I am stumped... DME Issue?

[AlpineWhite3.0]

Hi everyone,

First post here, longtime lurker. I own 2 E53 3.0's and love them to death. However one of them has been giving me trouble. 2006 3.0i 136000 miles. One night I noticed the traction light was on, and was driving up a hill on about a 13 degree cold night and car immediately shut off and threw a "Engine Failsafe Prog" on my dash. Let the car rest for about a minute and attempted to start - car just cranked no start.. while waiting for tow I tried a few more times over the next few hours and it would not start at all.

My Foxwell NT530 read 3 IKE No CAN Identification codes with 2 being (DME).

Had the car towed back to my house and started to diagnose the no start. I had just replaced all 6 coils and spark plugs, so I started to check fuel related issues. Fuel pump would not turn on with key in the on position or while cranking. I checked fuel pump fuze and relay. Everything was good. I manually provided power to the fuel pump relay socket and the pump manually engaged. I tried to start the car with the fuel pump manually engaging and STILL NO START.

Where do I need to be looking next? I am stumped. I have a horrible feeling I have a DME issue but I am sure if I have done enough diagnostics / testing to just assume I need a new DME module.

All I know is now that there is a fuel supply the car will still not start. Only cranks. And I still have the No CAN Identification codes that will not clear.