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Post by logibearsav » Thu Jul 21, 2022 12:30 am

Hey guys new member here just purchased a 2006 Z4 6 Speed Manual a few days ago yesterday I took to the car for a wash and shortly after leaving a check engine light popped up, a mile before I got to my destination. after parking and going into the store and when coming out My BMW would just turn over and would not start these are my following codes I was able to pull from my scanner any help would be appreciation Thanks Logan

2DE0 NO MESSAGE EKP DME RECEIVER EKP/SBSR TRANSMITTER

5DF4 DSC BATTERY VOLTAGE TOO LOW OPEN CIRCUIT


5E1F DSC CONTROL UNIT INCORRECT VEHICHLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER CALIBRATION REQUIRED

5E16 DSC NO MESSAGE IKE 610, 613, 615


87 KOMBI K BUS

BE KOMBI DATA-FILING DIFFERENCE TO CENTERAL LIGHT MODULE


6128 EPS VEHICLE SPEED

611D EPS POWER SUPPLY

612A. EPS MILEAGE/KM READING.

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Post by buzyg » Thu Jul 21, 2022 1:53 am

Hi Logibear, where about are you? Almost 2am here in UK where many helpful members are. So I will just welcome you to the forum. :)
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Post by MikeyH » Thu Jul 21, 2022 2:48 am

Hi, welcome to the forum, there will lots of clever guys on it in the morning. :thumbsup:
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Post by logibearsav » Thu Jul 21, 2022 5:12 am

Thank you guys and I'm in savannah ga.

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Post by Chris_D » Thu Jul 21, 2022 6:41 am

I hope you don’t mean ‘car wash’ as that’s considered a cardinal sin to most here, as well as being potentially damaging to your car, which I suspect maybe the case here - your z’s brain has had a wash too!

In any case, first thing to consider is how old the battery is as the z’s electronics are very sensitive to undervoltage.
Second, check to see if you have incurred any water ingress into the DME housing, if you see any water inside there’s a good chance the electronics inside have shorted/fried.
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Post by obewan » Thu Jul 21, 2022 7:36 am

Like Chris said, I think I'd be checking the battery age first, (should be a date stamp on or near the terminals')
Hope its just a coincidence that it came about after a car wash and its not something more serious (aka expensive)

I assume as it's a 2006 model you are talking about an E85/86, Not the E89
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Post by Southwestz4 » Thu Jul 21, 2022 7:52 am

obewan wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 7:36 am Like Chris said, I think I'd be checking the battery age first, (should be a date stamp on or near the terminals')
Hope its just a coincidence that it came about after a car wash and its not something more serious (aka expensive)

I assume as it's a 2006 model you are talking about an E85/86, Not the E89
Anyway, welcome to the forum and I hope it's quickly fixed
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Post by Mr Tidy » Thu Jul 21, 2022 6:37 pm

Welcome to the forum. :thumbsup:

As others have said I'd start by checking the health of the battery - hope you get it sorted anyway!
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Post by logibearsav » Fri Jul 22, 2022 1:34 am

replaced battery still does the same thing pretty sure dme is fried from the car wash :(

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