Odometer Question

[blackbeauty]

before i bother the dealer with another question i'd rather come here first. sometimes it seems you guys know more.


anyways, here it goes: as i was driving home tonight i noticed one of my numbers on my odometer was not fully lit up. do you know what would cause a digital number to not display fully? all the other numeros are fine. what gives?

thanks!

[AutoXer]

Sounds like some of your pixels are malfunctioning on your instrument cluster. It's a common problem. The dealer will replace it under warranty. Otherwise, complain and bitch like hell, and they will do something nice for you. It's a well known problem with all BMW's.

[DINANM3]

Originally Posted by blackbeauty

before i bother the dealer with another question i'd rather come here first. sometimes it seems you guys know more.


anyways, here it goes: as i was driving home tonight i noticed one of my numbers on my odometer was not fully lit up. do you know what would cause a digital number to not display fully? all the other numeros are fine. what gives?

thanks!

yours is still under warranty just bring it in and they will replace it for you.

[doktajay]

Yeah, it hapnd to mine too, I changed the instrument cluster entirely and this solved the problem. I gather it comes with age
Best regards

[NOC]

Originally Posted by blackbeauty

sometimes it seems you guys know more.

We try

[blackbeauty]

it comes with age? LOL my X is only 3 years old. i thought things get better with age.....

thanks so much, guys!

[X5-4-3]

i'm having the same problem on my 03 4.4 just 4k out of warranty. how much does the instrument cluster cost?

[AutoXer]

I think it's pretty expensive. Go complain to your dealers or BMW NA, they are aware of the problem and will give you a discount if you are loud enough

[WMG/BMW]

They replaced mine and I was 34K out of warranty, just had to pay $95 for labor.

[Zulu95]

If I remember correctly in the region of $600 plus programming.