Smashed Window

[MrAshRhodes]

Just received a phone call from the wife...

someone has smashed one of the little rear windows

Would anyone know about getting a new one fitted? and rough estimate on price

 

[markplant]

No idea but sorry about the breakage

 

[srhutch]

Should be covered by you windscreen cover.

 

[Marky Mark]

Bad news there are some wa£K&&S around hope you get it sorted....

 

[Zed Five]

I'm guessing that it will be a big labour cost to dismantle and get to the mechanism. The glass will be the cheap bit. Covered on insurance, but i'd say not a job for Autoglass.

 

[Baza]

Sounds like a chat with your insurance company might be in order. Interested to hear there take on it.

 

[pvr]

What it should be, is that as Autoglass can not fit it, that you just pay the normal excess but the dealer can fit it. It was the same with my X5 windscreen. Done by BMW, just paid the usual £60 whilst the bill was something like £1500 or so.

 

[stuartinzg]

Be careful, they may have smashed the glass and attempted to program a key via the port - was it the drivers side?

Big issues with BMW's of our generation being taken like this.

 

[pvr]

Not via the rear window though.

 

[stuartinzg]

Not via the rear window though.

Ah I thought he meant rear qtr,the little one - which would have made sense. Actual rear?! What a mess... sorry OP

 

[MrAshRhodes]

it was rear quarter, but from witnesses the guy was a drunk...they scared him off

he may have liked my phone holder or something!

Managed to get geniune bmw replacement and fitted for 357... will just take sometime to come from Germany

 

[Angie4m]

Not via the rear window though.

Ah I thought he meant rear qtr,the little one - which would have made sense.

Sorry how would that have made sense?

The people breaking in to try and reprogram keys do so by breaking a small hole in the front window in the corner because the internal sensor doesn't cover this part of the car and therefore it makes it easier to reach the OBD II port which sits below the bonnet latch and then they can plug in the hardware they need to program a key and get the car unlocked and be able to drive off with it.

So trying to do this from the rear quarter would be impossible!

Managed to get geniune bmw replacement and fitted for 357... will just take sometime to come from Germany

Glad to hear it's being sorted

 

[Simon20VT]

Can Autoglass definitely not do it? They replaced my drivers window go £70 on glass insurance. The guy was excellent, even offered to come back in a couple of weeks to remove more glass of it came out if the door.

 

[85genius]

The people breaking in to try and reprogram keys do so by breaking a small hole in the front window in the corner because the internal sensor doesn't cover this part of the car and therefore it makes it easier to reach the OBD II port which sits below the bonnet latch and then they can plug in the hardware they need to program a key and get the car unlocked and be able to drive off with it.

Does this work for the E85? Obviously not the breaking the window part, but I've only got one key for mine and the only place I found that could code them is BM keys but they are in London and I'm in Yorkshire so I'd have to be without my car if I sent him the key, so if you know any indy garages or locksmiths who can do this it would be appreciated