything except drilling into my car, I came across your video. You my friend saved the day. It took 30 second and my trunk just unlocked. So excited. Thank you very much.
You Sir are a genius!!! Thankyou so much for this amazing tip. This saved me so much time and money after my battery went flat and the drivers side door handle decided to stop working at exactly the same time. But thanks to you I am back into the car again. I owe you a Kingfisher beer...
Thumbs up and subscribed. My 2006 BMW X5 battery was dead after not being driven for two weeks . Tried this trick snd it worked . I did have to keep the wire on the plate light for Alittle longer (about 10 seconds ) after I Hurd the car make a beep sound but I was able to open my trunk .
thank you fella i have a touring e46 and this has happened to me so no key lock in boot or trunk, so yhins looks like a great way or me to try and get into my car, thanks again ffor your video it helped alot,
Hi Sir This is Puleng from South Africa it worked on my X5.Brilliant,thank you so much however now i cant lock my car using the key when i press the key
Ya this locking function won’t work until ur car battery gets fully charged. So once u have hacked in the car, provide a jump start to bmw by another car and let it charge 15 mins… after that your key fob lock unlock shud work.
If you car is equipt with a towbar You can open your car with a car battery and speakercable and a meassure instrument to look what is your - and + . Take towbar for connect - and other + in 1 one of the holes except the - connection from the plug box of towbar. Make connections correct and wait 5 minutes and you can open your car with your key like normal!
Did not work on ‘06 BMW X5 E53. The lamp hot contact is disconnected from power because light switch disconnects it from circuit when lights are switched off. I plan to run a pair of decent gauge wires from under hood battery terminals and run them down to fog/driving light area. i can pull the plastic light surround off and run the wires there with screw on electrical connectors on wire ends. i can snap plastic trim piece back on and pop off if i need to put a 12v jump pack on those wires or put on a charger.there and that should allow key to work in door and i can pop hood or tailgate. I could also choose to run wires from battery to hide behind trailer hitch pop off plastic trim cover. that should work for me.
The positive end on the bulbs connect to the the LCM (Light Control Module) which has high side MOSFET driver IC's in the circuit. If you do this there is a good chance that you will blow these IC's (1 for each bulb) especially if you use a high current supply like a lead acid battery. 😭
Hey thanks for input David - good thing … I tried it several times and did not blow up the LCM module because bulbs still glow … and many other people did the same what I told and I did not hear any complaint of bulbs blowing up … or any other light issues
Don’t know the electrical scheme for 2011 but I am not 100% sure they wud change wire harness assignment … if they have not, then u stand a chance to deploy the solution and see if it works
Not working on my 2005. Tail light bulbs come on, but no luck opening the tailgate. The battery is dead, key in ignition, hood open, all doors locked. Any advice?
I did not understand ur full comment … objective is to get trunk to open by powering the trunk button circuit which is in series to tag lamp circuit … so try pushing trunk button manually while the tag lamp lights up… it shud open the trunk … once u have trunk open, just jump in Thru trunk and manually open doors from inside, then do a battery jump to make ur car live again
Don’t give power 12V at rear tag plate lamps then… seems like there is an internal short in series to tag plate circuit … unless that short is fixed, u won’t be able to apply the solution I show in video… so find where smoke is coming from, fix the short by putting some plastic bag or insulator to separate positive and negative wire and then try the solution shown in video
@@goldencross2947 ya solution works IF battery is dead… cause we are jumping all circuit from battery and all in between to directly power trunk lid open button
Didn't work for mine. I hooked up the jumper cables and wire to the positive side of the bulb and the bulb came on, tried to open the hatch and it wouldn't open.
@@indianmanuinusamds8832 I did and it didn't work. It's ok though, I ended up calling a locksmith. My battery wasn't dead. Whole other situation going on.
Yes the solution works with closed door closed trunk … access to car tag light where u need to connect 12V (like I show) is outside, so door close does not matter
How could this possibly work? If it did, literally anyone could easily break into the X5. Powering the lamp would work, but the switch is a completely different circuit.
I used another cars battery to jump 12v at the lamp area which I show in my video... this skips all electrical system and directly gives power to the trunk lock switch
Probably because with charged battery, all safety systems are still supported by battery power but once battery is 0V, we put direct 12 V at tail lamp and jump all safety… and it operates the local circuit.
IndianManuinUSA MDs I did it when my battery was dead in less then 30 seconds but the second time I needed to do it there was no battery in car at all would not work at all
U take current from another cars battery , skip the beemers main electrical system by direct jumping to tail lamp , press trunk button manually at same time or if your fob has battery, use that button
@indianMainuinUSA MDs Thank you man it literally saved me 200$ i called local unlock company they said it will cost 200$ to unlock it but i found your video and tried and it actually worked and helped me i'm so grateful to you man !!!!!!
This guy is a genius! My BMW X5 had been locked for a year, so we had to charge both our tailgate lights and it WORKED! Thank you!
Glad to help
You absolute legend!!! I was locked out of my X5, the battery was completely dead and the driver's door handle is damaged so I couldn't open the door manually. I had a locksmith out to have a look and he was also stumped, so had to leave and arrange for a colleague to come the next day.
In the meantime I found your video. I bought a battery charger and a piece of wire and followed the instructions and hey presto! The boot lid popped after about 5 seconds. I'm now in the car and charging the battery so we're back in business!
You saved me $325. I'm so grateful you put this video up! What an absolute legend!!
What kind of piece of wire did you use? I need to get one from Amazon.
Just get a little piece of 12 gauge wire and you'll be fine
After hours and hours of watching videos on how to open my trunk with a dead battery, and trying everything except drilling into my car, I came across your video. You my friend saved the day. It took 30 second and my trunk just unlocked. So excited. Thank you very much.
Amazing you saved me a tow charge and or a broken window to get in as the battery was dead ,thankuou
Best tip I have ever watched for a BMW X5!! Thanks!
You Sir are a genius!!!
Thankyou so much for this amazing tip.
This saved me so much time and money after my battery went flat and the drivers side door handle decided to stop working at exactly the same time.
But thanks to you I am back into the car again.
I owe you a Kingfisher beer...
@yannih1782 same as me . What a great help this was 👍
Thanks brother u saved my life , this was a saviour❤
Glad it helped
Thank you I've just ended up like this without any ideas. But thanks to you I succeed to open the car. THANK YOU 😊😊😊❤❤❤❤
Welcome
The gift that keeps on giving. This helped me out today.
Thumbs up and subscribed. My 2006 BMW X5 battery was dead after not being driven for two weeks . Tried this trick snd it worked . I did have to keep the wire on the plate light for Alittle longer (about 10 seconds ) after I Hurd the car make a beep sound but I was able to open my trunk .
I hooked up a charger to the tailpipe and positive side of lamp, then I hit unlock on the fob on my 2004.
Worked exactly as shown! Thank you so much!
You're welcome!
thank you fella i have a touring e46 and this has happened to me so no key lock in boot or trunk, so yhins looks like a great way or me to try and get into my car, thanks again ffor your video it helped alot,
I am glad
Fantastic, opened central locking when I popped wire on rear number plate light. Thank you so much.
Hi Sir This is Puleng from South Africa it worked on my X5.Brilliant,thank you so much however now i cant lock my car using the key when i press the key
Ya this locking function won’t work until ur car battery gets fully charged. So once u have hacked in the car, provide a jump start to bmw by another car and let it charge 15 mins… after that your key fob lock unlock shud work.
That is absolutely fantastic thank u so much for sharing this life saver god bless
Can't wait to try this tomorrow.
I will try this tomorrow, 2006 BMW X5 E53 , battery dead, doors locked, hood locked, keys won’t open, tail locked. I’ll give it a go!
Bless you man! ive been stuck for a few days now with no way to get in! You saved me Thank you!
I am glad I cud help
u for worked itSk
IndianManuinUSA MDs hello, would like to know what kind of wire is that? Thanks in advance!
Really works!! Thank you so much you really helped us all
just going to try this ....shukriya yaar!
it's not working due to my battery having full charge. So how do you discharge the battery?
Ur the bestvi wish I seen this before I got my car towed for 140
Worked on my 2006, but I had to connect the positive terminal to BOTH positive sides of the lights
It woooorks!!! Thank God I was so stuck
If you car is equipt with a towbar You can open your car with a car battery and speakercable and a meassure instrument to look what is your - and + . Take towbar for connect - and other + in 1 one of the holes except the - connection from the plug box of towbar. Make connections correct and wait 5 minutes and you can open your car with your key like normal!
Did not work on ‘06 BMW X5 E53. The lamp hot contact is disconnected from power because light switch disconnects it from circuit when lights are switched off. I plan to run a pair of decent gauge wires from under hood battery terminals and run them down to fog/driving light area. i can pull the plastic light surround off and run the wires there with screw on electrical connectors on wire ends. i can snap plastic trim piece back on and pop off if i need to put a 12v jump pack on those wires or put on a charger.there and that should allow key to work in door and i can pop hood or tailgate. I could also choose to run wires from battery to hide behind trailer hitch pop off plastic trim cover. that should work for me.
FANTASTIC!!!
would this work for x3? what kind of wire is that?
The positive end on the bulbs connect to the the LCM (Light Control Module) which has high side MOSFET driver IC's in the circuit. If you do this there is a good chance that you will blow these IC's (1 for each bulb) especially if you use a high current supply like a lead acid battery. 😭
Hey thanks for input David - good thing … I tried it several times and did not blow up the LCM module because bulbs still glow … and many other people did the same what I told and I did not hear any complaint of bulbs blowing up … or any other light issues
How did you open the tailgate if you had no way to get in
Just did it , thanks Indian M
Thank you
Hoping this works. I've tried everything else. I'll update later.
work for you itDid
Do u think this works on a 2011 BMW X6?
Don’t know the electrical scheme for 2011 but I am not 100% sure they wud change wire harness assignment … if they have not, then u stand a chance to deploy the solution and see if it works
What if we can't open that trunk door ?
how did you get the hood open if you are looked out of the car????
wow! thanks
Not working on my 2005. Tail light bulbs come on, but no luck opening the tailgate. The battery is dead, key in ignition, hood open, all doors locked. Any advice?
I did not understand ur full comment … objective is to get trunk to open by powering the trunk button circuit which is in series to tag lamp circuit … so try pushing trunk button manually while the tag lamp lights up… it shud open the trunk … once u have trunk open, just jump in Thru trunk and manually open doors from inside, then do a battery jump to make ur car live again
How did you access the light?
No battery in car,, tried as you say,,, starts to smoke somewhere in electric line,, Any thoughts? Thank you!
Don’t give power 12V at rear tag plate lamps then… seems like there is an internal short in series to tag plate circuit … unless that short is fixed, u won’t be able to apply the solution I show in video… so find where smoke is coming from, fix the short by putting some plastic bag or insulator to separate positive and negative wire and then try the solution shown in video
@@indianmanuinusamds8832 Will this work with NO Battery? Thank you
@@goldencross2947 ya solution works IF battery is dead… cause we are jumping all circuit from battery and all in between to directly power trunk lid open button
I used this method a few times and then it stopped working. Any ideas?
Oh I disconnected the battery after the last time.
Didn't work for mine. I hooked up the jumper cables and wire to the positive side of the bulb and the bulb came on, tried to open the hatch and it wouldn't open.
Try pushing the rear door button and the electric ⚡️ supply to lamp at the same time
@@indianmanuinusamds8832 I did and it didn't work. It's ok though, I ended up calling a locksmith. My battery wasn't dead. Whole other situation going on.
Will this still work if theres power in the car?
Yes should work because button would work so long that you provide power 12v but since you have the power already, why would you want to do it?
What if the door is also closed..please
Yes the solution works with closed door closed trunk … access to car tag light where u need to connect 12V (like I show) is outside, so door close does not matter
@@indianmanuinusamds8832 You are really creative..I did it and it worked..thank you very much
@@Ahmad_sy20 thanks
How could this possibly work? If it did, literally anyone could easily break into the X5. Powering the lamp would work, but the switch is a completely different circuit.
They need the original key next to it, without key it wont
It don’t work for me
😂🤣🤣I TRIED IT FOR THE SECOND TIME AND IT WORK THANK YOU VERY MUCH 😂😂
Brilliant BMW said smash the window!
If the battery is dead how did you open the back hatch?
I used another cars battery to jump 12v at the lamp area which I show in my video... this skips all electrical system and directly gives power to the trunk lock switch
@@indianmanuinusamds8832 Actually you didn't, you showed the trunk already open
@@stephengesualdi7097 thank you. How to open the back hatch is the reason why I am here but this didn’t help at all
Didn't work on my car. Is that because I have a charged battery? Used this to try to get into my vehicle. locked key's inside!! Yeah!
Probably because with charged battery, all safety systems are still supported by battery power but once battery is 0V, we put direct 12 V at tail lamp and jump all safety… and it operates the local circuit.
This will not work if there is no battery in car unfortunately
Wud work actually when battery dead because u r skipping all car electrical system
IndianManuinUSA MDs I did it when my battery was dead in less then 30 seconds but the second time I needed to do it there was no battery in car at all would not work at all
U have to give 12 V for a minute or less so there is some juice & keep trying push the open trunk button ... shud note take more than 5 mins
Makes no sense. How do you OPEN the trunk while it was DEAD? that's the key part!
U take current from another cars battery , skip the beemers main electrical system by direct jumping to tail lamp , press trunk button manually at same time or if your fob has battery, use that button
Your damn tailgate is already opened
it was meant to teach...
in dead lock mode you cant even open the hood BECAUSE THE DOORS WONT OPEN
EVERY VIDEO ABOUT THE BMW DEAD LOCK IS BS
@indianMainuinUSA MDs Thank you man it literally saved me 200$ i called local unlock company they said it will cost 200$ to unlock it but i found your video and tried and it actually worked and helped me i'm so grateful to you man !!!!!!