50i Tune and DME removal.

[SubzeroVR4]

Hi guys, I'm trying to install Bootmod3 onto my X5. It failed twice, and was advised that dealership must've installed a update to my ECU and DME would need to be removed to have it bench flashed. Is write up somewhere to remove this? Is this something easy I can do in the garage? Yes, I tried the search function and nothing came up for the F15/16 chassis.

[MW50i]

Originally Posted by SubzeroVR4

Hi guys, I'm trying to install Bootmod3 onto my X5. It failed twice, and was advised that dealership must've installed a update to my ECU and DME would need to be removed to have it bench flashed. Is write up somewhere to remove this? Is this something easy I can do in the garage? Yes, I tried the search function and nothing came up for the F15/16 chassis.

Bump this. Also how would one know beforehand to avoid this.

[Sophisticated Redneck]

Originally Posted by SubzeroVR4

Hi guys, I'm trying to install Bootmod3 onto my X5. It failed twice, and was advised that dealership must've installed a update to my ECU and DME would need to be removed to have it bench flashed. Is write up somewhere to remove this? Is this something easy I can do in the garage? Yes, I tried the search function and nothing came up for the F15/16 chassis.

It's not quite as easy as just unplugging them since the DME's have coolant lines running to them but it's easy enough for the average DIY'er

The entire BMW workshop manuals for all models are located at the link below. Type in the last 7 of your VIN, then search for DME removal.

Take pics of the DME connectors and cable routing before you remove them, it will help when installing them.

https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/

[pennsiveguy]

Originally Posted by Sophisticated Redneck

It's not quite as easy as just unplugging them since the DME's have coolant lines running to them but it's easy enough for the average DIY'er

The entire BMW workshop manuals for all models are located at the link below. Type in the last 7 of your VIN, then search for DME removal.

Take pics of the DME connectors and cable routing before you remove them, it will help when installing them.

https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/

Newtis is shut down. :-(

[RED_Y_]

Originally Posted by pennsiveguy

Newtis is shut down. :-(

You can still register, or you can look for instructions in ISTA.

[pennsiveguy]

Originally Posted by MW50i

Bump this. Also how would one know beforehand to avoid this.

Somewhere, I ran across a screenshot of the Bootmod3 app where it warns the user that the DME has been locked down and will have to be bench-unlocked but allows the user to proceed anyway. My hunch is that the unfortunate OP may have pushed past that warning and it's now in a broken state of limbo. The detection of the lockdown may only be included in the latest release of the Bootmod3 software, since the BMW update that caused this is recent; so if the OP wasn't on the latest software then there may have been no warning signs that he was headed for trouble. I sure hope he/she gets this thing straightened out. The dealership will be an avenue of last resort, and I don't envy him/her if they have to have the car towed in and have the dealership rake them over the coals.

[oma3710]

The car was bricked for a night. Ptf remoted into my pc and got it back to stock. He said my dme is locked and would have to get bench unlocked.