[avadakedabra]

Hey everyone,

I wanted to start by saying yes I did do lots of searching on this issue but mine seems different. I have a 2009 128i which came with a year of Sirius free. For that year it worked flawlessly, never had a single issue with it not even once. When the year ended I didn't renew since I know Sirius has ridiculous rates (I'm in Canada) and figured I'd wait until they called me to get me back. For the longest time after it expired, going to Satellite Radio would show all the channels but they would just have a $$ beside their name and clicking it said to call Sirius.

I can't remember when it expired but it was quite awhile ago now. About a month or two ago I clicked Satellite radio for fun and I noticed that now it didn't show anything. The only option I had was "Category (All Channels" and clicking that would say "Categories - All Channels" and it would say acquiring.

I assumed this was because I didn't have service. A week ago I got a letter saying come back $20 for 5 months of service so I did. I went to the car and she told me to start it up etc, however it would only say the acquiring and the Categories thing. She had me turn off the car open the door for a min etc but nothing. I did lots of searching online and it seems a common issue but all the tricks people use to get it to work won't do anything for me. I tried turning it off with the door open, I tried putting the fob in not starting it, putting on my seatbelt then starting it etc, it never works. I had to drive an hour to the airport there and back a few days ago and it never once came on. Going to take it to the dealer next week but am I missing anything here? No one with this issue seems to mention anything about it not showing any stations like mine. I don't mind if I have to do a trick to make it work since I don't plan on keeping this over 5 months and would prefer not taking it in. Thanks!