Whats my E39 Dash tryign to tell me/ pixel repair cost....

Whats my E39 Dash tryign to tell me/ pixel repair cost....

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sparks87

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12,738 posts

214 months

Friday 7th November 2008
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Like most 9 year old E39s, my dash display just under the speedo has pixels missing (I knew this when I bought it, every E39 I had a look at suffered) Anyway its been displaying this message the past few days when ever I turn the key, "CHECK LOWER(i think it says lower) ****S". I do have the offside headlight out which the dealer I brought it off is going to fix as it should have been repaired by them anyway last MOT, could this be it? I'm thinking "****S" could mean "lights"? But Lower Lights, that doesn't sound right?

Also I know its hundreds of pounds for a repair or replacement, but how much should I be paying and where is best to go? I don't really want to attempt something this complex myself because I'd probably break something. Its not actually that annoying, mileage and trip counter work most of the time and MPG info is displayed on the center console but it would be nice to have it all working.

Vee

3,099 posts

235 months

Friday 7th November 2008
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http://mukerji.co.uk/car/oom/project.php?blog=2&am...

This guy had his repaired for less then £100

sparks87

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12,738 posts

214 months

Friday 7th November 2008
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Vee said:
http://mukerji.co.uk/car/oom/project.php?blog=2&am...

This guy had his repaired for less then £100
Thanks, anyone know who this Rudi fellow is? I can be in Southampton in an hour from where I live.

madou

366 posts

252 months

Monday 10th November 2008
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sparks87 said:
Vee said:
http://mukerji.co.uk/car/oom/project.php?blog=2&am...

This guy had his repaired for less then £100
Thanks, anyone know who this Rudi fellow is? I can be in Southampton in an hour from where I live.
Ebay screen name "kartophel", latest ebay listing, also well regarded on forum.bmw5.co.uk. I emailed him on Sunday about a instrument cluster fix on my E39, no response as yet

PDF of repair process

I understand that Phil Crouch ( CPC ) has also started to do this repair

Edited by madou on Monday 10th November 20:07