Anyone tried shipping your faulty E90 ABS Module for rebuild in UK/US?

[ContinentalGT]

Hi Guys. Has anyone tried shipping your faulty/jammed up ABS Module Pump to UK company like ecutesting or modulemaster in US?
I have got my ABS fixed so many times in USJ yet the problem re-occur after a year plus to two years. Since those in UK and US provides lifetime warranty or 5 years warranty, was thinking if it is worths shipping it. Has anyone tried it? Did custom tax anything on the parts?

Otherwise, is there anyone that can suggest me on where to fix it?

I am getting 5df0 and 5df1 error which says Hydraulic Unit Pump Failure and i have a 6 cylinder model.

 

[mamamia]

Hi,
I did send my faulty ABS Module Pump to ecutesting 4 years ago in 2014. Been working great till now.
Last time they charged me £195 + £60 for shipping it back. As for the custom tax, you can ask them to declare the value of it as £80 (Anything less than RM500 including shipping will not be taxed).
Once assembled back, apart from the normal bleeding, you need to do re-calibration on the ABS Module Pump itself.
I have been quoted RM2.5k to repair it locally before.
All the best, the only downside is your car will be immobilized for few weeks.

 

[ContinentalGT]

Hi,
I did send my faulty ABS Module Pump to ecutesting 4 years ago in 2014. Been working great till now.
Last time they charged me £195 + £60 for shipping it back. As for the custom tax, you can ask them to declare the value of it as £80 (Anything less than RM500 including shipping will not be taxed).
Once assembled back, apart from the normal bleeding, you need to do re-calibration on the ABS Module Pump itself.
I have been quoted RM2.5k to repair it locally before.
All the best, the only downside is your car will be immobilized for few weeks.

Hi Mamamia. Finally found 1 that actually did that. I have a few concerns to be honest.

1) I need to find a foreman that knows how to remove the ABS Pump.
2) I have to prepare an invoice for shipping to UK? Are you able to share with me about your own invoice and did u put it as few hundred bucks Auto Parts?
3) Once the item shipped back, i have to ask a foreman to install for me, then drive it slowly to the workshop to bleed the brakes + re-calibreation/re-programme. Are you able to share the cost for this process?

If possible, can u share with me the workshop/foreman that u used to do the items above? Or We can chat through PM.

I am willing to spend if the pump is really fixed forever. I do not want to send it to a local workshop that quote 2k+ but requires me to pay every year after the warranty period.

 

[mamamia]

Hi,
Hope these helps:
1) Removing and installing back the ABS Pump is quite straight forward (Can DIY) but the tricky part is the bleeding.
Last time I asked my friend who is well versed about automotive to do it. I just belanja him a nice dinner.
2) You only need a packing list. In the packing list, I wrote the description as "Auto Part send for repair" with a commercial value of £50. I just used my home address for it.
3) Yes, once received back the ABS Pump Module, need to install and bleed properly. Try to clear any error code that appeared. In my case, after installing the ABS Pump Module, new error code appeared which is DSC Fault, Calibration Required.
Initially I thought the guy at ecutesting didn't do a good job but upon further reading, it just required calibration.
For my car, I did my own calibration using ISTA software. I just followed this guy instruction:

http://www.bimmerforums.co.uk/forum/f125/bmw-dsc-abs-pump-recoding-calibrating-fitting-t327738/

All in, I only spend less than RM1,600 for everything which I consider cheap as they gave me a lifetime warranty for the repair work.
By the way, if I am not mistaken, it only happen to a pre-Lci e90 and somehow BMW already sorted it out for the Lci e90.
Another alternative is sourcing for a used 6-potter Lci ABS Pump Module which will be quite difficult.
Good luck.