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      03-27-2024, 06:15 AM   #795
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Originally Posted by hb7779 View Post
That’s what my suspicion is. I read through this threat multiple times and came to the same conclusion. My coder is Brandon Lewis from Nevada. I got his name from one if the G30 forums on Facebook. He is sticking to his view that I need a jumper where I cannot find any evidence of this claim. Inly evidence he can provide is bulletin from EU BMW which I know doesn’t apply to US. I am at a loss how to prove it to him that he needs to look at his coding. I have also sent a message to Vic.
Strange thing is my lights are behaving exactly like an EU car.
My money is on Vic to get you going in 15 minutes. Story, Vic coded my lights and then coded my rear fog light/switch. I noticed a minor anomaly (can't remember what it was) several months later when I was backing up in a parking lot at night and could see my brake lights reflecting off store window glass.

I reached out to Vic and he was out of pocket for the next week or so. In my impatience and off the charts OCD, I just wanted it fixed and made the mistake of having a different coder who said they knew what they were doing go in. He totally fucked up my coding and I was literally in the garage connected with him for 3 hours until 2AM when he declared it had to be a wiring issue.

I paid him and What's Apped Vic and came clean. Ironically he was available. Back in the garage at 2AM, he went in and fixed his mess and corrected the anomaly I was having in 15 minutes.

Lessoned learned. I reached out to the coder and told him Vic fixed it 15 minutes and he pleaded with me to let him go in and see the coding. No dice, that is Vic's intellectual property. He refunded my money.

Facebook is not the best place to find a coder. They are vultures on those groups looking for business.

It's 100% a coding issue if you wired it according to Euro's DIY.
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