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Originally Posted by ard
Take your trade back, return the turd.
Dealer is right to be pissed at the BMW dealer. BUT....YOU dont want to be sitting where you are sitting!
(Why you would buy a used car with a CEL on is astonishing- I believe it is illegal here in the USA for a licensed car dealer to do so.)
I predict you spend $3000 and it isn't the ECU!
Unless PUMA is directing the BMW dealer, someone is wasting $$$. (ie You want BMW techs at the mothership directing this repair, not a local BMW tech who is 'guessing it must be the DDE, if it wont run')
Is this a PUMA case???
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I'm not sure what PUMA is. I'm guessing it's similar to UCDA or OMVIC in Canada (Dealer watchdog associations).
I bought the vehicle after having my local indy look it over and give me a list of what it needed. Selling dealer obliged and fixed the issues and I got what I feel is a decent deal on the vehicle with the options I wanted, including a fair trade in value for my trade.
CEL was intermittent (dealer let me take the car home for a couple days with dealer plate prior to purchase) while I was test driving the vehicle, we both assumed it was a NOX sensor as these failing is supposed to be fairly common with higher mileage vehicles (105,000 miles). . The CEL came on the morning after driving 45 mins home from the dealer. I immediately took pictures of CEL and the error message (incorrect def fluid, count down to no start) and sent to the dealer who then immediately made an appointment at the BMW dealer on his dime to fix the issues.
From my research on the X5 E70 M57 engine they're pretty reliable except for emissions components, hence my plan for a delete and tune.
Turned out the CEL was for a bad NOX sensor, so said BMW dealer. Selling dealer obliged, and then BMW dealer informs us today it needs an ECU at several thousand $$.
Keep in mind, the deal is done, my trade in lien has been paid, X5 is in my name.
I did buy an extended aftermarket warranty for 3 years, however my understanding is in Canada used cars have a 30 day warranty. (Selling dealer also confirmed this when I was looking at the vehicle and by picking up the tab for the NOX sensor).
Ultimately it's up to the selling dealer to fix the issue and he's been very good about it, even offering to let me drive my trade in with dealer plate until issues with the x5 are resolved.
My question is if anyone has cloned an ECU for E70 X5 35d and been successful, because I'd like to try and save the selling dealer some $$.
I would have been fine with a dead NOX sensor until the alphabet delete however the countdown to no start made that a non-issue.
Thanks for any help or suggestions!