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      02-27-2024, 09:35 PM   #5
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Drives: G12 B7, G07 XB7, F02 B7, 991.1
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Originally Posted by Qsilver7 View Post
Great…mystery solved. Hopefully the previous owners didn’t lose the orange tool. Again at some point, BMW stopped giving/using the orange tool on many models.

My F15 X5 has a looped metal cable in the rear left side compartment that you’re told to use the screw driver to help pull the loop upward. And my f06 doesn’t use the tool or have an easy way to manually release the parking brake. You have to go underneath the car to find a screw that manually releases the P-BRAKE.
Just picked up the 2014 F02 B7 in EstorilBlau II Metallic as a project car given it's hard 10 years of service, I expected the tool kit to be empty...it did did NOT disappoint.

It's nice to know to NOT use the trunk feature to release the emergency brakes, as the Owner's Manual states it requires a Mechanic to return it back to normal.

Thanks again for your help
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