Tuesday, 21 May 2019

2000 BMW 528i (E39) 2000 BMW 528i (E39) 2000 BMW 528i (E39) Technical Service Bulletin # 090299 Date: 990401


MRS III - Diagnosis Seemingly Not possible



Group 09



Programming/Coding Explanations



Bulletin Number



09 02 99



Woodcliff Lake, NJ



April 1999



Product Engineering



This bulletin is also issued in Group 72 (Safety Restraint Systems), S.I. bulletin 72 06 99, the contents of which are identical.



SUBJECT:



E39 MRS III Diagnosis



MODEL:



E39



Situation:



266



MRS III diagnosis is seemingly not possible on E39s produced 3/99 and later with CD17 or earlier (16.1,16.0, etc.).



Cause:



CD17 software error



Vehicles Affected:



E39 produced 3/99 and later(MRS III)



Correction:



Using CD17 only, manually identify the vehicle as a 3/99 USA E38 and proceed with the normal diagnosis.



Software with be corrected in CD18.