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6,7,8,X,Z - Series and Mini CooperGeneral Chat related to models that do not fit into particular categories above. Please try to put your discussion in more appropriate sections. This section does cover the MINI Cooper and 8-Series vehicles: BMW 830i, BMW 840Ci, BMW 850i, BMW 850Ci, BMW 850CSi, M8, Alpina B12, BMW CS Concept and others.
the other bmw in the family is a 97 740il. anyone else have problems with the pixels on the bottom of the instrument cluster? the pixels in the display for the odomoter and temperature gauge are fine, and the pixels in the display for the radio and everything else is fine. anyone have the same problems?
__________________ '85 325e
'Arrest Me Red'
mods to come:
Window Tint
New Badges - Check!
Muffler - Check! - Ansa free flow
New Radio
Sport Shocks - Bilstein
Keyless Entry + Alarm - BMW Security Systems
Power Flow Intake
This is an almost universal problem with E38's and E39's..there is GOOD news!
This is a (mostly) FREE fix. Search the e39 forum for this problem...in it there is an email adress for Lenora Vladovich from BMWNA...I can't remember the email off hand, but I went through the process and it cost me only $80 worth of labor and I've got a brand new cluster... The problem itself is due to weak solder joints in the LED/LCD board. Any type of moisture in the air paired with a temperature change causes the solder joints to corrode and sometimes the screen pixels will appear to flash, or just go out completely.
Good luck!!!
__________________ 1997 540i - 200,000 Miles Strong
1988 325ic - Still at 16,000 Miles 1987 635csi L6 - In Restoration(To be completed April 2007)
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