What does this mean?

[ktnez99]

In my experience, when the ABS unit showed on mine a few years back, BMW had it in and I was told my car needed a new ABS unit fitted. I was very lucky to find a reconditioned unit which was fit for £150.00. I still have the old ABS unit and have been thinking about getting it reconditioned.

 

[roadvoyager1]

Could be a wheel sensor as others have said. I had a similar intermittent problem a couple of years ago and it turned out to be the ABS module. There were several posts at the time as a few of us seemed to be seeing the same type of issue. The error code was 096 and the conclussion was it was probably do to a dry solder joint on the module board. Fixes at the time were change the ABS module with a good second hand one (BMW list price was £1500, used around £100), get it repaired by ECS for about £200 or diy repair by cutting the top off the module and resoldering.
Lets hope it is just a wheel sensor, if not there is plenty of info on how to fix the more serious problems.

 

[ktnez99]

Could be a wheel sensor as others have said. I had a similar intermittent problem a couple of years ago and it turned out to be the ABS module. There were several posts at the time as a few of us seemed to be seeing the same type of issue. The error code was 096 and the conclussion was it was probably do to a dry solder joint on the module board. Fixes at the time were change the ABS module with a good second hand one (BMW list price was £1500, used around £100), get it repaired by ECS for about £200 or diy repair by cutting the top off the module and resoldering.
Lets hope it is just a wheel sensor, if not there is plenty of info on how to fix the more serious problems.

What company is ECS @roadvoyager1?

 

[Dalek]

Are these warning lights connected to my eBay account?
Went out this morning, warning lights on. Came home and ordered code reader. Went out in the car again, warning lights off.

 

[t-tony]

I think that's connected to something called Sod's Law Paul.

Tony.

 

[mrscalex]

Are these warning lights connected to my eBay account?
Went out this morning, warning lights on. Came home and ordered code reader. Went out in the car again, warning lights off.

Not unusual for this type of error. It does tend to suggest it's a wheel sensor and not module if it's intermittent.

 

[roadvoyager1]

Not unusual for this type of error. It does tend to suggest it's a wheel sensor and not module if it's intermittent.

Not wishing to cast doubts on the wisdom in your words, just adding to the picture ( I hope).
Wheel sensors are certainly a possible cause, however, my module was faulty and the lights were on and off for about 6 months. Wheel sensors are probably the cheaper option to try. Does anybody have advice on which brand of sensors to buy or avoid for the OP?

 

[roadvoyager1]

What company is ECS @roadvoyager1?

Can't find their details at present but this Company offer a similar repair service. The link should take you to a page that explains about the issue. Scroll down the list of models and you will find details of repair/refurb units

https://www.ecutesting.com/common-faults/bmw/bmw-abs-pump-ecu-module/

 

[mrscalex]

Not wishing to cast doubts on the wisdom in your words, just adding to the picture ( I hope).
Wheel sensors are certainly a possible cause, however, my module was faulty and the lights were on and off for about 6 months. Wheel sensors are probably the cheaper option to try. Does anybody have advice on which brand of sensors to buy or avoid for the OP?

It’s why I said it tends to suggest rather than definitely is. Balance of probability we’ll say. But not definite by any means.

 

[ktnez99]

Can't find their details at present but this Company offer a similar repair service. The link should take you to a page that explains about the issue. Scroll down the list of models and you will find details of repair/refurb units

https://www.ecutesting.com/common-faults/bmw/bmw-abs-pump-ecu-module/

Worth knowing: thanks.

 

[mrscalex]

I would be careful about considering these as rebuild/refurb units. To the best of my knowledge they open up the case (which was never designed to be opened) and just fix the dry joint etc causing the issue. I'm not saying what they do doesn't give a successful outcome. My understanding is it does.

But they use the term rebuild and that isn't really what they are doing. It's fixing and re-certifying. And to the best of my knowledge they won't touch the pump unit itself at all. Only the module.

For the repair itself £200 sounds like a lot of money. But the lifetime warranty makes it more interesting.

 

[Chasen]

it is recommend that you need use a BMW scanner to read the trouble code and then you will get the detail information about your want.

 

[ktnez99]

I would be careful about considering these as rebuild/refurb units. To the best of my knowledge they open up the case (which was never designed to be opened) and just fix the dry joint etc causing the issue. I'm not saying what they do doesn't give a successful outcome. My understanding is it does.

But they use the term rebuild and that isn't really what they are doing. It's fixing and re-certifying. And to the best of my knowledge they won't touch the pump unit itself at all. Only the module.

For the repair itself £200 sounds like a lot of money. But the lifetime warranty makes it more interesting.

I like the lifetime warranty. And yes, agree: £200.00 does seem expensive. Perhaps it can be done cheaper?

 

[mrscalex]

I like the lifetime warranty. And yes, agree: £200.00 does seem expensive. Perhaps it can be done cheaper?

It can be done for zero if it's just reflowing a dry joint. There are instructions kicking around on how to open up and find the fault. I've saved my duff units to have a go.

 

[motco]

I have a throttle body that had a habit of sticking closed and which I intend, one day, to open up and 'mend'.

 

[Lenny b]

Have you checked your brake fluid?

 

[Lenny b]

Level that is...

 

[roadvoyager1]

I like the lifetime warranty. And yes, agree: £200.00 does seem expensive. Perhaps it can be done cheaper?

As @mrscalex says the fix is to reflow the dry solder joint. Open up the module and diy repair will be cheaper. Just depends how confident you are to do the job.

 

[roadvoyager1]

This post from a while back may be of help to you.

old one opened - as you can see @Antm72 appears to be correct in his reasoning, the only obvious potential problem is the motor feed stalk, didnt bother testing any other part as the damage was clear to see (area in red circle) , it looks as though the stalk has been moving about, i took some close ups.View attachment 36010 View attachment 36011 View attachment 36012 View attachment 36013 View attachment 36014

 

[Bumpa]

I agree it could be a wheel sensor, but it wasn't on my 2002 2.2. It was the lateral and yaw sensors under the carpet which were swimming in rain water.