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      01-03-2013, 04:05 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by simonchs View Post
I've installed the M performance brake without DSC retrofit encoding, so far don't have noticeable problem.
But if BMW says the car must be coded, if could only mean one of two things. First, to VO must be updated to indicate that the feature has been added to the car. Or, it may mean that some ECU somewhere needs to know what kind of brakes are installed in order to function. It could conceivably be the ABS or even DSC/DTC systems.

Even the battery in these cars has to be coded. If you stick in a new battery and the car thinks the old one is installed, it overcharges and eventually fries the new battery.

Bottom line: if BMW says the car has to be coded, it has to be coded.
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