[Bimmer Frank]

Originally Posted by IanH

I have a key card for my 2025 and I did not get a wireless charger.

How do you program it?

[IanH]

Originally Posted by Bimmer Frank

How do you program it?

Came pre programmed but tbh I've never used it, it sits in storage with my passports.

[M2M3M3]

Originally Posted by Bimmer Frank

How do you program it?

Instructions are in the owners manual. Search on "key card".

Lol.... which you posted a link to...

[Bimmer Frank]

Originally Posted by M2M3M3

Instructions are in the owners manual. Search on "key card".

Lol.... which you posted a link to...

I did look in the manual, and it says to use the smartphone tray!

Is this not the wireless charger?

[Viffermike]

Originally Posted by M2M3M3

mine has been stuck at step 9 (160 finishing touches) since 23JAN. emailed genius. response was production complete 23JAN, no further information.

Mine went to Step 9 this morning, nightfire -- stayed there all day, though. Hope it isn't stuck there for another week ... maybe there was a factory-wide halt in production that affected all three of us?

Originally Posted by Bimmer Frank

Interesting, I did not order wireless charging for my car, but this appears to be accurate since the card in NFC based. My CA did not mention this to me, I just kept reading on this forum how useless the wireless charging is, but you also lose this functionality. One feature she did mention, is that you also get a passenger's side microphone with the wireless charging.

https://faq.bmwusa.com/s/article/Digital-Key-Key-Card-RFID-Activation-in-the-vehicle-p39kM?language=en_US

The Key Card was precisely why I ordered that option, not the actual device charging -- though the charging does seem to work fine in my '23 MINI JCW, so YMMV (and my MMV, lol)

[IanH]

Originally Posted by Bimmer Frank

I did look in the manual, and it says to use the smartphone tray!

Is this not the wireless charger?

The tray is there if you get the charger or not. The non charger tray has a symbol denoting that you put the key card or a key out of battery there.

[nightfire]

Originally Posted by Viffermike

The Key Card was precisely why I ordered that option, not the actual device charging — though the charging does seem to work fine in my '23 MINI JCW, so YMMV (and my MMV, lol)

I called BMW Genius today and they couldn't say anything about delays, but they did say the car will be at the Mexico port for 2-8 weeks waiting for a ship. Super bummed.

[Bimmer Frank]

Originally Posted by IanH

The tray is there if you get the charger or not. The non charger tray has a symbol denoting that you put the key card or a key out of battery there.

Good to know, thanks for the clarification.

[M2M3M3]

Originally Posted by nightfire

I called BMW Genius today and they couldn't say anything about delays, but they did say the car will be at the Mexico port for 2-8 weeks waiting for a ship. Super bummed.

That could suck...

[evm333]

Originally Posted by nightfire

I called BMW Genius today and they couldn't say anything about delays, but they did say the car will be at the Mexico port for 2-8 weeks waiting for a ship. Super bummed.

Mine is waiting for transport also. I am ok with 2-3 weeks but anything more would definitely suck.

[Viffermike]

That 2-8 weeks quote, nightfire , is (hopefully) Genius playing it safe. The 'Ready for Transport' stage can be maddening.

(My car moved to Step 10 'Ready for Transport' this morning.)

I expect 2 weeks.
Anything over 3 would not be good ... not the least reason for which would be the dark spectre of tariffs looming over us as we all wait for a boat ... and all of the SLP-built cars have a fairly lengthy rail ride to Veracruz to get to the boats, too.

Last fall it seemed like Mexico was fairly quick with getting finished cars onto boats. The recent stop-start nature of factory M2 production makes me wonder about that trend, though.

[nightfire]

Originally Posted by Viffermike

That 2-8 weeks quote, nightfire , is (hopefully) Genius playing it safe. The 'Ready for Transport' stage can be maddening.

(My car moved to Step 10 'Ready for Transport' this morning.)

I expect 2 weeks.
Anything over 3 would not be good ... not the least reason for which would be the dark spectre of tariffs looming over us as we all wait for a boat ... and all of the SLP-built cars have a fairly lengthy rail ride to Veracruz to get to the boats, too.

Last fall it seemed like Mexico was fairly quick with getting finished cars onto boats. The recent stop-start nature of factory M2 production makes me wonder about that trend, though.

Hopefully it's quick!

Mine has been stuck in Step 8 Quality Control all week which is a bit concerning too.

[M2M3M3]

Here is hoping bmw is really bad at updating status on the system and actually all of our cars are sitting at the port ready for loading on a ship...

[BradMX5]

Originally Posted by M2M3M3

Here is hoping bmw is really bad at updating status on the system and actually all of our cars are sitting at the port ready for loading on a ship...

That’s what happened to me. I jumped a ton of steps one day and then like 4 more 2 days later.

[BradMX5]

Getting real close

[evm333]

Originally Posted by M2M3M3

Here is hoping bmw is really bad at updating status on the system and actually all of our cars are sitting at the port ready for loading on a ship...

I have heard it can jump from Ready to Transport to on a boat. The question for all of us is when that jump will happen!!! Let's hope we aren't stuck in Ready to
Transport for more than 3 weeks.

[nightfire]

Originally Posted by M2M3M3

Here is hoping bmw is really bad at updating status on the system and actually all of our cars are sitting at the port ready for loading on a ship...

That would be great! Mine jumped a few steps but it was just paint and stuff like that, then was in assembly for a week and now quality control for a week.