hey all, thinkin' OBD reader would be the way to go, went on EBAY & saw a whole bunch of stuff. couldn't find a V-Peak for coding a new batt.. can somebody narrow it down for me ? I'm not exactly in the 21st century !

 

look up Bimmerlink for your phone. They have a website with a preferred bluetooth ODB reader to connect it to.

 

Foxwell nt530 bmw/mini software.
https://www.foxwellstore.com/wholesa...iAAEgLjjvD_BwE

 

https://www.obdlink.com/products/obd...ref=bimmercode

Made for Bimmercode, and Bimmerlink.

This is the one Ive been using for the last 3 years:

They are self-pairing, so you only need to have Bluetooth active

 

well, Thanks Gents. I got some ciphering to do now. I need Bimmerlink for Batteries correct ? I'll work on that & then a reader. that'll knock my batt. bill down from $482 to around $300 for 1st one & then $240 thereafter

 

the foxwell with BMW/MINI load will handle registering a battery

unfortunately they say the model is out of stock at this time

https://www.foxwelltool.com/wholesal...installed.html

 

BimmerLink is also a code reader.
you can see and clear fault codes.

bimmercode only does function changes.

 

Is the Bimmerlink a yearly subscription? One of those, maybe Carly, changed to a yearly subscription charge which is why I went with the Foxwell.

 

Nope.

Ive also been getting regular upgrades on both Bimmerlink, and Bimmercode at no upgrade charge.

Carly has gone corporate, you can see it in the website, where nothing is revealed until you use their free trial, that
starts charging if you dont jump through hoops to cancel.

Support Stephen at Bimmer code/link