16 years on BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce electrics and software. I come to your driveway or shop and show you what's wrong before anything gets replaced.
BMW 2010+ · Mini 2010+ · Rolls-Royce 2007+Diagnostic visit: $200 flat, credited toward the repair.
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THE PARTS CANNON
MEASURE FIRST
Brakes or an oil change? A general shop is the better call, and I'll tell you if that's all your car needs.
Complex, intermittent and non-standard faults in electronic systems and the digital data buses (CAN, LIN, FlexRay, MOST), and in the wiring itself: parasitic drains, water damage, chewed or brittle harnesses.
Programming, resetting, pairing and recoding control units of any complexity: powertrain, transmission, comfort modules, body electronics and multimedia.
Full-cycle adaptation and synchronization of both new and used control units, component protection removal, and configuration to the specific car.
Retrofitting genuine options and factory equipment, and activating hidden features, navigation and multimedia systems.
B2B support for independent shops, specialist services and body shops that need a BMW electrical and software expert, on site or on a subcontract basis. Most often module programming after a collision repair or a major rebuild.
Bench unlock of the engine control unit on 2020 and newer BMWs — required before it can be read, cloned or reprogrammed outside BMW's own software. $399 per module.
Repair of the FRM3 footwell module — the box behind dead lights, stuck windows and unresponsive signals on E-Series BMW and Mini. $200, comes back plug & play.
Diagnosis and repair of airbag, safety and driver-assistance systems — modules, sensors and the faults they leave behind after a hit.
High-voltage system diagnostics on BMW electric models. BMW EV / high-voltage trained.
The visit
Plain language, no jargon
Including anything intermittent, plus any codes or quotes you already have.
Wiring, connectors, grounds, voltage under load, checked against the factory diagrams for your chassis.
The specific point of failure, with a photo and the reading, before I quote anything.
If it is electrical, I fix it here and you approve the work first. If it turns out to be mechanical, I say so plainly.
Send the quote with the full work list, the fault codes, your VIN or model, and a photo of what the scanner showed. Free. I tell you whether it holds up — and if it does not, what I would actually do instead. Electrical, diagnostic and coding work only; for mechanical or body work I will say so and point you to the right kind of shop.
The work log
Rows are added as jobs are written up
On the bench
ONE TECHNICIAN, START TO FINISH
Factory-trained, 16 years on BMW diagnostics and programming. ASE Master Certified, BMW High-Voltage Specialist.
You talk directly to the technician, not a service writer.
Kirill
Straight answers
Sixteen years of BMW diagnostics and programming — BMW Master Technician, ASE Master Certified, BMW EV trained. And the check that matters more than any credential: I show you the fault on the schematic, with a measured reading, before you approve anything.
No. Mobile service — I come to the car, wherever it is parked. The diagnosis happens on the spot.
$200 flat, and that always gets you a definitive answer — the exact point of failure, a photo, the reading. If a case genuinely needs more time or teardown than a standard diagnostic, I tell you before doing it and we agree on a price first. If you go ahead with the repair, the diagnostic fee counts toward it.
You are paying for my time and expertise, billed the same either way. Intermittent faults are most of what I deal with — if the issue did not happen while I was there, or the fault memory was cleared before I arrived, there may be nothing left to find that visit. The most useful thing you can do before I come is leave the codes alone.
Twelve months on the specific point of failure I repaired. For coding, retrofits and DME unlock: if the work does not take within 30 days and nothing else was done to the car or that module meanwhile, I make it right at no charge.
BMW 2010 and newer, Mini 2010 and newer, Rolls-Royce 2007 and newer. No body work.
Then I say so. The diagnostic starts from your actual symptom, not from an assumption that everything is a wiring fault.
Yes — free. Send the quote with the full work list, the fault codes, your VIN or model, and a photo of what the scanner showed. I tell you whether it holds up; electrical, diagnostic and coding work only.
Yes, and deliberately so. Electrical, diagnostics, ECU programming and coding are the whole of it. Brakes, suspension and scheduled maintenance belong at a general shop, and I will say so when that is what the car needs.
Your choice where a choice makes sense — I lay out the original part against the alternatives and what each costs you. Electrical components are always the original part: a cheaper sensor or module is how the same fault comes back.
Yes. Bring the detailed history — what was measured, what was replaced — and ideally a way to reach that shop. A car someone already touched needs more context, not less.
Before anything gets fixed
You get more than my word. You get a photo of the actual fault, the connector, the reading and the point on the wiring diagram it traces to, before anything is quoted. Nothing gets repaired until you have seen it and approved the work.
Contact
Tell me the car and the symptom, as specific as you can: what happens, when, and what has already been tried. I reply with next steps and a slot.
Mobile service — I come to you.
Based in San Mateo. Mobile across the entire Bay Area: San Francisco, the Peninsula, South Bay, East Bay and Marin.
Call or text (760) 213-4631
