Dealer says no codes

M3coupe · 01-22-2013, 01:39 PM

So my car throws me into limp mode and also gives DCT error. Check engine light comes on.
I plug into the ODB and read the codes with INPA.

Three specific codes. One for DME. one for DSC, and one for EGS

I head to the Dealer as I'm under warranty. Did not tell them I knew what the codes were. After 1 and 1/2 days they called and said their scan finds 0 Zero codes/faults stored. Nothing.

So, I get my car and head out. I pull over about a block from the Dealer and plug in laptop. All the codes are there.

Anyone know why Dealer would not see them or CLAIM to not see them?

rich123321 · 01-22-2013, 04:27 PM

Say you scanned it yourself with inpa and you found those codes. Simple as that!

wdlfbio · 01-22-2013, 07:59 PM

I'd ask them how it is that you can read them, but they can't.

4EST · 01-23-2013, 10:37 AM

Say they need to fire the engineer in charge with scanning ECUs
Or they need to close down the shop and maybe try something else, like selling potatoes, it should be easier

Meeni · 01-23-2013, 03:13 PM

If the SEL light is on, there IS a code. At least a OBD code...

wdeerfield · 01-25-2013, 10:31 AM

they should also be logged as well even if you cleared them prior.

techwhiz · 01-25-2013, 01:26 PM

When my car has thrown a code I always tell them when I take it in.
I took my car in for HPFP, with codes listed.
Bad injectors, with codes listed.
Bad vanos solenoids, with codes listed.

They confirmed and fixed all of the above at different times and also looked for related issues and fixed those too.

Why play games, give them the codes you read so they know what you saw?

Modded328FTW · 01-25-2013, 01:57 PM

Sorry to hear.

I usually tell my SA exactly what the code is. He even ask me at times if I knew the code. A few times they ask how I got it and i just tell them I have a code reader.

I deal with on SA so he knows me well now.

01-22-2013, 01:39 PM	#1
M3coupe Private 5 Rep 59 Posts Drives: 335is Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: GA iTrader: (2)	Dealer says no codes So my car throws me into limp mode and also gives DCT error. Check engine light comes on. I plug into the ODB and read the codes with INPA. Three specific codes. One for DME. one for DSC, and one for EGS I head to the Dealer as I'm under warranty. Did not tell them I knew what the codes were. After 1 and 1/2 days they called and said their scan finds 0 Zero codes/faults stored. Nothing. So, I get my car and head out. I pull over about a block from the Dealer and plug in laptop. All the codes are there. Anyone know why Dealer would not see them or CLAIM to not see them?
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01-22-2013, 04:27 PM	#2
rich123321 Captain 72 Rep 838 Posts Drives: BMW 325i E90 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: South Florida iTrader: (1) Garage List 2015 335i [0.00]	Say you scanned it yourself with inpa and you found those codes. Simple as that!
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01-22-2013, 07:59 PM	#3
wdlfbio Captain 68 Rep 796 Posts Drives: 2013 4S, 2015 3500 HD Dually, Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Maple Valley, WA iTrader: (1)	I'd ask them how it is that you can read them, but they can't. __________________ '16 235i '15 3500 HD Dually '13 C4S
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01-23-2013, 10:37 AM	#4
4EST Private 6 Rep 97 Posts Drives: E90 320d LCI Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Brasov, RO iTrader: (0)	Say they need to fire the engineer in charge with scanning ECUs Or they need to close down the shop and maybe try something else, like selling potatoes, it should be easier
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01-23-2013, 03:13 PM	#5
Meeni Gateropode 329 Rep 2,848 Posts Drives: BMW 330i 06 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: TN iTrader: (0)	If the SEL light is on, there IS a code. At least a OBD code...
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01-25-2013, 10:31 AM	#6
wdeerfield A family of bimmers 2747 Rep 7,742 Posts Drives: '18 G01 X3M40i Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Clifton Park, NY iTrader: (0)	they should also be logged as well even if you cleared them prior. __________________ 2018 PB/Black G01 X3M40i \| 699M \| ZDA \| ZPP \| ZPX \| Maxton front lip \| X3M vents \| 15mm Spacers \| Diamond G20 style grills
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01-25-2013, 01:26 PM	#7
techwhiz Colonel 453 Rep 2,973 Posts Drives: e90 335i Sedan - Arctic Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Bay Area, Ca iTrader: (4)	When my car has thrown a code I always tell them when I take it in. I took my car in for HPFP, with codes listed. Bad injectors, with codes listed. Bad vanos solenoids, with codes listed. They confirmed and fixed all of the above at different times and also looked for related issues and fixed those too. Why play games, give them the codes you read so they know what you saw?
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01-25-2013, 01:57 PM	#8
Modded328FTW Private First Class 5 Rep 116 Posts Drives: 328 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	Sorry to hear. I usually tell my SA exactly what the code is. He even ask me at times if I knew the code. A few times they ask how I got it and i just tell them I have a code reader. I deal with on SA so he knows me well now.
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