From vanishing displays to ghostly warning lights and modules that refuse to wake up, we uncover the shocking mysteries lurking in BMW’s wiring and electronics.
Some people like to live on the edge. They go skydiving. They drive at 300 km/h on the Autobahn. And then there’s this guy—who decided that ignoring a thermostat fault for a year was a perfectly fine way to maintain a 2018 BMW 750i.
The owner of a stunning, Tanzanite Blue diesel rocket M340d rang me up in a state of distress. His car had decided that his key no longer existed. The message on the iDrive screen? “Vehicle key not found.”
This is a story of a gremlin so elusive, so cunning, that it haunted a lovely 2013 F10 525d for over a year.
I just killed my 100th FRM module. Pop the champagne! Light the fireworks! Maybe even let out an evil laugh. Because last week, yet again, I witnessed the great Footwell Module Sacrifice of 2025.
