Hi, all,
Thought I'd mention my experiences with the Motoscan app to reset the service indicator on my 2013 C650GT.
There aren't any BMW dealers in the town where I live so it would be at least a half day wasted, not to mention an eye-watering amount of money just to get BMW to reset the service indicator. I did look at the GS-911, but that's a silly amount of money, so I looked around for other possibilities. A few people on here had mentioned the Motoscan app, but nobody had posted any personal experiences with it so I was a bit wary, but eventually decided to give it a go.
I already had a cheap ELM-327 OBDII / bluetooth dongle that I'd bought for a job on my wife's car, and I found a chinese adapter cable on eBay for about £12. After checking that I could connect to the ECU with the Lite version of the app, I bought the pro version for about £23. I successfully reset the next service due date and the next service mileage, and after switching the ignition off and on, the indicator had gone out.
The whole thing took no more that a few minutes. Result!
For reference, my OBDII adapter looks like this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/173828766303
and the adapter cable is: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303072929909
I guess you guys on the other side of the pond will find something similar on eBay.com.
Hope this helps someone.
Mike
Thought I'd mention my experiences with the Motoscan app to reset the service indicator on my 2013 C650GT.
There aren't any BMW dealers in the town where I live so it would be at least a half day wasted, not to mention an eye-watering amount of money just to get BMW to reset the service indicator. I did look at the GS-911, but that's a silly amount of money, so I looked around for other possibilities. A few people on here had mentioned the Motoscan app, but nobody had posted any personal experiences with it so I was a bit wary, but eventually decided to give it a go.
I already had a cheap ELM-327 OBDII / bluetooth dongle that I'd bought for a job on my wife's car, and I found a chinese adapter cable on eBay for about £12. After checking that I could connect to the ECU with the Lite version of the app, I bought the pro version for about £23. I successfully reset the next service due date and the next service mileage, and after switching the ignition off and on, the indicator had gone out.
The whole thing took no more that a few minutes. Result!
For reference, my OBDII adapter looks like this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/173828766303
and the adapter cable is: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303072929909
I guess you guys on the other side of the pond will find something similar on eBay.com.
Hope this helps someone.
Mike