Sorry lots of background info…..I’m at a loss trying to get my car to pass TX emissions test and need help!!!
background , purchased dream car ‘04 m3 6spd back in 2009 as a collector weekend car. After a year of driving it I was not able to pass texas emissions as the state computer could not connect to it. Basically the computer would say something along the lines of “trying to communicate” and it would just time out after 90 seconds stating communication could not be established. (Standard obd2 scanner connected fine , showed all systems nominal, emission systems checks complete and full drive cycle complete as well). I also checked glove box for blown fuses paying close attention to the dme/obd2/on board diagnostic fuses visually and with multimeter and all were good.
Had other projects going on, family and work assignments so car has sat in storage until now. Keep in mind, this was/is my dream car and I’m never selling it. Therefore having it sit in a garage (maintained) for almost 14 years was not a big deal for me.
now I’m finally ready to get this guy on the road. Fresh oil, coolant, fluids, tires, new battery etc…..still gotta deal with the emissions test.
Went to the dealership and pulled service history which showed the voluntary recall /TSB for the software update regarding obd2 communication issues in 00-04 models was performed. I ran dme thru bmw scanner v1.4 and it’s coming up as the following version (see pic) is that in line with updated software post TSB?. I did notice there is no mileage shown on dme and live data button is grayed out if that matters. Also there seems to be a couple of internal error codes on the ghost memory. Is mileage stored in dme also? In addition to the IKE (cluster) and LCM (light module)?
where do I go from here? Would performing the tx inspection at the dealer be any different? I thought they all use the same state computers so having bmw specific dealer software wouldn’t help any would it? Somebody suggested it to me but I’m not buying it.
I really at a loss as to what to do next…,,I’ll probably end up towing the car to a dealership in the coming weeks to get the airbag recall done and just ask them to try to do the inspection and if it won’t connect to reflash or update software (if newer version is available) to see if that helps. I was thinking maybe this was caused by some botched tune the original owner did, but after looking at service records and dme user fields it looks like dme software was updated after I purchased car when I brought it in to replace window regulator under supplemental extended warranty. So it should have a fresh software copy in there no? Would that have overridden any funky tuning or programming previous owner did (if he did do that)
any words of advice on what to check next? (Besides putting it back into storage until 2029 when I can register it as a classic without the need for obd2 tests…..or converting it into a track car which I won’t do, I have another beater m3 for that) lol
background , purchased dream car ‘04 m3 6spd back in 2009 as a collector weekend car. After a year of driving it I was not able to pass texas emissions as the state computer could not connect to it. Basically the computer would say something along the lines of “trying to communicate” and it would just time out after 90 seconds stating communication could not be established. (Standard obd2 scanner connected fine , showed all systems nominal, emission systems checks complete and full drive cycle complete as well). I also checked glove box for blown fuses paying close attention to the dme/obd2/on board diagnostic fuses visually and with multimeter and all were good.
Had other projects going on, family and work assignments so car has sat in storage until now. Keep in mind, this was/is my dream car and I’m never selling it. Therefore having it sit in a garage (maintained) for almost 14 years was not a big deal for me.
now I’m finally ready to get this guy on the road. Fresh oil, coolant, fluids, tires, new battery etc…..still gotta deal with the emissions test.
Went to the dealership and pulled service history which showed the voluntary recall /TSB for the software update regarding obd2 communication issues in 00-04 models was performed. I ran dme thru bmw scanner v1.4 and it’s coming up as the following version (see pic) is that in line with updated software post TSB?. I did notice there is no mileage shown on dme and live data button is grayed out if that matters. Also there seems to be a couple of internal error codes on the ghost memory. Is mileage stored in dme also? In addition to the IKE (cluster) and LCM (light module)?
where do I go from here? Would performing the tx inspection at the dealer be any different? I thought they all use the same state computers so having bmw specific dealer software wouldn’t help any would it? Somebody suggested it to me but I’m not buying it.
I really at a loss as to what to do next…,,I’ll probably end up towing the car to a dealership in the coming weeks to get the airbag recall done and just ask them to try to do the inspection and if it won’t connect to reflash or update software (if newer version is available) to see if that helps. I was thinking maybe this was caused by some botched tune the original owner did, but after looking at service records and dme user fields it looks like dme software was updated after I purchased car when I brought it in to replace window regulator under supplemental extended warranty. So it should have a fresh software copy in there no? Would that have overridden any funky tuning or programming previous owner did (if he did do that)
any words of advice on what to check next? (Besides putting it back into storage until 2029 when I can register it as a classic without the need for obd2 tests…..or converting it into a track car which I won’t do, I have another beater m3 for that) lol
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