FOXWELL NT510 Elite Scan Tool fit for BMW Scanner Full Diagnostic Tool OBD2 Scanner, All System Bi-Directional Control Code Reader with All Reset Services, Battery Registration Tool fit for BMW MiniGlobal Recycled StandardGlobal Recycled StandardGlobal Recycled Standard

Amazing! Lots of features, worked out of the box before updates, auto scanned & identified my vehicle quickly! We own several BMW's , so having a BMW specific scan tool to give detailed info specifically for BMW codes was important for quick and accurate diagnosis instead of purchasing a generic "all makes" OBD II scanner. I love BMW's & currently own an E46 M3, E92 M3 & an F82 M4 and will probably own many others in the future. When I first got the E46 M3, I had the BMW specific Peake Research R5FCX3-16 which worked well for that generation of vehicle, but Peake seemed to have died off/stopped making products to support 2008+ models so I looked at other options incl BT tool, Schaben/Foxwell NT510, Carly, Carista, and a couple others which required connecting to a laptop.Based on reviews from various bmw forums (M3forum, bimmerforums, M3post, E90post, obdadvisor, etc) I narrowed down my choices. I use Apple/Mac & didn't want to be tied to a computer to diagnose any issues with my vehicle plus many were only for PC/Windows computers. I wasn't sure about how future use/support would be on models that connected to my iPhone, so I decided to further narrow my choices down to a stand alone model. After a lot of research & reviews, I narrowed it down to the Foxwell NT510.I recently failed a CA smog check inspection on my E92 M3 with a sensors not ready for the O2 sensors after having the battery replaced or when I got a set of Michelin Pilot Sport 4S and they reset the TPMS sensors. All OBD II data logging was erased and I failed smog inspection. The shop generically told me to drive 200 mi, come back & hope its ready. I looked up the "BMW drive cycle" and in about 30 minutes completed hooked it up to the NT510 and the I/M Readiness showed all sensors were ready/OK. Knowing that it was ready, took it back to the smog station and passed! Saved me from aimlessly driving my car 200 mi & going back to the smog station not knowing if it would pass or not.It auto scanned & identified my M3 & scanned all the systems with a summary stating 0 error codes found. Great diagnostic tool!I'm sure this scanner will come in handy for battery registration,Unfortunately it doesn't work with/you can't update with a Mac, so I had to take it to work to use a PC. Also the coding options seem limited. I was hoping it could activate custom features like mirror folding on lock, 5 quick blinks, high beam alarm activation, angel eye brightness, etc. I haven't found it capable of doing custom coding and activation. The manual is useless, but luckily its easy to use. But its positives outweigh the negatives!

I bought this to reset an AGM battery as most shops that could do programmable battery resets were charging around $200 to do it anyway. It worked fine for that job and is a pretty comprehensive diagnostics tool on top of it with the ability to reset future batteries as well, so the cost savings is pretty obvious. The only criticism I can give it is also a bit of a benefit. The menus are quite simplistic for the vast range of functions it provides so navigating around takes a little getting used to at first. But if you have even the slightest aptitude for using devices like these it is not a problem and it will do just about anything you need to do with an 06 or higher BMW except for direct programming of the ECU itself. This not only gave me a history of previous battery programming operations but programmed my new battery pretty easily and showed me that the dealership who installed my previous battery never even bothered to reset it, and that was the reason I had charging issues and early failure of the one they had installed.

I bought this for my Mini Cooper S, including the BMW (who owns Mini) software. With the Foxwell Elite, I've been able to suss out a lot of recent issues with the Mini, clearing annoying and incorrect codes, etc. A super upgrade from the cheap Auto Parts Store OBDII code readers.

Had an airbag code that I wanted to read on a Mazda and thought this would work. In reality it could initially only read the basic engine codes, until after I contacted customer support and learned you have to use their "Smart VIN" menu, which only works for one brand (in this case BMW, or whichever model you initially buy). In order to use advanced features for other brands you have to buy software packages at $80/brand. Which means in the end it costs me nearly $250 to get the functions I actually needed.On one hand, I wish this was more clearly stated as I definitely didn't get the message this *only* works on BMW unless you pay more. I mean OBD2 is literally a standard protocol so I incorrectly figured if it could read a BMW SRS code it could read a Mazda SRS code. Wrong...On the other hand, in the end it did have the functionality I needed to pull SRS codes, identity my issue and resolve it with a new steering wheel clock spring, and even calibrate the passenger side occupancy classification system (a nice bonus). It just cost more than anticipated.Menus are decently intuitive and easy to read. Definitely recommend connecting it to your WiFi as there was a firmware update available for the base system software when I did and that's also how you can "shop" for additional brand software packages too.

I bought this device primarily to register a new battery in my E83 BMW X3 (vs. taking it to the dealer to do so). It wouldn't allow me to: the menu option didn't exist. I updated the firmware, and it still couldn't register the battery.EDIT: I was misinformed about the requirements of my 2007 X3 battery registration. I used chatGPT to diagnose my car problems and it told me repeatedly that I needed to register the new battery which is not possible on this model. Let this be a warning that AI can confidently hallucinate and critical info should always be cross referenced.The FOXWELL NT510 Elite Scan Tool seemed to work well for other functions and was easy to use.