03-29-2017, 04:43 PM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Posts: 433
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Originally Posted by Skyline
This problem is now resolved. Both the instrument cluster and the central information system needed to be updated and re-coded. This was done by my local independent shop using an Autologic. I was very worried I might need to buy a new cluster, but that was thankfully avoided. Bottom line, the Schwaben scan tool turned on a CBS function that does not exsist on 2008 USA X5s, (perhaps only exists on certain non-USA market M cars.)
So far, my newly acquired Schwaben scan tool is 0-1; it's first use causing damage that cost more to undo than the cost of the tool itself.
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I'd return that Schwaben tool immediately. You're not the first I've seen/talked with, that has had these types of problems with the Schwaben scan tool!
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