Oh dear....

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t90ark

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 Southampton
Afternoon all
So I've just taken the car for a pre mot shakedown drive. Whilst driving along i got the yellow brakes warning and the errors seen below. I'm thinking the ebrake control module has gone belly up and isnt sending and signal/power. Sound plausible?
 

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Yup probably a corrupted parking brake ECU …if so .needs a reflash from a sixth Dan BMW programming chappie.
 
Do you think its the infamous software failure? It worked fine about 15 minutes earlier to release the handbrake.
 
t90ark said:
Do you think its the infamous software failure? It worked fine about 15 minutes earlier to release the handbrake.
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Yup..all these s/w failures are just so..my FRM went for 13 years no issues..zippo…rien…nicht…then one day ..less than 24 hours after the last start..with a ctek charger ensuring tickity boo…and a 3 year old Varta battery…dead..

Of course low battery volts, duff battery, incorrectly registered etc then…
 
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Strange. Gone to the car today and ebrake working fine. Cant be software, surely.
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Battery..corroded connections at ECU end or ebrake end..number of those issues too!
 
Its not battery. 18 months old with conditioner connected. Best check those connection, i guess.
 
Ah well, at least I know the cause... just got to get the bocken pin out of the socket.

Keep an eye on boots for water, people...
 

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So, the Z, at least, is functional again. A link wire soldered directly from the ECU PCB to the broken wire from the socket, and its working.

It'll be all good until I find a replacement ECU.
 
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