Autel IM608 BMW Car List, IMMO and Diagnosis Test Report

Autel MaxiIM IM608 is a very good tool to cover bunch of different brands incl. “high end” Benz, Bmw, VW, etc.. Also you have additional diagnostic side for modules coding, programming or cloning if possible.

IM608 hasn’t had any problem with BMW CAS systems, though ISTAP update you should still remove the module (it has the option to downgrade but you usually remove the module and program that way with 64 attempts to catch rolling code).

Part I: BMW immo car list

First of all, check IM608 BMW IMMO function list attached below:

Help :

●All support OBD method
○Part of the models support OBD method
■All support on-bench/boot method
□Part of the models support on-bench/boot method
△Not Required/Not Supported

Model	Year	System	Add Key	All Key Lost	Read password	Remote learning	IMMO part replacement
1 series	2003/02-2011/06	CAS2	●	●	●	△	CAS2, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
1 series	2006/02-2013/10	CAS3	●	○□	●	△	CAS3, EGS, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
1 series	2010/07-2020/02	FEM/BDC	■	□	■	△	FEM, EGS, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
2 series	2012/10-2020/02	FEM/BDC	■	□	■	△	FEM, EGS, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
3 series	1981/12-2006/08	EWS	■	■	■	●	△
3 series	2004/02-2013/10	CAS3	●	○□	●	△	CAS3, EGS, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
3 series	2011/02-2019/07	FEM/BDC	■	□	■	△	FEM, EGS, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
4 series	2012/11-2019/06	FEM/BDC	■	□	■	△	FEM, EGS, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
5 series	1987/03-2004/09	EWS	■	■	■	●	△
5 series	2001/12-2005/09	CAS2	●	●	●	△	CAS2, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
5 series	2005/10-2010/05	CAS3	●	●	○□	△	CAS3, EGS, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
5 series	2008/09-2017/02	CAS4	●	●	○□	△	CAS4, EGS, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
6 series	2002/05-2005/07	CAS2	●	●	●	△	CAS2, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
6 series	2005/08-2010/07	CAS3	●	○□	●	△	CAS3, EGS, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
6 series	2009/10-2018/09	CAS4	●	○□	●	△	CAS4, EGS, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
7 series	1985/10-2001/07	EWS	■	■	■	●	△
7 series	2000/02-2008/07	CAS1	●	●	●	△	CAS1, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
7 series	2007/06-2015/05	CAS4	●	○□	●	△	CAS4, EGS, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
8 series	1989/07-1999/05	EWS	■	■	■	●	△
8 series	2017/11-2020/02	FEM/BDC	■	□	■	△	FEM, EGS, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
I series	2013/01-2020/01	FEM/BDC	■	□	■	△	FEM, EGS, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
X1	2008/09-2015/06	CAS3	●	○□	●	△	CAS3, EGS, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
X1	2014/11-2019/06	FEM/BDC	■	□	■	△	FEM, EGS, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
X2	2016/10-2019/06	FEM/BDC	■	□	■	△	FEM, EGS, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
X3	2003/01-2010/08	EWS	■	■	■	●	△
X3	2009/06-2017/08	CAS4	●	○□	●	△	CAS4, EGS, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
X3	2017/02-2019/06	FEM/BDC	■	□	■	△	FEM, EGS, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
X4	2013/05-2018/03	CAS4	●	○□	●	△	CAS4, EGS, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
X4	2017/06-2019/06	FEM/BDC	■	□	■	△	FEM, EGS, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
X5	1998/10-2006/09	EWS	■	■	■	●	△
X5	2006/02-2013/06	CAS3	●	○□	●	△	CAS3, EGS, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
X5	2012/08-2020/02	FEM/BDC	■	□	■	△	FEM, EGS, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
X6	2007/01-2014/06	CAS3	●	○□	●	△	CAS3, EGS, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
X6	2013/09-2020/02	FEM/BDC	■	□	■	△	FEM, EGS, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
Z1	1988/07-1991/06	EWS	■	■	■	●	△
Z3	1994/12-2002/06	EWS	■	■	■	●	△
Z4	2002/01-2008/08	EWS	■	■	■	●	△
Z4	2008/01-2016/08	CAS3	●	○□	●	△	CAS3, EGS, DME/DDE(Partly supported)
Z8	1998/12-2003/07	EWS	■	■	■	●	△

IM608 is ideal for CAS2 CAS3 CAS3+ CAS4 CAS4+ and FEM/BDC, for EWS, a cheap AK90 could be a better choice.

Part II: IM608 BMW Video review

Yesterday, obdii365.com engineers made 3 BMW videos of IM608, one is to use IM608 & XP400 to read BMW key info and frequency; another is to use IM608 & MaxiFlash JVCI J2534 to diagnose BMW; and one to use Autel IM608 & XP400 to read / write EEPROM.

Use Autel IM608 & XP400 to read BMW Hitag Pro 49 key info and frequency

00:06-00:11: Use USB cable to connect XP400 to Autel IM608.

00:13 -00:46: Tap “Programmer -> “Version Information” -> “Key” -> “Key read & write” -> Insert a BMW key into the hole of XP400 -> Automatic selection.

00:48 – 00:54: tap “Key ID”.

00:56: Tap “Read key information”.

01:22 -01:40: Tap “Remote detection” -> “Frequency detection”.

Use Autel MaxiIM IM608 & MaxiFlash JVCI to diagnose BMW X1 F49 2017

00:00 -00:23: Use OBDII cable to connect MaxiFlash JVCI J2534 Reprogrammer to the BMW OBD2 port. Wait until the Power indicator lights up green.

00:23 -00:26: The Communication indicator lights up blue (which means J2534 box is connected with IM608 successfully.

00:27 – 00:30: Tap “Diagnostics”, search “BMW” -> Accept.

00:35- 00:48: Tap “Automatic Selection”.

00:49 -01:11 : Confirm vehicle information.

01:12 -01:16 : The car indicator of J2534 box turn green (when communicating with the car) and turn off (after reading the car successfully).

01:19 -01:42 : Tap “Diagnostic” -> Auto Scan -> DME,ABS… ->

01:42 – 02:39: Tap “BDC” -> Read codes ->

Use Autel IM608 & XP400 to read / write EEPROM

00:00 -00:02: Use Autel IM608 & XP400 to read / write EEPROM.

00:06 -00:14: Insert the EEPROM adapter into the XP400.

00:14 – 00:28: Tap “Programmer” -> Chip (EEPROM, MCU, ECU) – > Chip read & write -> EEPROM -> ATMEL -> AT93C46 -> EEPROM.

00:29 – 00:40: Tap “Read” -> Save.

00:41 – 00:51: Tap “Write”, it will be soon written successfully.

Alright, thank you for reading! Hope the above 4 videos help you fully understand what Autel IM608 can work, when or how to use it with XP400 or MaxiFlash JVCI J2534 Reprogrammer.

Here is the collection of Autel IM608 BMW key programming test reports.

BMW Mini Cooper 2001 EWS enable/disable key with working key with IM608