FRM3 REPAIR E70 2010 BMW X5

FRM3 repair.
Please, also make sure your battery is in good shape and perform a complete energy diagnosis before repairing or replacing the FRM.
This was my first attempt, after researching hours and hours and going through the procedure in my head many times before attempting. I advise you to become mentally comfortable with this procedure beforehand as well, especially if you’re just an enthusiast and not a professional technician.
The tool I used is just as much as a new FRM from the internet (not the stealer). A new unit might be a viable option especially if you expect to only do this once in your life.
But for you seasoned technicians like myself out there, it would be a good investment (as this is a common problem on the Exx vehicles between 2007-2012) and great cost savings for your customer.
Make sure the fuses are good and solid power and ground is present at the FRM (I like to use a test light to verify circuit integrity), also make sure there’s a healthy CAN signal before repairing or replacing the FRM. Correct any power/ground/can issues first!
VVDI PROG www.vxdas.com/...
DFLASH to EEE converter tlvps.tomvanlee...
FRM3 repair clip google: frm3 repair clip for VVDI prog

[@uswwt]

Thanks for the video. My x5 had some water intrusion. I disconnected and reconnect the battery and reconnected it. After that and the lighting system error message appeared. From reading online, the simple act of replacing the battery terminal is enough to fry the FRM3 module. VVID is expensive!! Xprog on the other hand is just $50. If you don't want to learn all of that, there are listing on ebay to do the fix for you for $50 + shipping.

[@hitektuning]

Yea in most cases, sending it out is cheaper and more convenient than doing this. And under severe time constraints, replacement is even better when cost isn’t in the equation. Yes vvdi is $500, but xprog is $1300 for the basic package. $50 for the xprog clone which I’ve personally had problems with (which is why I didn’t advertise it in this video) but it’s relatively the same process. Vvdi is a good tool with great support. I had choppy to no support with xprog clone. But yea I was just here to help anyone willing to tackle this themselves. I like diy for the experience and bragging rights haha.

[@melissamiller1751]

Great video,,can I send you mine to repair?

[@fuzzs8970]

Hi Thanks for your video. With your skills you showed, micro soldering wouldn't be difficult at all. Easy and not expensive with the right tools.

[@konstantinospapadopoulos7083]

The best !!!!! Thanks 😊🙏

[@JaimeMelendez131]

This is toooooo much info for me. just curious can i bring my truck to you?

[@hitektuning]

Yea I’m in Bay Area California.

[@harishu2162]

So i don’t need to change it. Just re prpgam

[@trevyytrevv5583]

Do you know where I can get the 12v power supply cable? My VVDI did not come with one Thanks

[@hi-tek3025]

I would reach out to the vendor or xhorse

[@Aliesm90]

How can we contact you direct?

[@geniusinnovations5268]

Good job,

[@hammaadahmed5395]

Hey i have vvd prog , but not able to download the program software from anywhere , have any tips?

[@hi-tek3025]

Their website should have it

[@djcip18]

After this proces can be coded frm module...? Did i see a lot frm after repair didnt support any conding...

[@hitektuning]

I never experienced coding issues after repair. I have heard stories of that, but can’t say first hand.

[@davidprochnow6658]

Where did you get the solderless clip? I can only find it for the cas4 module.

[@hi-tek3025]

eBay

[@wass006]

That's some complex stuff

[@MJIG135]

Great video, thanks for taking the time to do this. Would you be willing to offer your service if I shipped you mine to do the same thing? Thanks in advance.

[@hitektuning]

I encourage people to try and diy as much they can but yea sure you can send it! [e-mail]

[@muhammadazeemautoelectrati56]

Thanku so much bro 😘

[@dtechnic1469]

hı d flash 0 byte what is the problem read ok but 0 byte

[@hi-tek3025]

That means your frm eeprom is not corrupted. When the eeprom gets corrupted, the dflash gets populated. We use the dflash to regenerate the eeprom, then after we write the good eeprom back to frm, the dflash will be 0.

[@mdaf9331]

Thank you brother

[@kgnnoorkeys2230]

Bro one more video on bmw 2009 5 series on case model

[@hitektuning]

What you mean?

[@FilipexLaU]

Good job! What is the red film on the negative battery terminal?

[@hi-tek3025]

Thanks! It’s corrosion inhibitor. We elected to have it on both pos and neg terminals since it we happened to have it laying around.

[@alexlaverick6111]

Your turn signals still flash too fast

[@hi-tek3025]

One turn signal bulb was burnt out at the time. Hence the rapid flash on the left side.

[@dtechnic1469]

Hi. Thank you very much for the useful info. I'm new to X-prog and was wondering if you could assist. I am getting a 0x0: screen after reading the d-flash. I purchased X-prog V6.12 but can't get past this point. your assistance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[@hi-tek3025]

Sorry for late reply. But the dflash only gets populated when the eeprom is corrupted. We use the dflash to regenerate the eeprom. You may have a hardware fault or are not reading the frm correctly.

[@stephendavidson2925]

Do you have a link to the pin clip you used?

[@luv_xxx2770]

this will repair all frm data