X5 Christmas lights - A troubleshooting thread.

[BaliDawg]

I bet you have wiring damage from rodents while the X5 was sitting. Check the wiring harnesses and connectors related to each of those fault codes.

Pending/shadow codes can be ignored. They are signs that have not yet met the threashold for promotion to error codes.

[nebula]

Originally Posted by BaliDawg

I bet you have wiring damage from rodents while the X5 was sitting. Check the wiring harnesses and connectors related to each of those fault codes.

Pending/shadow codes can be ignored. They are signs that have not yet met the threashold for promotion to error codes.

Is it safe to clear INPA codes and start from scratch to see what returns or is that bad practice?

Also I am using the INPA setup that you recommended on E46fanatics. I am seeing a few script errors. Is there anything I need to add to my INPA setup E53 friendly?

[BaliDawg]

It’s fine to clear codes.

The BMW Standard Tools set up on e46fanatics is specifically for E46, so other models may not have 100% support.

[Bdc101]

Originally Posted by nebula

Is it safe to clear INPA codes and start from scratch to see what returns or is that bad practice?

Also I am using the INPA setup that you recommended on E46fanatics. I am seeing a few script errors. Is there anything I need to add to my INPA setup E53 friendly?

I have never used INPA, but the "heater control circuit" errors always showed up on my E53 when using BMW Scanner/PA soft, no matter what I did -- and never appeared on my foxwell. It's possible that they are just false alarms entirely.

[nebula]

Originally Posted by Bdc101

I have never used INPA, but the "heater control circuit" errors always showed up on my E53 when using BMW Scanner/PA soft, no matter what I did -- and never appeared on my foxwell. It's possible that they are just false alarms entirely.

Thanks. I cleared codes over the weekend via OBD and INPA and a subset of the OBD codes returned almost immediately. Just looking back on my thread from October of last year it feels like I am back at square one, but now with the addition of the trans. failsafe mode.

I'm going to do some more research, but if anyone has any suggestions please let me know.