A MIB unit that shuts down, reboots or stays black is not scrap: almost always it is one component, and it gets replaced. Your unit comes back with its own coding and its own VIN, ready to refit.
If your symptom is one of these, in the vast majority of cases the unit can be saved without replacing it.
You can hear the sound but the display stays off or flickers. It is the LCD panel or its backlight: that part gets replaced, the rest of the unit stays original.
The radio restarts by itself in a cycle that never ends. On MIB2 it is almost always worn eMMC memory: it is replaced with higher-grade memory and the firmware is rebuilt.
The display shows an image but the touch does not work, or "presses by itself". The digitizer is replaced keeping the original panel where possible, with bench recalibration.
No sound, only one channel, background hiss. Output stage, power supply or connector: we work on the faulty component.
No sign of life, or it switches on and off again after a few seconds. We trace it back to the power supply and the regulators on the board.
The system does not lock onto the satellites or the navigation will not start. Receiver, antenna or corrupted map data: the diagnosis tells them apart.
The codes below are the ones you read in the unit's service menu. If you know which one you have in your hands, you already know whether it is covered.
Including Škoda Columbus and Amundsen and SEAT Navi System: they are the same platforms under a different trade name, and they are repaired in the same way.
The group's MMI units share the MIB architecture. We also work on the variants fitted to Porsche and Lamborghini.
Not sure which unit you have? The part number is printed on the side label (for example 5G0 035 021). Look it up in the archive on the home page or send it to us and we will identify it.
No. The unit comes back with its own VIN, its own coding and its own adaptations: refit it and it works. That is the main difference compared to replacing it with a second-hand unit, which has to be coded from scratch.
The diagnosis is always free. After the analysis we send a detailed quote and you only pay if you accept it: if you do not, the unit goes back with no diagnosis charge.
The unit is enough: it is removed from the dashboard and shipped. We work on units arriving from all over Italy and Europe. Anyone who prefers can come to our workshop in Francavilla Fontana (BR) or in Turin, by appointment.
Twelve months on the work carried out, covering the fault repaired and the components replaced.
It happens, above all on boards with extensive liquid or voltage damage. In that case we tell you at the quote stage, without charging for the diagnosis, and we point you to the most sensible alternative.
Describe the symptom and the model: we reply with the preliminary diagnosis and the shipping instructions. Free and with no obligation.
