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BMW M2 OBD port location

One generation, 2016–2021.

2016–2021

F87

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Location

Not in the side panel at all — the socket sits up on top of the driver's kick panel, hanging vertically and completely exposed, which is why left-hand-drive cars have no cover fitted. The position is the same on the M2, the M2 Competition and the CS, and is shared with the rest of the F22/F23 2 Series.

How to access

LHD cars have no cover: look upwards at the top of the kick panel with a torch, the connector faces down. If the socket pushes back into the trim when you try to plug in, the mount has been disturbed or a tracker pass-through lead has been fitted behind it; two bolts release the lower panel so you can get behind and reseat it.

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Questions

BMW M2 OBD questions

F87 (2016–2021): Not in the side panel at all — the socket sits up on top of the driver's kick panel, hanging vertically and completely exposed, which is why left-hand-drive cars have no cover fitted. On a right-hand-drive F87: Driver's footwell on the right, set into the vertical side trim panel on the door side rather than under the dash — roughly an inch above the bonnet release lever, behind a small black trim cover.

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