[huesey1974]

Hi,
I'm looking for the best remedy to this fault as my 2007 E93 335i currently will not start and has been abandoned, The warning is amber but it will not disengage. Please help.
Thanks

[ctuna]

There us a DIY on this topic in the DIY or maint
section . You can sometimes get it to go by jiggling
the wheel with the ignition on . Basicly the ELV is
not designed to last and you have to remove the upper
steering column and replace it or clean the mechanism
and or there is a spoofing device that will bypass it .
There is a software counter that allows you a certain number
of trys before it goes red then the car can't be started until
the counter is reset with and external programmer.

https://www.avtotools.com/index.php?productID=437

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...&highlight=ELV

[huesey1974]

Hi,
thanks for the info, I have ordered an emulator.
cheers

[ctuna]

You should still clear the software counter

[huesey1974]

Will do, Thanks

[ctuna]

From entry 73 in the long thread

If you have completed this DIY (thanks yakev724) and still get that pesky yellow warning light, I found a way to clear it (credits to Micha from the German e60-forum.de). Apparently the ELV has an internal counter that causes the yellow (and red?) warning light to display. This counter can be reset using EDIABAS ToolSet32. The count is stored in the CAS and needs to be cleared in CAS and ELV. Load CAS.prg in ToolSet32 and run the commands "steuern_elvcounter_cas_loeschen" and "steuern_elvcounter_elv_loeschen".
This procedure may even unlock the locked steering column with red warning light, but I haven't had the red light since I performed the DIY. I'm assuming this because after my steering column was locked and I had towed my car to an indy shop, the mechanic was able to unlock it by "resetting" something.