ASC & ABS Lights on
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You Could put a shout out on here for someone local to you with a scanner as many will help a Zer in distress,
Your avatar doesn't give us a clue what area you in.
Look on the internet there's plenty to choose from at around £15 upwards. If doing all your own maintenance then a good one is a god send, basic ones will allow you to read and then reset to see if it's a fault that has to be dealt with asap. Your. Z3 has two location for scan reader connection, one under the bonnet which will allow most info from the vehicle and one under the steering wheel OBD2 which will only give engine faults. So to do a complete scan you'll need a adapter for the under bonnet connector.
You'll need a scanner that can read ABS etc as some don't.!!!!!!!!!!
The adapter, this one under a £5. Two readers both under £30. All on ebay.
It's your choice how much info you think you could deal with from a scanner, most cheaper ones are pretty user friendly and easy to use.
Had one similar for my Z3 and couldn't live without it. Worth there weight in gold if you don't want to keep visiting
your local BMW agent. You could probably get a reader from your local car shop but the adapter might be a bit more elusive.
Hope this helps.
RHA,Roy.
Your avatar doesn't give us a clue what area you in.
Look on the internet there's plenty to choose from at around £15 upwards. If doing all your own maintenance then a good one is a god send, basic ones will allow you to read and then reset to see if it's a fault that has to be dealt with asap. Your. Z3 has two location for scan reader connection, one under the bonnet which will allow most info from the vehicle and one under the steering wheel OBD2 which will only give engine faults. So to do a complete scan you'll need a adapter for the under bonnet connector.
You'll need a scanner that can read ABS etc as some don't.!!!!!!!!!!The adapter, this one under a £5. Two readers both under £30. All on ebay.
It's your choice how much info you think you could deal with from a scanner, most cheaper ones are pretty user friendly and easy to use.
Had one similar for my Z3 and couldn't live without it. Worth there weight in gold if you don't want to keep visiting
your local BMW agent. You could probably get a reader from your local car shop but the adapter might be a bit more elusive.
Hope this helps.
RHA,Roy.
I have one, where are you based ? Geoff
@Greybloke if your car is a pre facelift those scanners might not be able to access the ABS module. They don't work on either of my cars.
Mine is a BMW NPNA installed in my laptop
Greybloke
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Kidderminster Geoff. But they have gone out now. They seem to stay on 20 - 30 mins then go out they've done 3 or 4 times now
@gookah has something similar...I think...and I think he'll correct me if I'm wrong...
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I have it and its actually INPA, if you wan to google it, you can get it off t'internet with cables for about £15.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/For-BMW-...386840?hash=item2151171098:g:U~AAAOSwiOZcQQbg
needs a windows laptop, not sure if this does prefacelift , but is what I have for facelift car
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/For-BMW-...386840?hash=item2151171098:g:U~AAAOSwiOZcQQbg
needs a windows laptop, not sure if this does prefacelift , but is what I have for facelift car
INPA I knew it was something like that and it has been used on both my 98 1.9 pre face lift and on my 2002 3L. Geoff
Forgot to say that we are a bit far a part for a quick loan as I am in Somerset
Your problem sounds like a bad/dirty connection on wheel sensors but I am no expert just what I have picked up from my own problems