Hello all,

Got a problem. My Hood Open alert and chime keep coming up, but the bonnet is closed. If I stop, open and close it hard, and then start driving again it will come right back on. Yesterday in two hours of errand running it went on and off *thirteen times*. It usually comes on for 5-15 seconds, switches off, and then a few minutes later it comes back.

I took it in to the shop and we replaced both of the sensors for $320 and it didn't change anything. They've checked the wiring, all looks good. Next step they say is to *try* replacing the Body Domain Control Module, which is currently backordered with no ETA. It's VIN specific so once I order it I can't return it, and it will cost $850 parts and labor. Obviously this is a lot to spend to silence an annoying jingle, but I track the car and don't want it coming on in the middle of that.

BimmerCode can't access Hood Open and none of the coding tools at the shop can touch it either. Anyone out there know anything about coding the warning out entirely? This is a heavily modified car already, well past it's warranties, and I wouldn't mind just shutting the warning off entirely.

Any help here would be AMAZING. I will go nuts if I have to keep driving this car where it's jingling at me all the time. I will crash the car out of spite eventually.

THANKS

 

I have no answer but I'm paying attention to this post. my hatch warning came on couple times when I know irt was definately shut. opening & closing seems to do the job for now. & that is on my hatch not my bonnet.

 

First, get your $320 back. If they replaced a part, and it didn't fix it, why are you liable?

Why didn't the test the circuit by bypassing the hood sensors? That would have confirmed, or ruled out the switch.

Unplug them, light should go away.

 

Did anybody ever figure this out? Because I'm trying to just remove my hood because it's funny and I can't get this damn thing to shut up and I've pulled everything I could think of and still can't find the right sensor that controls the hood. If I can find the sensor I can loop the sensor with a resistor and trick a car but I haven't been able to figure out which one it is. Anyone actually pull this off in a mini?

Seen bmw guys do this but it seems that they have a different latching system as far as the sensors and wiring goes so it doesn't really help me.

It also doesn't seem that like I can code this out with bimmer or anything else... Open to any suggestions. Including somehow wedging my actual latch from my old hood into the locking mechanism but I haven't figured out how to make that work either. And all I want is for my car to look mad Max style and it's driving me crazy.

 

I never found a way to code it out, but I kinda screwed myself. I retrofitted the new digital dash into my 2016 F56, and it's blocking communication with my OBD scanner, so now I can't use BimmerCode at all anymore. FML.