MyBMW app keeping sold car?

KillerExcessive · 06-13-2022, 11:04 PM

I sold my F87 a year ago. Just picked up my G82 so I downloaded the MyBMW app again. To my surprise I still see my F87 in the app.

I would have expected BMW to delete my connection after a new owner added the car to their MyBMW account, no? Does anyone understand how the system works?

MmmmmM2 · 06-14-2022, 12:14 PM

Yep. I can still track my old 340 lol

RigaTony1982 · 06-14-2022, 08:10 PM

Like can you still unlock it and stuff? That wouldn’t be good at all…

KillerExcessive · 06-15-2022, 06:10 AM

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Like can you still unlock it and stuff? That wouldn’t be good at all…

Yes I can……… that's why I was thinking that can't be right……….

RigaTony1982 · 06-15-2022, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by KillerExcessive

Yes I can……… that's why I was thinking that can't be right……….

Oh yeah, that's a big-time security issue. Wonder if there's a way to unpair a car from iDrive or something.

PittsDriver · 06-16-2022, 07:50 AM

The new owner might not know or care about how MyBMW works and may have never registered it. The moral to this is when you sell a car make sure you wipe it from you MyBMW and when you buy one, make sure you register it so (hopefully) the previous owner has no access to it.

heavyD^2 · 06-16-2022, 11:32 AM

It's up to the new owner to register with BMW or the app will continue to work on your phone as it does not know that the vehicle has changed hands. If you trade in your BMW back to a BMW dealership the dealer will immediately shut down your connection. When I sold my X3 privately it only took a few days before I was cut off as the new owner registered himself with BMW as the new owner.

KillerExcessive · 06-16-2022, 06:17 PM

Okay, as long as it's a deliberate choice on the new owner's part, then I feel more at ease about it (even if it's a choice by not knowing).

For a second there I thought this was a serious security gap.

Still, periodic re-verification might be a good idea for systems like this.

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KillerExcessive Private First Class 149 Rep 141 Posts Drives: E92 6MT F80 6MT F87 6MT G82CX Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: PNW iTrader: (0)	MyBMW app keeping sold car? I sold my F87 a year ago. Just picked up my G82 so I downloaded the MyBMW app again. To my surprise I still see my F87 in the app. I would have expected BMW to delete my connection after a new owner added the car to their MyBMW account, no? Does anyone understand how the system works?
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MmmmmM2 Colonel 2665 Rep 2,463 Posts Drives: 2021 M2C Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Claremont, CA iTrader: (0) Garage List 2016 Mazda CX-5 [0.00] 2021 BMW M2C [0.00]	Yep. I can still track my old 340 lol
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RigaTony1982 Colonel 3428 Rep 2,408 Posts Drives: 2023 BMW Z4 M40i Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Chicago iTrader: (0) Garage List 2023 BMW Z4 M40i [8.20]	Like can you still unlock it and stuff? That wouldn’t be good at all…
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PittsDriver First Lieutenant 395 Rep 302 Posts Drives: X5 3.5i, X5 M50i Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Annapolis MD iTrader: (0)	The new owner might not know or care about how MyBMW works and may have never registered it. The moral to this is when you sell a car make sure you wipe it from you MyBMW and when you buy one, make sure you register it so (hopefully) the previous owner has no access to it.
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heavyD^2 Colonel 3723 Rep 2,988 Posts Drives: X3M Competition Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Too close to Santa iTrader: (0)	It's up to the new owner to register with BMW or the app will continue to work on your phone as it does not know that the vehicle has changed hands. If you trade in your BMW back to a BMW dealership the dealer will immediately shut down your connection. When I sold my X3 privately it only took a few days before I was cut off as the new owner registered himself with BMW as the new owner.
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KillerExcessive Private First Class 149 Rep 141 Posts Drives: E92 6MT F80 6MT F87 6MT G82CX Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: PNW iTrader: (0)	Okay, as long as it's a deliberate choice on the new owner's part, then I feel more at ease about it (even if it's a choice by not knowing). For a second there I thought this was a serious security gap. Still, periodic re-verification might be a good idea for systems like this.
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