《BMW E60 M5 Hidden OBC Menu》.pdfVIP

BMW E60 M5: Hidden OBC Menu (OBC = On Board Computer) It appears that there is a hidden OBD menu which shows all sorts of weird and wonderful information. To access the menu follow these steps: 1. Ensure your engine is OFF but ignition is in stage 2. (For those with comfort access just press the start/stop button twice once in the car without your foot on the brake) 2.Press and hold the odometer reset button (from now on I shall just call it the button) for 6 seconds, during which it will show an oil icon: then a warning triangle: …keep holding and release when it shows: 01.__ FGSTNR Page 1 of 38 Created by scoopz () Version 1.0 3. After a second or two the 01.__ will be updated with 01.00 and the last 7 characters of your VIN/Chassis # will show: 01.00 FGSTNR CU12345 Make a note of the numbers, this is important as you will need them in a minute to unlock all the menus because at present you can only access menu 01.__, 02.__ and 19.__ 4. Now that you have made a note of your VIN number you need to add all the individual digits together so if your VIN was CU12345 Then you need to do: 1+2+3+4+5 = 15 This number [15 in this example] is you magic unlock number and is needed for step 6. 5. Press and hold the button for two seconds until it shows (press button 2 seconds) 01.__ 6. Whilst it is displaying 01.__ repeatedly press the button to cycle through the menu’s incrementally: 01.__ (press button) 02.__ (press button) 03.__ (press button) until you get to 19.__ at which point stop and wait for it to show 19.00 LOCK: ON CODE: 00 Now press the button repeatedly to increm