Auto Chip Aging Accelerates in Hot Climates

Re:Auto Chip Aging Accelerates in Hot Climates by Pet_Ant on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @12:34PM (#42452698)

I spoke with a BMW mechanic who said he wouldn't feel comfortable repairing his own car at his home garage because of specialised tooling they have now.

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Re:Auto Chip Aging Accelerates in Hot Climates by bluGill on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @12:59PM (#42453029)

I used to make third party scan tools. My advice is don't drive a BMW farther from a dealer than you will pay a tow back. Not that they are unreliable cars, but that our tools were far better than our competitors at BMW and I wouldn't give them a passing grade. (BMW writes their own tools). Of course I left that job in 15 years ago, maybe things have changed.

For other makes of cars third party scan tools work pretty well at diagnostics.

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