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      11-05-2019, 03:08 AM   #1
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Strange ECU

Put my G30 530i in to get an ECU retune.
Apparently my car has a different ECU than the usual G30.
Now some company in Italy is writing a program to access my ECU as no existing software is compatible with my ECU.

Has anyone got any info on why my car would have a different ECU?
Why would BMW make a small amount of cars differently?
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Is it newish? Presumably just part of evolving the car. They make software changes recently so why not to a ecu? Possibly for latest emissions regulations?
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      11-05-2019, 12:34 PM   #3
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that is odd, when is your produced?
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2017 build.....was only compliance plate for sale in Australia July 2019.
bought it brand new July this year.
Apparently there was 45 of them sitting in a warehouse at BMW somewhere untill a dealer bought them all this year.
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