Month: May 2020

Hello again, I hope you’re all still staying well and staying safe. Just to update you all on my plans for the next wee while. It’s looking likely that there’ll be no possibility of any overnight trips – unless you’re a No.10 spad, of course – until as late as August, and if you’ve already…
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With more people taking advantage of lockdown and not using their cars, we are servicing more and more mail order enquiries. In most cases we need the immobiliser module out of the car in order to program your new key and supply it by mail order and I think it’d be helpful to explain the…
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E53 X5 EWS Module Removal The EWS module is basically the immobiliser. On the E53 X5, it is mounted to the right hand side under the steering column. It’s pretty easy to get to. There’s a piece of vertical trim around the bonnet release lever. Pull that away. Then undo the three screws along the…
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E46 EWS module removal. One of the easier ones. Open the cubby box next to the steering wheel. Remove the two screws at the top. Give it a sharp tug and pull the complete box out. Feel inside and up to the right, you’ll feel the module lying horizontally bolted to the top surface from…
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E39 EWS module removal. It’s under the steering column. Prise off the trim on the right hand side below the cluster. Undo the screws revealed under the trim. Undo the screws above the pedal box securing the cubby box. With a fine knife or very small screwdriver prise off the cover of the screw on…
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