jochen 4 Report post Posted September 2, 2006 Hi, Friend of mine has an E39 chassis number BV89428 He has logged the following faults as per the disgnostic display in the instrument cluster: 11 84 000 BF 88 000 90 84 000 I'd appreciate it if someone could translate these into plain english, or point me in the direction of a list of fault codes on the web Ta, Jochen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Huttey 0 Report post Posted September 2, 2006 Jochen I had a similar range of fault codes, see below, I haven't been able to decode them either: DIAG 1 F5 84 000 DIAG 2 BF 88 021 DIAG 3 8B 82 000 DIAG 4 92 82 000 DIAG 5 91 82 000 So if anyone can help it would be most appreciated Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jochen 4 Report post Posted September 2, 2006 I've learnt so far that BF = Light Control Module Codes are Address - Fault - Supplementary data First digit (hex) = device address, and BF = Lgith Control Module Jochen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yuen 16 Report post Posted September 3, 2006 Jochen, if you could get access to a fault code reader then it should be easier to decipher. I've got one and would be happy to help. Mine's the Peake Research one and I believe it will read OBDII cars fine. You just plug it in and read the code description off a manual. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jochen 4 Report post Posted September 4, 2006 Are you in Akld? The car is a Hamilton car of a friend of mine. I know his might be ODBII but mine is a '97, has the BMW diagnostic connector in the engine bay, no ODBII connector inside the car. >> read the code description off a manual. Can you scan and email me the relevant manual pages? I'd love to set up a database... Jochen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yuen 16 Report post Posted September 4, 2006 Are you in Akld? The car is a Hamilton car of a friend of mine. I know his might be ODBII but mine is a '97, has the BMW diagnostic connector in the engine bay, no ODBII connector inside the car. >> read the code description off a manual. Can you scan and email me the relevant manual pages? I'd love to set up a database... Jochen Yup, I'm in Auckland. I've been inside a facelift (2000/2001) E39 and it's got the OBD port inside the car, maybe only the later models got it since yours is an early one. Don't think scanning the manual will work, as the Peake tool uses its own 2 digit codes (ie: C6 = Oxygen sensor, etc) for a certain model (eg: 2001 E39) and you look in the manual to check what that code means for that particular year and model BMW. So even if you had the codes they will have no relevance to the BMW ones. But I'll double check to confirm that is the case Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
