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      08-15-2016, 11:29 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Reckamech
I took my 2011 X5 in for service and the independent shop advised that while they were scanning the vehicle for error codes the Footwell Module failed. He advised that this is a known issue and that the dealer should cover the part even tho it is out of warranty. Anyone have this happen to them?
Many cars received an 8yr/125k mile extended warranty on the FRM. They can literally fail just from scanning with the factory tool. It's a huge firmware problem that causes a memory overflow which in turn kills the module.
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