Some may have seen a message posted earlier this week on "ESD Regelt" and my response about that message possibly indicating a fault in the check control module... well, as fate would have it, less than 24 hours after I posted that message, I got the same dreaded message! OK, time to take some of my own medicine. I pulled the check control module today and began to do some serious triage. For those who have cracked the cases on the CCM, you'll no doubt recognize a highly symetrical design. This is for a reason... there are about 30 separate, but identical test circuits in the
CCM that check everything from your brake lights to the key in the ignition.
Every single one of these test circuits is set up as what is known in the business as a "current loop". That means that the system sends a current through the closed loop of the and measures the voltage drop across a precision resistor. If the drop is out of range, you get an error. Not to difficult. Anyway, to debug my CCM, I took the cases off and put it back in the car and started the engine. Immediately I got the ESD Regelt error. Using my multi-meter, I started testing the voltage at the precision resistors. All were the same... accept for 1. Hmm. I pulled the CCM and put it on the bench. Again using the multi-meter, this time in ohms mode, I measured the precision resistors. Each bank of precision resistors has 4 2K ohm resistors and 1 1K ohm resistor... again, nice symmetry.
Problem was, one of my 2K ohm resistors was 2.7K ohms... since I did not have any spare precision resistor networks laying around, I instead calculated that an 8.2K ohm resistor in parallel with the suspicious 2.7K ohm resistor would bring the value back down to the required 2.0K ohms. 30 seconds of soldering and the new resistor was in place. I left the case off the CCM and plugged it back into the car. Hey, no more ESD-Regelt! I checked the voltages and all were exactly the same - as they should be.
Anyway, thought I would post this since this is one of those gremlins that could be hard to track and cure... it's sort of the analog to the capacitor fix for the cluster. Of course, this problem could have been solved by purchasing a new or refurbished CCM... but then again, we're all trying to keep that cost of ownership down! Kevin
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Rainman once said in an earlier posting:
If everything else checks out ok ,then its most likely the CCM or check control module which gives you those messages. Especially if the brake lights are working fine but you still get the message. Check this link back to Kevin (see link above) when he repaired it for the ESD regelt message. Same think applies to the brake light message. Also a number of people have gotten good results reflowing the solder on the board for the CCM as well. So I would open it up, inspect for microcracks in the solder joints, resolder as needed and then check the circuits as kevin did if needed.
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Here is a 16 page instruction from the German E34 board. Of course in German language. But no problem, the pics are easy to understand, where the CCM is located, how to remove it how to open it, where are the main points to check etc.
http://www.e34-welt.de/tips_tricks/R...0e34%20e32.pdfforgot: trailer light: that is if you have a tow hook and there must be a connection for the trailer light too.
Just resolder the CCM and all is fine then.
ESD your car does not have anyway.
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