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Can be, but they might charge a bit for it. Where in AKL are you located?

Same thing happened to my 135i, similar codes to what you have. DME needed to be replaced. Mine was water damaged. DME box seal had been pinched. Expensive if you go to a BMW Dealer ($2100 + GST) or you can send your DME, CAS & Key to a ECU specialist and they can clone your old DME to a new one or used one. Luckily mine could still be read and cloned.

Anyone got a MSD81 DME, matching CAS and key? Cheers

Yeah basically any model BMW after 2002 (I believe) have a more complex security system. The CAS and DME are married together in the sense that, INPA or any software tool cannot flash or program a different DME to another car (CAS) without the need of special lock smith electronic tools. I had to send my DME, CAS and Key remote to a car ECU repair specialist who married a donor MSD81 DME to my existing CAS. My old DME was water damaged and blew.?

Ended up getting an error (sorry forgot to take screenshot) “Module is unresponsive. Application will revert back” BUT! Fortunately I have a friend who kindly offered his DME, CAS and Key for me to test! After swapping my DME and CAS, car fired right up! I know this is taking a cheeky shortcut, but the opportunity came up. So it’s either the CAS or DME? Everything else in the car is the same. is there a chance it could be the CAS? Or is the fact the original key, unlocks ect... that it could be my original DME? obviously need to give back these items to my mate. Could the original DME be repaired locally in NZ or is it worth finding a used DME, CAS and key? cheers for your help! I’ll definitely be using INSTA D from now!

@F10er Evening, yes sorry for the delayed update. I was playing around and installing INSTA this afternoon. I managed to pull the fault codes off of INSTA D seems like I get the same/similar codes as Carly reported? Ignore the headunit error. My CIC isn’t plugged in at the moment.

Yeah I have as well, Carly is my “quick and easy” check scan tool and coder. I have a K+DCan cable and INPA setup, so will download ISTA D and see how it goes, never used it before, is it quite easy to navigate? Or should I do a bit of research on how to use it first? cheers

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Using Carly for BMW the latest update. Can post the full codes.

Battery recall done I did think of that, but when I replaced the fuse box you could see the replacement cable.

Thank you! I’ll take a look at those fuses tomorrow. My car build date is June 2009 If I get a multimeter, would Pin 9, 11 and 12 on the DME be a good way to test power? J

Hi all, Bit of a story before I dive into the issue at present. 6 months of working on my E82 135i project! Everything has been reassembled and it's ready to go! Had everything you can think of wrong with it. Water pump failure, gaskets leaking ect. Many thanks to Brent at BMWorld for supplying about 80% of the parts I needed. Did every single preventative maintenance thing on the car. New brake pads, gaskets, coolant flange, water pump, thermo, vacuum lines ect ect. Now she's been parked up in my garage now for almost a month without being started, she's been sitting on a trickle charger on her new battery. Went to start it in the weekend to take it for a WOF and found that now it just cranks and cranks about 3 or 4 times before giving up... Ran codes on it and it popped up with the codes in the image attached. Went to go change the relay but my car doesn't have a relay in the DME box, only the fan relay. After a search, everyone suggests that the fuse is now build into the fuse box (in the Gove box) and that either the JBE or fuse box is faulty or the DME is toast! Now I've done the following to try isolate the issue, I've swapped the Fuse box and JBE to a used one from a wrecked car. No avail and same codes. So fuse and JBE are not the issue... I've pulled DME out to inspect for water damage, corrosion and burnt wiring. Couldn't find any damage. Engine wiring is fine and nothing I can see is damaged, checked all ground points ect So I've basically isolated it down to the DME being the issue which is a shame because it's a MSD81 DME Are these known to just fail? Is there anything else I can check and test? If not, is there anywhere is New Zealand I can send my DME too for repair? Can I use a used DME if I can find one? Cheers J

Ooo! How much for one? @HELLBM

Yeah, I did go to a Pick a part but the 4 cyl Air Condensers are too large for the N54. looked on realoem and part numbers are different. N54s and the diesel e90s and e87s have a slightly smaller one.