BMW F-Series Gear Lever

General Information

Much of this information is based on articles by Project Gus . Thank you for reverse engineering!

Pinout and Connector

The BMW part number of the connector is 9132576-02, the TE part number is 2-929423-2 but the connector is not freely available from TE .

Pinout

Pin	Wire Colour	Function
1		NC
2		NC
3	Red	PT-CAN Low
4	Blue/Red	PT-CAN High
5	White/Blue	PT-CAN2 Low
6	White/Yellow	PT-CAN2 High
7	Green/Brown	Enable(?)
8	Brown	Ground
9		NC
10	Red/Blue	+12V

CAN Bus

The Powertrain CAN Bus has a baud rate of 500kBaud.

Part Numbers

BMW F-Series Gear Selector (LHD Version)

Normal Version

No	LHD/RHD	Description	Part Number	Vehicles Used	Status	Tested
1	RHD	Gear Selector Switch	61 31 9296897	F20, F21, F22, F23 F30, F31, F32, F33, F34, F36	Active
1	RHD	Gear Selector Switch	61 31 9291519		Until 06/2013
1	RHD	Gear Selector Switch	61 31 9260969		Until 08/2012
1	RHD	Gear Selector Switch	61 31 9253652		Until 01/2011
1	LHD	Gear Selector Switch	61 31 9296896	F20, F21, F22, F23 F30, F31, F32, F33, F34, F36	Active
1	LHD	Gear Selector Switch	61 31 9291517		Until 11/2012
1	LHD	Gear Selector Switch	61 31 9260968		Until 06/2013
1	LHD	Gear Selector Switch	61 31 9253651		Until 01/2011

Sport Version

No	LHD/RHD	Description	Part Number	Vehicles Used	Status	Tested
2	RHD	Gear Selector Switch, Sport	61 31 7950385		Active
2	RHD	Gear Selector Switch, Sport	61 31 9296899	F20, F21, F22, F23 F30, F31, F32, F33, F34, F36	Until 05/2018	X
2	RHD	Gear Selector Switch, Sport	61 31 9291521		Until 11/2012
2	RHD	Gear Selector Switch, Sport	61 31 9260971		Until 07/2012
2	RHD	Gear Selector Switch, Sport	61 31 9253654		Until 01/2011
2	LHD	Gear Selector Switch, Sport	61 31 7950384		Active
2	LHD	Gear Selector Switch, Sport	61 31 9296898	F20, F21, F22, F23 F30, F31, F32, F33, F34, F36	Until 01/2019
2	LHD	Gear Selector Switch, Sport	61 31 9291520		Until 06/2013
2	LHD	Gear Selector Switch, Sport	61 31 9260970		Until 06/2013
2	LHD	Gear Selector Switch, Sport	61 31 9253653		Until 01/2011