I'm been told on another thread that you can defeat the TPMS sensor warning (so as to remove them) using VO coding.
I've been doing some research, But I just can't figure out exactly what this is or howe to do it. Evidently I need to "remove" 2VB, but I don't even know what VO coding is.

Can someone point me to an article or video that explains this clearly, including any hardware / software needed?
Or maybe just outline it here?
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Also, will this in fact mean the sensors can be removed, or do you keep them installed and they simply no longer trigger a warning?

Thx.

 

VO coding essentially is like a blueprint for the car to tell it what options/features are installed. It’s a way of ensuring that all affected systems in the car know what the car has or doesn’t have. It’s not for the feint of heart if you’ve no experience with coding (it goes well beyond what you can do with apps like BimmerCode). If you remove the option code for the TPMS, you can remove the sensors altogether if you wish, as the car won’t know it has a TPMS system once you remove the option code.

 

Thanks, NB. Great to know they can be removed.
I'm swapping wheels this week, and would rather deal with this first, obviously.

Now I have to figure out how to do it. I asked my mechanic, but he has no idea.

 

If you search in this forum for coding stuff, you’ll find some folks who will do the coding remotely. It’s honestly worth it if you’re unfamiliar with the process and don’t have the proper hardware and software.

 

That would be great, NB.
- but I did search, and can find nothing.

If someone does remote VO coding and reads this thread, please send me a pm. Thx.

 

No one?

 

You can do that with the Bimmerutility app. You'll need a wifi adapter and to familiarize yourself with VO coding. BMW forums are a great resource.
Alternatively to VO coding you can just toggle individual parameters in the DSC, NBT and Kombi modules.

 

Thanks, Kaiv. I recently got the hardware to do Bimmercoding and am starting to learn how to code various things. I haven't seen this one yet, but will look.


Regardless, what are the DSC, NBT and Kombi modules? I've never heard these terms before.