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E39 abs ecu, any Bm techs, had same issue?

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 11:56 am
by bmw9818
I've got a 535i it's got the most fuckin stupid abs ecu, can't find it anywhere! BMW as usual want stupid price 1k for it, and most used are very very hard to find

Is there some sort of DIY fix or another way? If ayone knows,

It's the most rare one, if anyone's breaking and has got one, please pm!

Thanks

Re: E39 abs ecu, any Bm techs, had same issue?

Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 1:32 pm
by Automaton
Hi

Had an E36 316i with a busted ECU. Had spoken to Philip Vernon in Shropshire, many years back and he had promised to work on it, if I mailed it to him from India, which didn't happen for lack of funds :)
His number was 7745554011. Not sure if it is still the same.

Re: E39 abs ecu, any Bm techs, had same issue?

Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 10:11 pm
by alpina123
What year is the car ?is their any numbers on it that end in 001 or 005

Re: E39 abs ecu, any Bm techs, had same issue?

Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 8:31 am
by B7
Had this on my last 530i sport. When you say you can't find it, it's screwed to the front of the main ABS unit to the off side inner wing :wink:

Seriously. BBA reman sorted mine. They were not perfect first time round but 2nd time, sorted it.

Doing it this way they repair your old one and so no recoding is required (as it's your existing unit coded to your chassis number)

Turnaround was fairly quick.

http://www.bba-reman.com/uk/

Re: E39 abs ecu, any Bm techs, had same issue?

Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 3:29 pm
by Andyboy
Depends on whether the car has ASC, DSC etc, 001 or 002 ECU. I can get a brand new Bosch one for not much more than a BBA reman and hundreds less than BMW rob...I mean charge for the same thing. Very often they go straight on, work perfectly and don't need coding. What's the issue with yours?

Re: E39 abs ecu, any Bm techs, had same issue?

Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 8:50 pm
by DanThe
How much did you end up paying for the ECU recon Trev?

Re: E39 abs ecu, any Bm techs, had same issue?

Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 11:19 pm
by bmw9818
the cars got dsc and it should be the 001 ecu, the lights are all lit up on the dash, and the ecu isnt picking up any signal, still actually havnt resolved the problem