2nd Gen R56 Cooper S R56 DME Failure Questioned

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  1. Dave.0

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    #21 Dave.0, Feb 26, 2014
    Wow big bucks for that issue but I am happy you got your ride running again.
     
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    #22 Nathan, Feb 26, 2014
    That must of been no fun to track down. Glad you are up and running again.
     
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    #23 Zapski, Feb 26, 2014
    Wow, that's an ordeal!
     
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    #24 Jason Montague, Feb 26, 2014
    :cornut: DME that went bad. Just one of the 'too numerous to count' things that went wrong on MINI Margi(08 R56 BRG MCS/JCWm) but fortunately with the 50kmi warranty was paid for by MINI. I had forgotten about that.:Thumbsup:

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    #25 TBO2Go, Feb 27, 2014
    I guess the lesson learned was that I should have spent the $265 to tow the mini back to the dealer instead of taking it to my local BMW mechanic. The dealer has the ability (and they really did this) to take a DME and CAP out of a used mini on the lot and try it in the car to see if that was the fix (let alone a warehouse of mini parts to try out) where the local mechanic did not have that luxury.
    My real beef is with GoECU in Texas who said that the processor on the DME had failed which was the deciding factor to pull the $1500 trigger on a new DME. The old DME is still in the car and running fine and I now have a very expensive paperweight on my desk.

    Just glad to get to the bottom of this (just like my savings account :)

    Happy Motoring!
     
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