bought former police car - how to find out if its "chipped"

by **ibellic78** » Mon Jan 25, 2021 12:29 am

Hi,

i have bought a 530d which was former owned by the german police. I want to find out if it is chipped.

So i have a plan.
a) find out hw and sw number of my ecu.
b) find a original damos
c) bitcompare those to files

Do you have another plan?

How can i find out hw and sw of my ECU?

I have ISTA+, ESYS, INPA with ENET.

by **tizz** » Mon Jan 25, 2021 10:15 am

Read map and post it here.

by **ibellic78** » Wed Jan 27, 2021 2:39 pm

How do i read the maps the easiest way - and do i need to damos them? Because i dont have a damos for my car yet.

by **ibellic78** » Wed Jan 27, 2021 5:18 pm

Cant edit post above. So sry for double Post. Should i use BMW Coding Tool? Would like to use MPPS but I dont get what cabel i need for MPPS + i already got BMW coding tool

by **Pukis** » Wed Jan 27, 2021 7:13 pm

ibellic78 wrote:Cant edit post above. So sry for double Post. Should i use BMW Coding Tool? Would like to use MPPS but I dont get what cabel i need for MPPS + i already got BMW coding tool

Post ecu label - hard to suggest not knowing what you have.

by **Shooting** » Thu Jan 28, 2021 12:31 pm

ibellic78 wrote:Hi,

i have bought a 530d which was former owned by the german police. I want to find out if it is chipped.

So i have a plan.
a) find out hw and sw number of my ecu.
b) find a original damos
c) bitcompare those to files

Do you have another plan?

How can i find out hw and sw of my ECU?

I have ISTA+, ESYS, INPA with ENET.

All Police cars are on a lease hire or hire purchase, it will invalidate any warrantee by chipping them.
This is the official response from the police.

wbr

by **ibellic78** » Tue Feb 02, 2021 1:11 pm

Shooting wrote:
ibellic78 wrote:Hi,

i have bought a 530d which was former owned by the german police. I want to find out if it is chipped.

So i have a plan.
a) find out hw and sw number of my ecu.
b) find a original damos
c) bitcompare those to files

Do you have another plan?

How can i find out hw and sw of my ECU?

I have ISTA+, ESYS, INPA with ENET.

All Police cars are on a lease hire or hire purchase, it will invalidate any warrantee by chipping them.
This is the official response from the police.

wbr

I am positive that this is not true. The car i own was in possesion of the state for 55 month (not a normal duration for leasing) - and it was modified as the document for the german TÜV states. It s not listed whats exactly modifyed as it is classified (black bar). but eg the professional navi is not part of the original delivery. Further the seats are retrofit. And ofcourse they had their radiostuff installed and removed for sale (some drilled holes and a left over microphone at the mirror).
As it is faster than the technical datasheet says it should be I really would like to dig deep.
Wouldnt it be great to find the maps?

by **Shooting** » Tue Feb 02, 2021 9:06 pm

ibellic78 wrote:
Shooting wrote:
ibellic78 wrote:Hi,

i have bought a 530d which was former owned by the german police. I want to find out if it is chipped.

So i have a plan.
a) find out hw and sw number of my ecu.
b) find a original damos
c) bitcompare those to files

Do you have another plan?

How can i find out hw and sw of my ECU?

I have ISTA+, ESYS, INPA with ENET.

All Police cars are on a lease hire or hire purchase, it will invalidate any warrantee by chipping them.
This is the official response from the police.

wbr

I am positive that this is not true. The car i own was in possesion of the state for 55 month (not a normal duration for leasing) - and it was modified as the document for the german TÜV states. It s not listed whats exactly modifyed as it is classified (black bar). but eg the professional navi is not part of the original delivery. Further the seats are retrofit. And ofcourse they had their radiostuff installed and removed for sale (some drilled holes and a left over microphone at the mirror).
As it is faster than the technical datasheet says it should be I really would like to dig deep.
Wouldnt it be great to find the maps?

You'll find the mods are for police purpose only. GPS ANPR systems etc....
Engine for most forces are never modified as it effects the warrantees etc..
UK lease/hire until destruction and they are retired after an agreed period to a value,
then sold off or returned to lease company who then sells them off.
European forces tend to follow this also, Germany for example.

Wbr

by **Kaiga** » Wed Feb 24, 2021 9:30 pm

You need a tool for readout the ecu file, and a editor likes WinOLS, the original File, and have to compare the readout file with the original. To see if changes done.

You dont need, Damos