Pricing up a footwell module fix? There are three routes — a new module from the dealer, a used one from eBay, or repairing the module you already have — and the bills are wildly different. Here is the honest breakdown, and why we quote one fixed price from your reg and postcode instead of publishing a flat rate. The price you are quoted is the price you pay.
Add up each route honestly — part, programming, transport, time off the road — and the picture changes completely.
A brand-new FRM typically runs to several hundred pounds at a dealer before anything else happens. It is a perfectly good module — it is just the most expensive possible answer to what is usually a data fault.
Part cost onlyA new FRM is blank — it must be programmed and coded to your car, which is a further dealer charge. The part price you were quoted is never the finished number.
The hidden lineNo indicators and dodgy lights means many owners will not drive it — so add recovery or a trailer, plus the days the car sits in a queue. This cost is real even though nobody quotes it.
The forgotten costUsed FRMs carry the donor car's coding and frequently refuse to programme. Many owners pay for the module, pay for a coding attempt, then still repair the original. The cheap route, twice as expensive.
Usually wasted moneyPost-away repair firms can look cheaper on the headline — but you strip the module out yourself, courier it both ways, and the car sits dead for days. Your time and downtime are part of the price.
DIY removal + days off roadWe come to you, rebuild your original module at the car in about an hour, and test everything before we leave. No part to buy, no programming fees, no recovery, no couriers. One quoted price — that is the whole bill.
What we doThree factors set the fixed price — all established from your reg and postcode before we travel, so the quote you accept is the amount you pay.
We are mobile from Leatherhead across London, the South-East and up to 100 miles out. Distance is the honest reason we do not publish one flat price — nearby jobs should not subsidise distant ones, or vice versa.
FRM2, FRM3 or FRM3R, basis or high, PL2 or PL3 — your registration tells us exactly what is fitted, so the quote is for your actual module, not a guess.
Most jobs are corrupted data — read, rebuild, done. A module damaged by a dead short or water needs component-level board work, which takes longer. We tell you which yours is before any work starts.
Same fixed-quote approach for every FRM-equipped BMW and MINI, roughly 2005–2014 — and for the E60/E61/E63 light-module cars too.
Full detail on the fix: BMW FRM repair · MINI footwell module repair · symptoms checklist.
This is what the job actually looks like — FRM boards opened, read and repaired at component level, not swapped for a costly new unit. These photos are from our own bench.
Reg and postcode by phone or WhatsApp, seven days a week. The fixed price comes back in minutes, we come to you, and the job is done at your door in about an hour — nothing added on the day.
The dealer-quote refugee. An owner quoted for a new module plus programming rings us for comparison. Original module repaired at their door — one line on the bill instead of three.
The false economy. A second-hand FRM bought online refused to programme. We repair the original instead — where the money should have gone first.
The downtime maths. The post-away price looked lower — until removal, couriers and a week without the car went on the sheet. At your door, about an hour, done.
The quickest way to get a price is to call us — or WhatsApp with your reg and the symptoms. Most quotes back within minutes, 7 days a week.
Tap to call now 07550 006 999 7 days a week, 7am–9pm. We answer when we can; voicemails returned the same day.