FRM Module Extended Warranty

[Maruzo]

I'm sure this has been covered a few times. The SIB-01-80-17 allows a 10 year and 155,000 km extended warranty on your FRM module on many affected E series vehicles including the E70.

However, the dealership usually use the DCS system to check on the warranty status of your vehicle. They rarely use another system called the AIR to check the warranty.

Both system are applicable to our E70 vehicles, so next time you want to find out if there's any parts on your car that might still have warranty, ask the dealership to check using AIR system as well.

Or you can call BMW NA's customer relations and have them check it for you.

Here's the number: 1800 831-1117

I just left my vehicle with a local dealership to work on the faulty FRM. The usual symptoms of non working window switches, Alarm, Daytime running light, turn signal, and a few other lighting related issues all came up after I unplugged the battery to work on a suspension component.

Moral of the story? I'm not sure there's one. These modules are prune to failure and apparently a simple battery disconnect was enough to fry one.

p.s. The AIR system also found the following extended coverage for a 2012 X5M:

1. S63 Engine Vent Pipe
2. S63 High Pressure Fuel Pump
3. Front Propeller Drive Shaft