oil life reset will not work please read
12-16-2013, 03:38 PM
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so i finally got under the car today to change oil and i was surprised to see that the oil level sensor wires had been severed,,,, at first i thought it was a rat or somthing that got in the undercarriage coffin but that was the only wire that was severed.... i then remembered that i had been to the stealership right after i bought the car to have a lower control arm replaced,, they sold it to me with a bad bushing.... im not a dummy...lol but i did mange to salvage the connector and it worked again... oh yea if you live in missouri stay away from suntrup bmw for service ....check out the pics
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12-16-2013, 03:55 PM
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Did you even read my thread that everyone was pointing you towards? Ha. It took me awhile to track mine down. My mechanic said it looked like a rat chewed into it. Mine mysteriously acted up right after taking it to the stealership also.
12-23-2013, 08:23 PM
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yea ive read your thread multiple times thats what got my thinking about it..... im in the ARMY and really dont have a lot of personal time lol. when i first looked at the wiring i did to think it was a rat that gnawed through the wires but after looking at the wires really close.. i came to the conclusion that it was a razor blade or box cutter that sliced the wires,,, the marks were just to clean to be chewed through they were literally sliced through... i think its almost common practice for the stealership todo so that have to come back either because u cant reset oil life or u burned the engine up due to incorrect oil level, i think its petty but they must do it oftern because they know it wont throw a code....also have u had any issues with your saftey gateway module///sgm or sim 93fc reserve energy low?
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12-23-2013, 10:40 PM
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yea ive read your thread multiple times thats what got my thinking about it..... im in the ARMY and really dont have a lot of personal time lol. when i first looked at the wiring i did to think it was a rat that gnawed through the wires but after looking at the wires really close.. i came to the conclusion that it was a razor blade or box cutter that sliced the wires,,, the marks were just to clean to be chewed through they were literally sliced through... i think its almost common practice for the stealership todo so that have to come back either because u cant reset oil life or u burned the engine up due to incorrect oil level, i think its petty but they must do it oftern because they know it wont throw a code....also have u had any issues with your saftey gateway module///sgm or sim 93fc reserve energy low?
I haven't been having any safety module issues at all. If the stealer can rig an oil sensor fault then I wonder how they get it to appear like a rat gnawed into it? I read about other people that said it looked like a rat gnawed into theirs also.
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restting oil interval e60 impossible
i know there are several threads on this topic allready but... i cant get my oil life indicater to reset.... i have successfully reseted spark plugs and others items but the oil life will not reset... while depressing the trip odometer i can access the oil life reminder,, i get all the way to "reset" the mileage goes to ---- then the old mileage reappears. ive done it 15 time to no avail.... please give me some insight,,,, i also reset the trip mileage before continuing
On Youtube there is a description on how to modify the software for deleting the oil notification.
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