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Old 07-23-2008, 04:23 AM
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a problem in every BMW

As you all might have experienced with the instrument board that has the speed needle with the digital message center and milage... that after a few year the digital lids disappear until you can't read them anymore.

NOW ... What do you do in this case?? .. because it can't be fixed or repaired .. and if you buy a whole new one ..you might have to only install it in a real BMW dealer .. because it will need their computer to upload back the information like the milage and other stuff.

What do you do? .. Or what have you done if you had this problem already??
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Old 07-23-2008, 05:44 AM
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Never happened to any BMW I've owned
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In north america BMW offers a free replacement for this. All you have to pay is service. I got my MID (radio display) changed because of this program.
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Old 07-23-2008, 09:19 AM
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I bought a new one and paid for one hours labor ... PAIN in the A** .. what ells can we do ?
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Old 07-23-2008, 10:52 AM
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Old 07-23-2008, 11:07 AM
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My Warranty Covered a new instrument cluster.....Then BMW programmed it..that to was covered by my warranty.

This may work, it has for others here...

http://www.xoutpost.com/articles/x3/e...r-problem.html

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Old 07-23-2008, 11:23 AM
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My 01' 102K miles no problems, Try this http://www.vdorepair.com/ , and stop shouting
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Old 07-23-2008, 11:36 AM
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our 03's cluster was changed last 2006 due to dead pixels. covered by warranty... i'm afraid it might happen again.
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Old 07-23-2008, 12:19 PM
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mine dash cluster thingy was replaced @ no charge for missing pixel's !!

if thats what were talking about !!!
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vdorepair wont do the MID (radio display) though. And BMW NA won't cover CDN cars.
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