LCM burn down what’s right?

[Gsalisbury1]

Hi All, 2002 X5, 4.4 and have been working on every issue that came along and have a new one. Caught with it left outside in a storm and learned I need to fix the sunroof drains and found this out as I was met with a strong electrical smell opening the door. Pulled the kick panel and see the LCM is melted down, not figuratively, literally. I can find a few on EBay with the right part numbers on the sticker, but there is an embossed number on the back and not sure if that figures in at all? What the hell am I looking at, worst case scenario if the replacement part is not identical?

[Clavurion]

LCM C.19 (coding index or higher/newer.) Also manual vs. auto headlight levelling should match (mit man. LWR) or (ohne man. LWR).

Anyways the new module need to be written with your vehicle VIN code and redundant mileage the same as on cluster or set to 0 and LCM will copy the mileage from cluster if VIN matches. The normal parameter coding with for example NCS expert.

[Gsalisbury1]

Thank you Clavurion! I do not have any programming capabilities and sounds like I may need to visit a dealership for that work to be done? If I don’t and cheap out for a little while, while it impact anything outside of the mileage reading?

[Clavurion]

Originally Posted by Gsalisbury1

Thank you Clavurion! I do not have any programming capabilities and sounds like I may need to visit a dealership for that work to be done? If I don’t and cheap out for a little while, while it impact anything outside of the mileage reading?

If you mean the BMW dealership they can only code a brand new virgin module with their tools.

[Dking078]

You can recode an LCM

PA Soft to write the VIN and set mileage to 0
Autologic / any dealer tool to code to car (IF the LCM came from a car without EXACT options)