The Alpina B3 flash has been a huge success so far for performance gains as well as fixing many issues that has plagued the N54 platform for years. It has undoubtedly given the performance gains in which everyone could enjoy. The only minor glitch during the flashing was on new model years in which once the car is flashed the paddle shifters now longer worked, unlike the earlier build model years which didn't exhibit this. This was quite bothersome to me so I had to find a fix as it seemed unthinkable it wouldn't work. The test mule used was a 06/09 build in which Wedge1967 and I helped to fix via Team Viewer because the car was bricked and inoperative due to a botched configuration and files..After many hours getting the car back to life we flashed it to the Alpina B3 flash, and ofcourse the paddle shifters no longer worked. I went back the next morning to work on getting the paddle shifters to work...Here is your solution!
You guys need to use NCSexpert and have the latest SPdaten 48.1 loaded up to both NCSexpert and Ediabas. There are tons of literature on this so do a search on it. If you not comfortable doing this or the actual coding, you can find a local coder and pay to have this coded....
Warning: If you dont have the Spdaten 48.1 udated correctly after doing this coding the car will be Dead!!!
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There are 3 Parts to this DIY to get the paddles working after Flashing the Alpina B3 flash
******PART 1******
0-Start ignition with cluster lights on
1-Load NCSexpert
2-File (choose your coding file the one that manipulate the FSW_PSW) click ok
3-(F1) Vin/ZCS/FA
4-(F3) SG ausw
5-Choose E89 chassis click ok
6-Choose CAS click ok
7-(F6) Back
8-(F4) Read ECU and pick EGS module click ok
9-wait till nettodat file pops up and then close it out
10-goto work folder and open FSW_PSW.TRC file
11-You will see this and we want to find PADDLES and change wert_00 to wert_01
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12- Save the file you just edited as FSW_PSW.man
13-go back into NCSexpert
14-(F2) Change job and find SG_coderign
15-(F3) Execute JOB
16-Close out the NCSexpert software
******PART 2******
Go back to Part I
This time we want to change PADDLES back to wert_00 on step 9
******PART 3******
1-Load NCSexpert
2-File choose EXPERTMODE
3-(F1) Vin/ZCS/FA
4-(F3) SG Ausw
5-Choose E89 chassis click ok
6-Choose CAS
7-(F6) Back
8-(F4) Read ECU
9-Choose EGS and click ok and wait till nettodat file pops up then close it
10-(F3) Execute Job
11-Close out NCSexpert
12-Shut off car take key out and lock the door
13-Start the car
At this point 3 things can happen:
**A)There are no errors and the car starts fine and the paddles are working and your happy!
**B)The car starts but then when you drive off, the shifting of gears are all screwy and changing correctly.
**C)The car starts but you get the dreaded GEAR error and it wont even go into drive at all..
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If you have either B or C then you issue is the update of the Spdaten 48.1 was incorrectly done...Go back and check installation and start again
I have worked long and hard to get this Alpina B3 flash to where it is now so everyone can enjoy this without any glitches. If you feel that my DIY on Winkfp for flashing Alpina B3 flash and this DIY helped in anyway, and you would like to make a small contribution for my efforts, I would be grateful and appreciate it..If not thats cool too.
My paypal addy is
ccnoner@aol.com
Enjoy the flash!
