MMI DVD drive issues

[paulrstaylor]

Aside from the DPF sender issues I am having with my car I have started to have problems with the Navigation again.

A few months ago the drive stopped reading disks, I sourced a replacement laser and fitted it which resolved the issue for a while but it has returned again now. My Nav seem to work fine from cold but after an hour or two starts to have issues reading the disc, so I am assuming it is heat related.

I'm not sure if:

• I have been unlucky
• The replacement laser was of questionable quality
• my copy of the DVD is dodgy
• it is an non-laser fault with my drive

I know I can burn another new DVD and I could replace the laser again but I am tempted to just swap the drive over.

VCDS tells me my current one is HW: 4E0 919 887 C, do I need an exact replacement or will any 2G MMI drive work? i.e. 4E0 035 144 K

Will I have issues with Component Protection with the drive if I swap it over?

Thanks guys

Paul