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It's happened again...

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Originally Posted by JupiterBMW

It's happened again...

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Damn Jon.

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Yeah, as you can see, the X5 is in service again, same check engine light code. This time they brought in the BMW field service engineer and he started mentioning software compatibility issues. Apparently BMW continues to update a vehicle's software, even after that generation has completed production (for instance my E70). As you replace parts years down the road, the new parts may not be compatible with the older software in the vehicle. So, the DMTL pump that was just installed would've been set for 2015 software. Well, my X5 has 2013 software, so the engineer was saying that a full update might help everything talk to each other more cohesively and not throw the CEL. We'll see. He mentioned this being an issue a few years back with the older 7 series, to the point where they had to replace all the trap modules after updating software... But he said it's a very rare occurrence on the E70. Hoping for the best.


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Man, that sounds like the never ending nightmare of our e53. I hope that's not the case with yours.
It was so frustrating for us... Definitely a love/hate relationship....

Joop, on a positive note: nice new signature ! :thumbsup

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Joop, on a positive note: nice new signature ! :thumbsup

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I do like it quite a bit.

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Originally Posted by JupiterBMW

Yeah, as you can see, the X5 is in service again, same check engine light code. This time they brought in the BMW field service engineer and he started mentioning software compatibility issues. Apparently BMW continues to update a vehicle's software, even after that generation has completed production (for instance my E70). As you replace parts years down the road, the new parts may not be compatible with the older software in the vehicle. So, the DMTL pump that was just installed would've been set for 2015 software. Well, my X5 has 2013 software, so the engineer was saying that a full update might help everything talk to each other more cohesively and not throw the CEL. We'll see. He mentioned this being an issue a few years back with the older 7 series, to the point where they had to replace all the trap modules after updating software... But he said it's a very rare occurrence on the E70. Hoping for the best.


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jon, that sucks. hope they get it resolved for you.

with every post like this you're helping me get over my desire for an E70... ;)

peter

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with every post like this you're helping me get over my desire for an E70... ;)

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E70 is not the same thing as E70 M. lol

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Originally Posted by JupiterBMW

Yeah, as you can see, the X5 is in service again, same check engine light code. This time they brought in the BMW field service engineer and he started mentioning software compatibility issues. Apparently BMW continues to update a vehicle's software, even after that generation has completed production (for instance my E70). As you replace parts years down the road, the new parts may not be compatible with the older software in the vehicle. So, the DMTL pump that was just installed would've been set for 2015 software. Well, my X5 has 2013 software, so the engineer was saying that a full update might help everything talk to each other more cohesively and not throw the CEL. We'll see. He mentioned this being an issue a few years back with the older 7 series, to the point where they had to replace all the trap modules after updating software... But he said it's a very rare occurrence on the E70. Hoping for the best.


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This is the exact reason I have no interest in cars newer than the e46. Too many useless electronics.

Hope you get it sorted out.