How do you put the BMW in neutral when battery is dead

won't crank. !

1. call AAA auto club and get a jump yet?
2. all fuses good.
3. does cranking work in PRNDL (NEUTRAL) auto tranny assumed
4. battery cables loose or rusty.
5. bad battery.
6. alternator dead makes battery now dead.?
7. starter relay bad.

be looking at neutral safety switch..clutch pedal switch..blown fuses ..bad fuseable links..dead battery .. lose connections..bad solenoid..

If the battery is dead,it is unsafe to jump it

AGAIN --- DO NOT JUMP A DEAD BATTERY

Put a battery charger on it

leave it and put battery on charge you cannot do anything with a dead battery so do not force anything or you will break it and these cars are not cheap to repair

Thats a BMW for you, they are safe and smart ... lets not avoid the safety feature but there is a code memory 9volt cig plug at any auto parts use with doors shut light all off .
Dr.Raymilyea

I'm assuming the car is an Automatic. with the key in the on position you need to press the brake pedal to access neutral.

No, but did you clean the terminals and the contacts before you put it together? Sometimes there will be enough juice to light up the dash but not enough to crank the starter, the starter draws 13+ volts, did you check the battery? Check the specific gravity? All that? Check the voltage at the terminals and then check the voltage at the wires away from the terminals. Unless you hit a raccoon the night before the battery went it, you shouldn't have upset the transmissions neutral safety switch. I have seen new batteries come in dead, and I think the problem might be dirt. One more thing, there is a fusible link on the hot lead from the battery, It might have blown while putting in the new battery, check it out. Hope this helps.

YOU need to take the KEY and JUST above the Hood latch is a place tofit your Key, Turn and a box filps down with a cord, pull the cord and it makes the gear go to neutral

STARTED COULD BE BAD. WORST SCENAREO WOULD BE ENGINE SET UP

I would first check the condition of the battery. If the battery is okay, that is it puts out enough current to operate the starter. I would then check for a short. The battery would be dead in a couple of hours only if there is a short or another load on the battery.