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      08-31-2021, 03:03 PM   #1
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Active theft recovery system 2020 M550xi ?

Hello,

Can anyone tell me if a 2020 M550xi has an active theft recovery system, such as LOJACK, GPS tracking, etc ?

My car is getting delivered tomorrow and I just added it to my USAA insurance. Will cost me just under $800 per year, but if the car has this system can go lower.

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Hello,

Can anyone tell me if a 2020 M550xi has an active theft recovery system, such as LOJACK, GPS tracking, etc ?

My car is getting delivered tomorrow and I just added it to my USAA insurance. Will cost me just under $800 per year, but if the car has this system can go lower.

Thank you,
Mark
I believe if your car was optioned with the Stargard GPS then you have it. I believe many (not sure if all) BMW dealers have this optioned by default on most models and you have to specifically state if you don't want it.
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Thank you for the reply. I called my local BMW Dealership, Tulley BMW, here in Nashua. They informed that all M Series have anti theft tracking installed.

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If you install the MyBMW app on your phone there is a vehicle finder within the app. Unless a thief knows how to disable that thing it's an easy way to track your car- stolen or simply when used by another family member. Caution cheating spouses...
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The locate my BMW in the app only works over short distances to help find the car when parked etc it won't work in the case the car is miles away unless something changed recently?
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Stolen Vehicle Recovery support is standard on all BMW cars sold in the US. It uses the car's built in GPS and can be activated via a call to BMW ConnectedDrive. I got a stolen vehicle support certificate when I purchased my car to send to insurance for discounts...

https://www.bmwusa.com/content/dam/b...eyBenefits.pdf
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Why can't we have this in Europe. Nanny says FFS. Probably a euro GDPR thing.
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The locate my BMW in the app only works over short distances to help find the car when parked etc it won't work in the case the car is miles away unless something changed recently?
I don't know about the EU, but in the US, it works to locate the vehicle / send commands from thousands of miles away
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Why can't we have this in Europe. Nanny says FFS. Probably a euro GDPR thing.
If all the hardware is in my car why don't BMW offer theft recovery in Europe? MyBMW does noet even show GPS when the car is on the street in front of my house...'18 540xi
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      09-14-2021, 12:34 PM   #10
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Why can't we have this in Europe. Nanny says FFS. Probably a euro GDPR thing.
I mine has it's position updated every time it starts or stops somewhere, *however* it is something enabled in the iDrive, so not difficult to disable if the car is stolen :-/
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      09-15-2021, 11:13 AM   #11
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The locate my BMW in the app only works over short distances to help find the car when parked etc it won't work in the case the car is miles away unless something changed recently?
Nope. I can still see our 2015 435i hundreds of miles away at it's new owners place.
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      09-17-2021, 01:51 PM   #12
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Why can't we have this in Europe. Nanny says FFS. Probably a euro GDPR thing.
It must be due to EU regulations. It works fine (i.e. from several hundred miles away) here in the UK. Having said that, it also worked here before we left the EU.

Maybe it’s country specific, in a similar way to Google Earth not being allowed to map the roads in Germany?
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      09-17-2021, 01:53 PM   #13
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Ok for the first time in months I'm a long distance from the car and it works now. Must have changed here in Ireland recently.
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