This morning I was having a job done by an independent garage. While talking to the owner he mentioned that he was greatly obstructed by the unavailability of, in particular, BMW error codes.
I seem to recall having read that the car makers were now obliged, by a European competition directive, to make this information available.
In any case, as things are now, little secrets like these are usually compromised. Does anyone know of a source for error codes?
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My trade data book has the BMW codes published. Perhaps not for the very latest models though, and I can't be sure if it is all codes or just the most common ones.
One for the TuneUp boys I guess.
David
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I think it's going to be included in the new block exemption directive, but hasn't happened yet. They've also got to figure out a way of getting this information to market.
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Earlier Beemers are not a problem to extract fault codes if you have the right (expensive ) equipment. The latest generation cars use the new EOBD system (European On Board Diagnostics) for which most code readers have to be upgraded to use. Nice thing is though you only need one STANDARD connection lead. Interesting also to note that with EOBD, if ,for example, the management stystem develops a fault which causes the system to go into 'limp-home' mode a natty little timer starts ticking away until the fault is fixed. It is rumoured that P.C.Trafficcop will carry a simple EOBD reader and will be able to tell how long you have been driving round polluting the atmosphere with a malfunctioning EM system!
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I expected useful help and I wasn't disappointed. Thanks folks.
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>>I expected useful help and I wasn't disappointed. Thanks folks.
Did you get what you [your garage] need ?
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