BMW Dealer ECU reprogram

E90MTL · 09-24-2009, 09:53 AM

I had my HPFP changed this week and now my car feel noticably slower... wtf.

How can I tell if they reprogrammed my ecu, and more precicely which rev. AM I currently runnning. 30.3, 33.3???

Correct me if I am wrong in assuming that with a April 07' build date I was runing the non-doomsday, pre-29.2 programs ?? like 25.2

MyMorningBJ · 09-24-2009, 09:55 AM

They changed your hpfp, therefore you got the latest software.

E90MTL · 09-24-2009, 09:57 AM

Ok.. question du jour... HOW DO I GO BACK?

kirby135i · 09-24-2009, 10:06 AM

this happened to me last week...my def feels slower...what is the point to this latest SW?

mkPOTO · 09-24-2009, 10:18 AM

you wont be able to go back to old software, I asked my SA and basically BMW does upgrades on all the equipment and replaces it with the newest software, so basically your stuck

branabolic · 09-24-2009, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by E90MTL

Ok.. question du jour... HOW DO I GO BACK?

call Doc Brown, tell him to fire up the DeLorean and take you back to the day before you brought the car in for service!

RambleJ · 09-24-2009, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by MyMorningBJ

They changed your hpfp, therefore you got the latest software.

Wrong Answer!
I have had 3 hpfp's replaced and I am still on my original pre 29.2 software! If they updated your software there will be note of this process on your paperwork from the dealer.

mkPOTO · 09-24-2009, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by RambleJ

Wrong Answer!
I have had 3 hpfp's replaced and I am still on my original pre 29.2 software! If they updated your software there will be note of this process on your paperwork from the dealer.

really i didnt know that.. good info

roadkillrob · 09-24-2009, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by RambleJ

Wrong Answer!
I have had 3 hpfp's replaced and I am still on my original pre 29.2 software! If they updated your software there will be note of this process on your paperwork from the dealer.

+1 replaced my HPFP and didn't update the software at all, just did the pump and sent me home - no issues since.

If they did replace your software with a newer version, most people feel the latest version is pretty close to 29.2, but the options are to tune it, flash uses 29.2 as the base, or a procede or jb3 have lag fix and other tricks to fix the issues of the new software package

kirby135i · 09-24-2009, 01:22 PM

talked to my tech that replaced my hpfp...said they dont touch any sw on a hpfp replacement...so not sure why mine is slower (or feels slower).

thwgw24 · 09-24-2009, 01:51 PM

the current version is 34.?? I believe.

wfoE90 · 09-24-2009, 01:58 PM

34.2 is the new sw

RambleJ · 09-24-2009, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by kirby135i

talked to my tech that replaced my hpfp...said they dont touch any sw on a hpfp replacement...so not sure why mine is slower (or feels slower).

Maybe a transmission adaptation reset, is your car auto?.... If so, just pound on your car some (Closed course only ofcourse) and your car will get back into the swing of things.

kirby135i · 09-24-2009, 03:33 PM

no...its 6MT...he said since mine is 135i there isnt a new SW update for it...there is for 335i which he said customers have been complaining about turbo lag and they have moved them back to the prev version.

Octet · 09-24-2009, 04:22 PM

Sometimes its adaptation, I've found I needed quite sometime before the car
felt different after a HPFP install. Sometimes the software is upgraded.

kirby135i · 09-24-2009, 04:28 PM

well thats good to know...tech said they still are putting in the same ole POS hpfp...f***ing bs that they still using those.

JesusFrEAk · 09-24-2009, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RambleJ

Wrong Answer!
I have had 3 hpfp's replaced and I am still on my original pre 29.2 software! If they updated your software there will be note of this process on your paperwork from the dealer.

+1

I just recently had my HPFP replaced (24,000 miles) and they didn't so a software upgrade.

I also noticed immediately that the car felt sluggish so I took it back and complained. I spoke with the shop foreman and he told me it would take a while for it to be back to normal as the HPFP needs to "adapt". Hose were his words.

After a few days my car was a beast in stock form all over again. Throttle was definetely improved compared to when I was running an soon to fail pump.

JesusFrEAk · 09-24-2009, 05:51 PM

I suck with my iPhone

to many mispelled words!!

BobS · 09-24-2009, 06:02 PM

I think its in your head...

I got my HPFP replaced and they did the software upgrade, its noticably different, the idrive screen is silver instead of brownish like before and now it stays on whatever I had it on when i shut the car off. For instance i like to have my nav going and now it remembers when i start the car when before it would default to the menu page.

Anyway the car feels the same. I'm wondering if people with multiple failures are due to no software change? My tech said its the norm when replacing a HPFP.

midlife · 09-24-2009, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by BobS

I think its in your head...

I got my HPFP replaced and they did the software upgrade, its noticably different, the idrive screen is silver instead of brownish like before and now it stays on whatever I had it on when i shut the car off. For instance i like to have my nav going and now it remembers when i start the car when before it would default to the menu page.

Anyway the car feels the same. I'm wondering if people with multiple failures are due to no software change? My tech said its the norm when replacing a HPFP.

if your car felt the same after a sw upgrade - not trying to be a smart ass but: maybe you had lousy software before (like 29.2) ??

last year: the minute i got sw updated with 29.2 i had a fit ! damn lag was so noticeable. as u guys know 32.x and 33.x fixed this... but the newer 34.x is not supposed to be very good at all.

BobS · 09-24-2009, 07:58 PM

Mine is a early 07 model so maybe it is? According to the bmw service info for my car (i bought it cert. pre owned) this was the first software update. I don't notice any lag, never have.

E90MTL · 09-25-2009, 10:00 AM

OK, the verdict was thet the did a Transmission reset reprogram. "Trans. Reprog." so my 6AT will take some time to readapt. it's just a longhold before it downshifts... it's in a form of "economy" shift scheme, where it's always 1 gear higher than I'd like. So As my SA said... put my foot into it and it'll be back to normal soon.

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kirby135i Lieutenant 15 Rep 506 Posts Drives: bmw Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: here iTrader: (1)	talked to my tech that replaced my hpfp...said they dont touch any sw on a hpfp replacement...so not sure why mine is slower (or feels slower).
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kirby135i Lieutenant 15 Rep 506 Posts Drives: bmw Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: here iTrader: (1)	no...its 6MT...he said since mine is 135i there isnt a new SW update for it...there is for 335i which he said customers have been complaining about turbo lag and they have moved them back to the prev version.
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Octet Private First Class 11 Rep 173 Posts Drives: 335i, E90 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Portland, OR iTrader: (1)	Sometimes its adaptation, I've found I needed quite sometime before the car felt different after a HPFP install. Sometimes the software is upgraded.
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kirby135i Lieutenant 15 Rep 506 Posts Drives: bmw Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: here iTrader: (1)	well thats good to know...tech said they still are putting in the same ole POS hpfp...f***ing bs that they still using those.
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BobS Colonel 97 Rep 2,002 Posts Drives: M3 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Southern NJ iTrader: (0)	I think its in your head... I got my HPFP replaced and they did the software upgrade, its noticably different, the idrive screen is silver instead of brownish like before and now it stays on whatever I had it on when i shut the car off. For instance i like to have my nav going and now it remembers when i start the car when before it would default to the menu page. Anyway the car feels the same. I'm wondering if people with multiple failures are due to no software change? My tech said its the norm when replacing a HPFP. __________________ ESS 650 ACM-R Upgrades
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BobS Colonel 97 Rep 2,002 Posts Drives: M3 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Southern NJ iTrader: (0)	Mine is a early 07 model so maybe it is? According to the bmw service info for my car (i bought it cert. pre owned) this was the first software update. I don't notice any lag, never have. __________________ ESS 650 ACM-R Upgrades
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E90MTL Private First Class 20 Rep 197 Posts Drives: '07 E90 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Montreal iTrader: (1)	OK, the verdict was thet the did a Transmission reset reprogram. "Trans. Reprog." so my 6AT will take some time to readapt. it's just a longhold before it downshifts... it's in a form of "economy" shift scheme, where it's always 1 gear higher than I'd like. So As my SA said... put my foot into it and it'll be back to normal soon. __________________ E90 2007 335i, AW, 6AT/Step, Proceed V4, AFE CAI, Helix FMIC, Britalman Exhaust, 94oct all the time. Dyno - 433tq @ the wheel (Pump gas and stock DP's) Per vox illic est haud terminus
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