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I am who Technic was gonna swap his controller in since I have a 4/08 production date E90 M3. Sorry Technic for not getting in touch with you, been VERY busy with the baby girl and family trips! Anyway, supposedly I will be getting my controller & console piece sometime this month (as I just got a message telling me so), but I'll cross my fingers anyway!
I also just made an order on Tischer, so I'm thinking of cancelling that order (since I finally got a response from United BMW) and sell it to a member for cost when it gets in.
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08-11-2009, 06:29 AM | #48 |
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Thanks for being the first to swap the TCU PG. I was looking into this, but of course the dealership was convinced that even with a recode it wouldn't work. Seeing as how they were really accomodating to me when I needed a recode to attempt the controller swap I didn't want to push my luck.
If this does work, I imagine a full idrive retrofit [I]may[I] actually be possible, albeit at some cost. Can't wait to read about your results.
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Where exactly is the telematics unit installed and how easy is it to get to? If possible could you snap a couple pics of the label on the GSM and CDMA telematics unit. Is it easy to tell from the label which telematics unit you have?
What is the meaning of the codeing index you referenced above? Just curious how this stuff all works. Thanks, Royce M |
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Otherwise you could not have been able to know its index number. What is the date of the Reactivation of Telematics Control Unit document? It looks to me that it is only applicable for CDMA TCU (prior to 03/08 production). |
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Does this concern only US cars or is it also true on europeen cars ?
I have tried the new LCI controller version 9189048 on my 02/08 e91 and nothing was working !! Quote:
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08-14-2009, 04:18 PM | #56 |
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you are right, but as far as i understood, there was an hypothesis that the new i drive controller works as retrofit only on cars that have recent tcu. In fact I have an european car and so an european TCU (probably with gsm) and the 048 does not work.
So either i have a tcu like said in the technical bulletin and it's normal that it didn't work or the hypothesis based on the tcu is not the right one ? By the way, did anybody try to make unplug the tcu in a car and test the new idrive controller (for the one for who it does not work ?) |
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08-14-2009, 04:39 PM | #57 | |
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One thing, though... this M3 was also updated to a newer software in 10/08. I think that it could be possibly a combination of GSM TCU and a software update, as there are also members here with the latest update but with a CDMA TCU and still the new controller does not work. Your production date of 02/08 could have an older software than that 10/08 version loaded in that M3. You should try to get your software updated if there is a newer version and see if that eliminates another variable of this confusing issue. |
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Does anyone need a 09 DCT/iDrive center console trim?
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Had mine installed during my annual service appt on Fri. Took em 1/2 and works like a charm. Very Very nice. I am impressed and very content. Wish only that they would have given us the option of the new i-drive ECU and Nav as a retrofit! But works alot better!
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Great work everyone! Thanks for all the hard work and great follow-up. One, question - what did you specifically ask for at the dealer? A software update? What were your exact words? I just want to avoid having the same problem that lugnut had. Thanks again!
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Unfortunately if you haven't ordered these parts yet, doesn't look like you'll be able to
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showpos...&postcount=104
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How would I test to see what software version I am running as opposed to what you are running PG? I can't believe that the dealership messed up a software update multiple times (twice after I installed -311 and once prior to the install at my 15k service).
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09-10-2009, 06:45 PM | #65 |
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Thanks PG, I'll order one of those from Bev Technic.
From what AussieM3's posted in the other link it sounds like the mistake I made was dropping my vehicle off for the recode with the new controller already installed, so once the car saw that I had an inappropriate part (no pun intended) the software update didn't finish installing properly, so essentially I never really got the software update that I needed. Ill have them re-update it with the original controller installed next time I take the car in for an oil change, then give the controller swap another go at it.
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This is how the BMW system reads and identifies the modules fitted to the car. This is only the second page and you can see the new and old part numbers.
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