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CGDI BMW Tutorials: Unlock CAS3 Key and Recover Key Position

Posted on December 24, 2024 by VCDS

How to use the BMW car key to another car, you can unlock the key, and make it to blank key with CGDI Prog BMW. If you want to use the key position again (to add new key), we need to recovery it first (The BMW #1 and #2 never recovery), just connect CGDI BMW to the car via the OBD cable, and click Recovery key bit, and it will recovery your key position to original status ,all are FFFF.

Unlock key function requirements:

Only CAS 1~3+ remote key can unlock,other BMW models and smart key cannot.
Must have the original car or car data,then it can unlock the key
Cannot unlock the only key (the last useful key cannot be unlocked)

The following two functions on CGDI BMW software will be used during the operation.

CAS1-3+ Key Match (OBD) is used to unlock and recover key

CAS3 Key Match is used to check the key status.

CGDI BMW Tutorials: Unlock CAS3 Key and Recover Key Position

How to unlock BMW CAS1~CAS3+ key?

Case 1: have the original car

Connect CGDI BMW key programmer and vehicle properly, and turn on the ignition

Enter “CAS1-3+ Key Match (OBD)” function

First, click “Read key information”

When the key data is read successfully, remove the key in the ignition switch.

If there is no key, just click “OK” and save the key data.

CGDI BMW Tutorials: Unlock CAS3 Key and Recover Key Position CGDI BMW Tutorials: Unlock CAS3 Key and Recover Key Position

Then, select the key number (key 4) and click “Unlock key”

If it shows “Key not found”, please put the key into the hole of CGDI Prog BMW MSV80 Key Programmer to unlock

Unlock key successfully.

CGDI BMW Tutorials: Unlock CAS3 Key and Recover Key Position

Finally, back to the main menu and enter “CAS3 Key Match” function

Click “Check key status”

The result is “Key blank”, that indicates the key is unlocked successfully.

CGDI BMW Tutorials: Unlock CAS3 Key and Recover Key Position

Case 2: only have the original car key data

Disconnect the OBD cable between CGDI BMW and vehicle

Supply power to CGDI

Put a used key (i.e. key 3) into the coil of CGDI BMW programmer

Go to CAS3 Key Match>> Check key status

The key status is locked.

CGDI BMW Tutorials: Unlock CAS3 Key and Recover Key Position

Click “Load key data” and select the key data file just saved before to unlock the key

CGDI BMW Tutorials: Unlock CAS3 Key and Recover Key Position

Unlock key successfully

CGDI BMW Tutorials: Unlock CAS3 Key and Recover Key Position

Check the key status again, now it shows “Key blank” as well.

CGDI BMW Tutorials: Unlock CAS3 Key and Recover Key Position

How to recover key position?

Connect CGDI BMW key programmer and vehicle via OBD cable

Read key information

When the key data is read successfully, remove the key in the ignition switch.

And save the key data.

CGDI BMW Tutorials: Unlock CAS3 Key and Recover Key Position

Now the key 3 and key 4 are unlocked, the key position is no use there.

Here takes key 4 as an example

Select key 4 and click “Recovery key bit”

Then you will get the prompt “The key bit to be restored is No.4 key. After restoration, the key bit will become the original state. Continue or not?”

Click “Yes” to continue

CGDI BMW Tutorials: Unlock CAS3 Key and Recover Key Position

Restored the key bit successfully

CGDI BMW Tutorials: Unlock CAS3 Key and Recover Key Position

Read the key information again, now No.4 key ID shows FFFFFFFF.

CGDI BMW Tutorials: Unlock CAS3 Key and Recover Key Position

The key position can be used to add new key.

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