E90 325i Msport...my 1st BMW

[XIC79]

Hi Guys, I bought my 1st BMW about 2/12 years ago, after my RunX RSi was stolen.
I love the car, but lately its giving me headaches.
The Car:
2007 E90 325i Msport

The problem/s:
Oct 2018 - hit a bad pothole
Christmas tree lights on.
Parked the car and removed the Battery terminal. Fault cleared later that night. Drove the car the next day....XMAS lights again.
Took the car to Bosch Service Center. Cleared faults, test drove, All Good. 2 days later XMAS lights. Back to Bosch. Cleared fault, test drove, XMAS lights back permanently. Bosch can clear faults. Outsourced (not sure to whom) 8K quote to replace ABS unit and harness.

Booked car into Supertech:
Ran diagnostics for about 2 hours? DSC Unit could be coded, needed replacing. Quote of 40K - half the value of the car.

Bought DSC unit and pump from Spares boys, local Mech fitted and coded (3K). for about 1 week no problems.
Again XMAS lights. Local Mech not sure why. Cleared faults, recoded. Test drive - XMAS lights then only Traction control and handbrake (orange) cleared faults. these 2 are not clearing. have to recode Steering sensor.
Drive for short while - Traction control and handbrake (orange). recalibrating Steering sensor clears these lights. But car still showing faults on scan.

Bought INPA cable and downloaded Software. Left with these faults:
00CDAD
00D35B
Local Mech has no idea

Any advice or referral to an experienced Mech in Durban will be highly appreciated. I need my car fully operational for work. see Pic below...

 

[BeemerFanatic]

Have you tried claiming from insurance?

 

[Lostboy]

Hi OP,

I'm not sure, if this will help, but the codes you mention up top does not show anything on a website i use to diagnose my car

https://www.obd-codes.com/trouble_codes/bmw/

What I would suggest is maybe try a different code reader and having your ABS & Steering sensors checked out by BMW.

 

[Diesellover]

I would suggest taking your car to either ODR or Glazier Tech, both in the Durban area. I have had only good service from both. Both pretty clued up.

 

[S1NGH 911]

Take the car to ODR, I've been using them for more than 10 years, they are honest and good at what they do, which is something hard to come by these days


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[Twinz]

Are the remaining codes causing problems?

If not enjoy the car.

 

[zakes27]

HI i am an e90 325i msport as well, had some errors as well.

i suggest, check wheel speed sensors, brake wear sensors, break fluid, steering wheel fluid, and steering wheel column sensor as a start.

steering wheel sensor is blady expensive for some odd reason.

 

[GHOST E90]

You will make no mistake with Glazier Tech

 

[Iceman007]

Also check wheel alignment.

 

[XIC79]

Thanks all for the responses. I will take it to ODR, they tuned my previous car, don’t know why I didn’t think of them :fencelook:

 

[DSC]

Hi Guys, I bought my 1st BMW about 2/12 years ago, after my RunX RSi was stolen.
I love the car, but lately its giving me headaches.
The Car:
2007 E90 325i Msport

The problem/s:
Oct 2018 - hit a bad pothole
Christmas tree lights on.
Parked the car and removed the Battery terminal. Fault cleared later that night. Drove the car the next day....XMAS lights again.
Took the car to Bosch Service Center. Cleared faults, test drove, All Good. 2 days later XMAS lights. Back to Bosch. Cleared fault, test drove, XMAS lights back permanently. Bosch can clear faults. Outsourced (not sure to whom) 8K quote to replace ABS unit and harness.

Booked car into Supertech:
Ran diagnostics for about 2 hours? DSC Unit could be coded, needed replacing. Quote of 40K - half the value of the car.

Bought DSC unit and pump from Spares boys, local Mech fitted and coded (3K). for about 1 week no problems.
Again XMAS lights. Local Mech not sure why. Cleared faults, recoded. Test drive - XMAS lights then only Traction control and handbrake (orange) cleared faults. these 2 are not clearing. have to recode Steering sensor.
Drive for short while - Traction control and handbrake (orange). recalibrating Steering sensor clears these lights. But car still showing faults on scan.

Bought INPA cable and downloaded Software. Left with these faults:
00CDAD
00D35B
Local Mech has no idea

Any advice or referral to an experienced Mech in Durban will be highly appreciated. I need my car fully operational for work. see Pic below...

How did the mech code car with new DSC .

I know you can splite the Dsc pump and module . You can use the pump you bought with the cars existing module to avoid coding . in most cases its the pump that fails not the module .