Anyway, get it rebuilt for $425. I shipped it to this place and got it back about a week later.
Auto & Truck Electronics
(800) 257-3395
6500 Georgia Avenue
West Palm Beach, Florida 33405
Rebuild control module $425
1yr Warranty
Shipping $28
Thanks for the detailed response. This will definitely be helpful for future readers of the post.
Glad to have my baby back and fully operational.
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Just got this from bimmerforums via member killcrap. It's another abs control module repair shop. This shop is $125 cheaper than the other shop I listed above. Even better is that this place has a 5yr warranty vs the 1yr at the other shop.
Right I have had this problem a number of time and it always turned out to be the ABS sensors on the front wheels. The sensors are not expensive, Think £30 sterling each. Fitted them myself and reset the sensors myself. To reset the sensors,
1.switch your ignition off,
2.hold the Traction control button in, then turn your ignition to the last position on but dont start the car.
3.Take you finger off the Traction control button now
4.Turn the ignition on.
Now drive for about 100 yards or less and the lights should go off.
Bumping this thread up as I am having this problem now. Currently at the dealer, qoute is for $710 for the DSC Control Module and 90 min labor. Whish I had found this thread first as it looks like there are some places that rebuild the control module for far less. But as I understand it, there are some adjustments that have to be made when you replace the module hence the 90 min labor. I wouldn't know how to do that anyway. Turns out my third party warranty company wont cover it. They list everything that they do cover and if its not in the list, too bad. Under the brake system they list wheel speed sensors which input into the device (DSC Control module) but, only the ABS control unit is listed as covered. They said DSC and ABS modules are two different names, its not listed, its not covered.
By the way, I have additional symptoms as well as the DCS, ABS and Brake indicator lights that pop up (they all popo up up at the same time) when this happens, the speedometer goes down to zero and the Nav system shows me at the same spot on the map in which these symptoms appeared, even if I have traveled another 50 miles since they all popped up. $tealer says its all related, DSC module failure causes speedometer not to read, vehicle thinks its not moving due to the speedometer inop, so Nav system inop, crazy stuff.
Anyway, letting you know in case this happens to you and also wondering if these two additional symptoms happened to those in this thread before me.
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At the price you are quoted it is looking like they are repairing the unit. There is a DSC repair kit they can get. It will be in the thousands if you were replacing the whole thing.
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My speedometer works just fine though. Sound expensive?
Old thread, i haven't gone through the old replies, but I would check glove box fuses. I think it is 17 and 30 or 31. You need to pull those to run on the dyno and you get similar fault codes.
Best part, it takes 5 minutes and costs nothing. Fuses can be tricky, so either use a spare fuse of the same rating or swap with a known good fuse with the same rating.
Regards,
Jerry
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Had the DSC and Brake and ABS lights pop up yesterday, right after a smog check. I think it was due to the rear wheels were spinning but the fronts were not. After I drove about 50 yards, the lights turned off.
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Had the DSC and Brake and ABS lights pop up yesterday, right after a smog check. I think it was due to the rear wheels were spinning but the fronts were not. After I drove about 50 yards, the lights turned off.
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