TCU ESN/IMEI Registration Via DCSNET (SI B01 10 05)

Publication date: 2009-03-27
Reference number: SI B01 10 05
Supersedes refnos: 01 10 05

TCU ESN/IMEI REGISTRATION VIA DCSNET

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN

Reference Number(s): SI B 01 10 05, Date of Issue: March 27, 2009

BMW:	All Models
GROUP:	Warranties

Superceded Bulletin(s): SI B01 10 05, Date of Issue: April 2008

NOTE: This Service Information bulletin supersedes SI B01 10 05 dated April 2008 .

SUBJECT

TCU ESN/IMEI Registration via DCSnet

ESN (ELECTRONIC SERIAL NUMBER)

All models with a CDMA Telematics Control Unit (TCU):

MY2004 to MY 2008 (through 2/08 production) E60, E61, E63 and E64, including M5 and M6
MY2004 and later E46 M3 Convertibles and E53 4.8iS
MY2003 and later E65 and E66 (from 9/02 production)
MY2004 and later E53, E83, E85 and E46 with the ZPP Premium Package or stand-alone option SA 639 (as of 9/03 production); 10/04 production for E53 and E85
MY2007 and later E70 with the ZPP Premium Package or stand alone option SA 639 (through 3/08 production)
MY2008 E71 with the ZPP Premium Package or stand alone option SA 639 (through 3/08 production)
MY2008 E82 and E88 with the ZPP Premium Package or stand alone option SA 639 (through 2/08 production)
MY2006 to MY2008 E90, E91, E92, E93 and M3 with the ZPP Premium Package or stand-alone option SA 639 (through 2/08 production, except through 3/08 for SA production)

IMEI (INTERNATIONAL MOBILE EQUIPMENT IDENTITY)

All Models with a GSM Telematics Control Unit (TCU):

MY2008 (effective 3/08 production) and later E60, E61, E63 and E64, including M5 and M6
MY2008 and later E70 and E71 with the ZPP Premium Package or stand alone option SA 639 (effective 4/08 production)
MY2008 and later E82 and E88 with the ZPP Premium Package or stand-alone option SA 639 (effective 3/08 production)
MY2008 and later E90/91/92/93 and M3 with the ZPP Premium Package or stand-alone option SA 639 (effective 3/08 production, except 4/08 for SA production)
MY2009 and later F01

SITUATION

Model year 2008 and later vehicles produced 3/08 or later (4/08 for E9x SA, E70 and E71), except for the E65, E83 and E85, will operate on a GSM wireless carrier network, migrating from the current CDMA technology. This change requires a new identifier for the GSM TCUs, known as the IMEI, or International Mobile Equipment Identity, instead of the ESN or Electronic Serial Number, as used on the CDMA TCUs.

The registration of the ESN or IMEI for the new Telematics Control Unit is required during the DCSnet warranty claim entry process. The ESN field is renamed; it was called "New Electronic Serial Number (ESN)" and is now called "New Electronic Serial Number: ESN/IMEI". It will be modified to allow for input of either the ESN or the IMEI, as applicable.

This bulletin and the attached Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) should address any issues that you may have about the new process. Please read this information, and circulate it to all personnel at your center involved in TCU repairs and claim submission.

TCU Service Actions (SI B84 18 03 , B84 19 03, B84 01 04 )

Continue to use normal warranty claim entry following all of the repair and claim submission instructions contained in the above bulletins.