e39 M5 - help needed
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Hi all,
I have a 1999 M5 and need a wee bit of help.
A wonderful parking company decided to let my battery run down and then basically jump started it wrongly, causing the dash display to get fried. Have bought a replacement cluster from ebay (stealer price around £900!) but here is where I need some help.
I need to reprogram the IKE, EWS and LCM with the Car's VIN (to re-enable DSC and remove the tamper light) and the correct mileage - car is 75k, cluster is 106k - and I am reliably informed that I can do this with PA Soft 1.4.0.
Are any of you wonderful people on here based in the Isle of Man and have use of it to help me out?
I have bought the hardware but am not v techno savvy and could really use some help.
Thanks
DW
I have a 1999 M5 and need a wee bit of help.
A wonderful parking company decided to let my battery run down and then basically jump started it wrongly, causing the dash display to get fried. Have bought a replacement cluster from ebay (stealer price around £900!) but here is where I need some help.
I need to reprogram the IKE, EWS and LCM with the Car's VIN (to re-enable DSC and remove the tamper light) and the correct mileage - car is 75k, cluster is 106k - and I am reliably informed that I can do this with PA Soft 1.4.0.
Are any of you wonderful people on here based in the Isle of Man and have use of it to help me out?
I have bought the hardware but am not v techno savvy and could really use some help.
Thanks
DW
Can't help personally but look at http://forum.bmw5.co.uk/ and ask there.
A better group of people you'd be hard pressed to find. I think most of your issues are E39 rather than M5 specific.
A better group of people you'd be hard pressed to find. I think most of your issues are E39 rather than M5 specific.
Thanks guys - will give that a try.
It is a used cluster - but at £80 it was worth a punt.
I did have a Speedofixer look at the fried one and it works find, just the LED is fried - but that part is not available - would be much easier to just have that fixed if I could I am sure. This is the guy that said the VIN and Mileage could be amended. Not overly bothered about the mileage aspect, it is the lack of DSC on an M5 in the IOM (mucho rain!) that is my priority!
DW
It is a used cluster - but at £80 it was worth a punt.
I did have a Speedofixer look at the fried one and it works find, just the LED is fried - but that part is not available - would be much easier to just have that fixed if I could I am sure. This is the guy that said the VIN and Mileage could be amended. Not overly bothered about the mileage aspect, it is the lack of DSC on an M5 in the IOM (mucho rain!) that is my priority!
DW
Are they M5 clocks?
If they are of the same type, it's highly likely you'd just be able to swap a tiny chip between each set that holds the individual settings.
Otherwise, for the set up, it should be in PA soft's "IKE" menu, and then coding
Write FGRNR should be the one for the VIN, it may be either the full 17 digit vin, or the short VIN which is just the last 7 digits.
If they are of the same type, it's highly likely you'd just be able to swap a tiny chip between each set that holds the individual settings.
Otherwise, for the set up, it should be in PA soft's "IKE" menu, and then coding
Write FGRNR should be the one for the VIN, it may be either the full 17 digit vin, or the short VIN which is just the last 7 digits.
They deny all responsibility - they claim it was 'already like that' and all they did was jump start it as they have done 'many times without any problem'. B*****ds.
The fried one is a Grey facelift one that was put in around 2006, the one I sourced is an original black set of M5 dials.
The fried one is a Grey facelift one that was put in around 2006, the one I sourced is an original black set of M5 dials.
OK, remember it'll only work once plugged into the car, otherwise it'll say "hardware not ready"
Click "continue" on the first screen, and it'll pull the details out from the instrument cluster, and the EWS.
You can then close that window and click the "Scan" button at the top.
It'll record everything into a log which will be automatically saved in a folder with the PA soft program. That will show part numbers, VIN numbers and recorded mileages in different modules.
Click "continue" on the first screen, and it'll pull the details out from the instrument cluster, and the EWS.
You can then close that window and click the "Scan" button at the top.
It'll record everything into a log which will be automatically saved in a folder with the PA soft program. That will show part numbers, VIN numbers and recorded mileages in different modules.
skeeterm5 said:
Why isn't the company that caused the damage sorting it out?
S
Not a good enough answer from them. If they acknowledged that the car was jump started without your authority then you should seek advice. It is reasonable to expect that jump starting the car will cause electrical issues on a car like an M5. S
If it's the led's that are fried would it be worth contacting someone like :
http://www.speedofixer.co.uk/bmw_pixel_repairs.htm...
(note not used them, just as an example of someone who can do the common 'pixel fix' on the dash cluster).
If they can fix the pixel issue they might be able to sort the lot out in a similar fashion? Might be worth asking.
http://www.speedofixer.co.uk/bmw_pixel_repairs.htm...
(note not used them, just as an example of someone who can do the common 'pixel fix' on the dash cluster).
If they can fix the pixel issue they might be able to sort the lot out in a similar fashion? Might be worth asking.
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