Oswiperus wrote:

This needs to be done with a charger/maintainer attached that is capable of pushing out 25 amps! The D3 uses an unbelievable amount of power when flashing.

Stu.

Disco_Mikey wrote:

Had exactly the same when programming a CJB with the Faultmate

Send me a PM this evening, if they have not responded, and ill forward them on to you

why send a pm just spit it out

Disco_Mikey wrote:

Luckily, I was sent CJB recovery instructions from another site sponsor, who has been extremely helpful in trying to rectify the situation.
Send me a PM this evening, if they have not responded, and ill forward them on to you

Yes, I, among many others, would be interested too how it's done...
We may learn what to avoid in order to not happen again on other's cars.
Why the secrecy?...

geoff. wrote:

why send a pm just spit it out

Likewise

I asked him to send me a PM to remind me to send them over, in case I had forgotten, or no-one replied, and I didn't see this thread again.

I was replying on my phone, where I can't copy and paste...

I wasn't "attacking" the Faultmate, as you put it. I was saying that I had exactly the same issue, with the same equipment. I'm sure you will even remember the phone call, asking for some advice

Someone else was kind enough to send me the recovery instructions a few days after, and I offered to share them, unless said person got to it before me...

alex_pescaru wrote:

Yes, I, among many others, would be interested too how it's done...
We may learn what to avoid in order to not happen again on other's cars.
Why the secrecy?...

See the first half of this reply

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Hi Mike



Maybe I can be of help here… the BCM is a bit tricky to recover after a failed re-flash but it is nearly impossible to brick it! Don’t waste your money away, we will do our best to get you out of there. This is a know issue, in fact there is a Land Rover technical bulletin describing this precise problem. Out of curiosity, is it the first time you have had this issue? The following is from the user manual, It was written after we had the same issue and found by trial and error what the problem was and it is mixed with the technical bulletin info`s.


Body Control ECU



Updating the BCM Body Control ECU adds the 3 turn flash feature. To work, It will also have to be enabled in the Car Configuration File (CCF).



Before updating the body control ECU, please read the following:



• Re-flashing the Body Control ECU takes around 2.5 minutes.

• Good electrical connections at the OBD connector and high enough battery voltage are both critical to the success of the BCM re-flash.

• If you do not have access to a power supply (Midtronic’s PSC-550 or equivalent), use jump cables and another vehicle with the engine running to supply current to the battery.

• Do not use a regular battery charger.

• Make sure you have plenty of time ahead before proceeding.

• If the re-flashing fails on the first attempt, fuse 15 and 16 of the engine fuse box will have to be removed quickly to prevent damages to latches or other devices controlled by the BCM. We strongly recommend loosening the fuses using pliers before updating the BCM. This way, it will be easier to remove both of them in case of a failure.

• If a failure occurred and a second attempt is needed, simply reconnect fuse 15. Once the re-flashing is completed, reconnect fuse 16.



The worst that could have happened that we know of (happened once before and on our D3) is that the lower cargo door latches could have been damaged, no BCM to replace… but the latches may have to be replaced. What happens is that when the BCM Re-flashing fails, some of its outputs can stay ON (this is whats damaging the latches motors), this created a voltage drop which prevents a diagnostic tool to re-flash it once again. Removing the fuses and installing fuse 15 will reduce the load and allow re-flashing.