If you are sending your unit to us from a country outside the European Union, your parcel will undergo customs procedures, like any other imports. These procedures should go smoothly, provided our guidelines are followed. After reading this, you will be able to check the necessary...
OBD scanners are a great tool for reading, analyzing and for clearing diagnostic error codes on your vehicle on your own, without the need to visit an automotive repair shop. In this article we list the 5 most popular OBD scanners for BMW in...
The BMW CCC unit is a head unit model fitted on BMW cars produced between 2003 and 2010. This Professional Navigation comes with an 8.8" wide-screen display and both the BMW CCC unit and the display are located in the dash board. The BMW...
You're driving a BMW which has a reasonably old battery, like 2 years of age. All seemed to be working well until one morning when you found your car completely dead. No lights, iDrive, starter function, just dead battery on your beloved BMW. The...
Before we dive right in to discuss OBD in detail, here's what we use a car's OBD port for: Use it to read error codes recorded by your car’s electronic control units. For example, you see a 'Check engine light' turned on. When your...
In this article we discuss how you can connect your phone through a BMW AUX cable in order to play music in your car, and also what are the criteria for finding the right cable depending on your car model. The information in this...
Finding out the options and modules your car comes with from factory is traditionally called VIN decoding. That's because the VIN, a 17-characters string which uniquely identifies your car, encodes all this information. In this article we discuss how to get meaningful information from...
In this article we discuss the purpose and usage of the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). Although the VIN is used by all car manufacturers, we mainly aim this at BMW owner. The information in this articles is meant for: BMW owners who want to...
In this article we discuss the BMW FRM module. This unit is also known as the Footwell module or the Lights module. The information in this articles is meant for: Regular BMW owners who need to diagnose a faulty BMW FRM module DYIers who...
In this article you can find out what the PL2 HiFi amplifier system adds to each BMW model it was added to. The official name If you go here or here, you input the last 7 characters of your VIN number and you get a 676 HiFi...
It used to be the case that after each maintenance job done by the BMW dealer to your car, you would get a written proof of the work performed. Nowadays the navigation computer maintains the iDrive service history and you no longer need a...
Your CCC unit appears to be malfunctioning and you're thinking of having it repaired or even replaced ? Before you proceed, we recommend to verify your CCC diagnosis to make sure it's really a CCC failure. With the right guiding, it can be a...
If you're dealing with a faulty iDrive CCC head unit, you probably don't know what to do about it. Don't worry, it's very common. Correctly diagnosing a faulty CCC may be tricky by itself. But deciding whether to buy another CCC or have it...
