Reading the Owners Manual makes no mention of being able to do this other than with the lock button on the remote key.

What’s causing the key fobs to drop? Charging issue? You can charge key fobs with one of those inductive charging pads or an electric toothbrush base (Braun / Oral B type) that ...

Which version of idrive has it got? Latest version is 8.5 or possibly 9.0 (depends upon model year).

On idrive 8 the manual suggests that to change the sorting one selects the Navigation Menu, select Destinations, Press & Hold the desired menu item and then select “Re-sort list”. It might be the ...

There’s pretty much always a way around ‘special’ tools. All you need is a bit of ingenuity - or in your case two extra hands and a large screwdriver

I think we can safely say that one is well….worn out (being polite).

Could well have been the root cause for your other issues too?

On our E46 the only way to change at least one of the headlight bulbs is to remove/undo and pull forward the front bumper so you can get the headlight forward enough to get into it.

H7 doesn’t have a twist lock….image below is a Bosch H7 12V / 55W

Torque specs:

11 23 Vibration Damper Tightening Torques

1AZ Torsion damper to crankshaft
M57TU M10x86 Replace screws
1st jointing torque 20 Nm
2nd angle of rotation 120 °

BMW of course use a special tool that attaches as below (for HP26 auto):

Realoem suggests H7 for dip and H1 for main on vehicles without Xenon lights.

Might be worth getting the BMW Guide app as you can download the manuals against your VIN and get corrected versions.

I know when my i4 was new, the manual still showed a gear shifter, something BMW removed three months ...

In most cases it’s simple wear & tear.

Pulleys have bearings that go bad and they rumble. Some have rubber bushing that ages, gets brittle and gets noisier. Belts age and stretch, tensioners get weak.

The PAS pump is a vane type and if the shaft bearing goes bad then it allows greater movement in ...

If it’s steel, go hunting with a magnet on a stick. Done that a couple of times.

Here;s the rest of that page…

This help? Bottom of the page is for lines, rather than what I think you’re needing. I’ll add them into the follow on post..

Slow pressure build up so could be the pump isn’t working well, or there’s a fluid leak. If the level has dropped then it’s a leak. Is the belt tight or contaminated by any chance? (It’ll probably squeal a lot if it is loose though).

There is an option called Dynamic Drive and that needs ...

Could well have bled itself through if it stays OK.

Might be the pump itself, or if the level got too low then air in the system. It does self bleed but needs the wheels turning from lock to lock a few times to help clear the air out. The manual says to do this twice in each direction with the engine running (not that you’d want to try it without ...