need big time help i have bmw e60 525i 2004 i bought a flood damage car i bought lots of electronic parts from ebay and looking more parts too i like to know all the electronic parts for e60 are same?can the parts for bmw e60 fit and work if i buy from diffrent bmw e60?or for that i have to give to bmw dealer for reprogram?i like to know reprograming works only in new parts or can be used in used parts too?
please help me and if anyone have all the electronic parts for bmw e60 please let me know.
Thanks

 

first of all, welcome to the forum.

wow. it's tough to answer your question, since it's unclear what exactly you need. when you bought parts from ebay, how did you know what parts you needed? you might be better off having the entire car checked out, and have a bmw expert give your car a once-over to make sure you get the parts you actually need, and uncover any other issues. as far as programming the system, yes, you probably need to bring it into a dealership - i don't think you can just plug it into some sort of hacking system.

where are you from? good luck with your car!

 

daydok brings up some very valid points. These cars are quite complex and the thought that you can just plug and play different components is a very risky one indeed.

I can't name specific modules but I do know that many of them are "married" to the car in firmware and once they've been married, there's no possibility of divorce! It's very likely that you'll need help from someone who has the equipment and knowledge to be able to perform software coding on the car.

Wish I could deliver better news or be more helpful...

 

I have the same car as you.
I dont know what part you what, and which part is wrong?
So for the electronic I think itis better to go back to a dealar and get it sorted. This is the only part that I will never get it done out side. It just like a computer, it has alot of bugs and not many people from outside that can fix the BMW bugs apart from the dealers.

If you take it out side to get it fix then, I know you will find that it hard to fix it and spend alot of the time & money to fixing it.

as of most of the other stuff you can take outside of BMW dealer and get it fix which is alot cheeper.
All my upgrades & Mod I have fixed outside.

Good Luck

 

i am buying parts since 2 months and still buying like navigation professional system,all electronic moduls,and more more stuff .well the car is in pakistan my brother bought from auction and he knows some one who said all parts need to be change all parts look same buy some of them have diffrent numbers well car is in bmw company now my brothers electrican fit some stuff well lets c if they can fix it and reprogram the items which i send him.

 

thanks guys plz if more people can give me advise?