Car bricked during coding

mango14 · 04-26-2015, 07:55 AM

On Friday, I was having my car coded remotely by a very experienced and reputable coder. No, I will not say who. He's a nice guy and I do not think this was 100% his fault.

The car will no longer power. The doors will lock, the dome light works, and that's about it.

When holding start, the P will flash.

It's not the battery. Car cannot be jumped and battery shows 96% and 12.8 volts.

Car cannot go into neutral (2014 m5) without power so roadside assistance can't get anyone to tow it

What the living heck do I do?

Warning to others, your car can be bricked during coding.

Tom

MCarsFan · 04-26-2015, 08:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mango14

On Friday, I was having my car coded remotely by a very experienced and reputable coder. No, I will not say who. He's a nice guy and I do not think this was 100% his fault.

The car will no longer power. The doors will lock, the dome light works, and that's about it.

When holding start, the P will flash.

It's not the battery. Car cannot be jumped and battery shows 96% and 12.8 volts.

Car cannot go into neutral (2014 m5) without power so roadside assistance can't get anyone to tow it

What the living heck do I do?

Warning to others, your car can be bricked during coding.

Tom

Have you tried letting the car go into sleep mode and then disconnect the battery?

mango14 · 04-26-2015, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by MCarsFan

Have you tried letting the car go into sleep mode and then disconnect the battery?

Yes - disconnected neg battery for 30 mins. No luck.

MCarsFan · 04-26-2015, 08:24 AM

Not sure what to suggest, sorry. Good luck I hope it's something simple to sort out..will ask a BMW tech whose a mate of mine on Monday..

v3n0m · 04-26-2015, 11:01 AM

You can move it to neutral manually:

Page 40:
http://f10.m5post.com/forums/attachm...2&d=1360773149

MCarsFan · 04-26-2015, 03:06 PM

My buddy says he thinks your car might be stuck in boot mode?
Can you ask the coder to remote into your car to check?

M5essex · 04-27-2015, 09:50 AM

is there anyway BMW can tell you/someone have tampered with it, if it was done remotely? couldn't you plead ignorance and get them to sort it out under warranty?

MCarsFan · 04-28-2015, 09:07 AM

Any follow up on your M5?

mango14 · 04-28-2015, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by MCarsFan

Any follow up on your M5?

Actually yes!

On friday, the coder could not get back into the car.

he tried again today, was able to immediately connect, went to the car access module i believe, reset to default values, and immediately the car had power restored.

I'm beyond excited. Also, bmw road side assistance doesnt seem to have a clue on how to communicate what needs to happen to pull a vehicle.

Tom

ImpetuousRacer · 04-28-2015, 11:27 AM

Glad to hear! Did he identify the specific issue or parameter change that caused it to brick?

MCarsFan · 04-28-2015, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by mango14

Actually yes!

On friday, the coder could not get back into the car.

he tried again today, was able to immediately connect, went to the car access module i believe, reset to default values, and immediately the car had power restored.

I'm beyond excited. Also, bmw road side assistance doesnt seem to have a clue on how to communicate what needs to happen to pull a vehicle.

Tom

Happy to hear that..sounded like a stressful weekend...

Not cool.

mango14 · 04-28-2015, 07:03 PM

I believe the issue was that the car lost power while coding the cas or lighting module.

Tom

MCarsFan · 04-28-2015, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by mango14

I believe the issue was that the car lost power while coding the cas or lighting module.

Tom

Have you kept the coding or is the car flashed back to stock now?

jimmy9980 · 05-01-2015, 09:54 AM

FYI

Coding doesn't brick the module but if the wrong option is enabled or disabled it can cause issues. Restoring the module default settings will fix it as was done.

Glad to hear it's back in action!

mango14 · 05-01-2015, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by jimmy9980

FYI

Coding doesn't brick the module but if the wrong option is enabled or disabled it can cause issues. Restoring the module default settings will fix it as was done.

Glad to hear it's back in action!

Power was lost to vehicle during the writing of a module.

Tom

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mango14 Enlisted Member 7 Rep 48 Posts Drives: 2009 M3 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Knoxville, TN iTrader: (0)	Car bricked during coding On Friday, I was having my car coded remotely by a very experienced and reputable coder. No, I will not say who. He's a nice guy and I do not think this was 100% his fault. The car will no longer power. The doors will lock, the dome light works, and that's about it. When holding start, the P will flash. It's not the battery. Car cannot be jumped and battery shows 96% and 12.8 volts. Car cannot go into neutral (2014 m5) without power so roadside assistance can't get anyone to tow it What the living heck do I do? Warning to others, your car can be bricked during coding. Tom
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