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ISTA/P Cannot Program An E-Series N55 Replacement DME (12 11 16)

Publication date: 2016-04-01
Reference number: 12 11 16

ISTA/P CANNOT PROGRAM AN E-SERIES N55 REPLACEMENT DME

ISTA/P CANNOT PROGRAM AN E-SERIES N55 REPLACEMENT DME

TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN

Reference Number(s): SI B12 11 16, Date of Issue:  April 2016
BMW: E70 (X50); E71 (X6) With the N55 engine and MEVD172 DME produced to 4/2012; E90 (3 Series Sedan); E92 (3 Series Coupe); E93 (3 Series Convertible) With the N55 engine and MEVD172 DME produced to 3/2012
GROUP: Electrical Systems

SUBJECT

ISTA/P Cannot Program an E-Series N55 Replacement DME 

SITUATION

ISTA/P fails when attempting to program a replacement DME (MEVD172) on BN2000 E-Series vehicles with the Continental HPP.

Part number: 12 14 8 618 483.

CAUSE

DME logistic error between the replacement hardware and basic software prevents correct programming with ISTA/P.

CORRECTION

This will be corrected with the planned release of ISTA/P 3.59.3 (mid-August).

PROCEDURE

NOTE: Until this ISTA/P version is available, an IRAP session should be setup to complete the DME replacement programming.

Please submit a PuMA case titled: "IRAP - Program replacement N55 MEVD172 DME" 

WARRANTY INFORMATION

Not applicable.