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Well I hoped in my car today and noticed my milage is no longer lite up. Here is some pics. Was working last nite, if and how do i fix it? Could it just be a fuse, im not sure cuz all the other dash lights work. Any info would be helpful.   |  |  | | 08-10-2007, 12:11 AM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Manassas, VA Posts: 4,129 |
The bulb behind the display is bad, or came loose. The same thing happened to me after I was messing with my gauge display. Quote: Originally Posted by civic31g  Well I hoped in my car today and noticed my milage is no longer lite up. Here is some pics. Was working last nite, if and how do i fix it? Could it just be a fuse, im not sure cuz all the other dash lights work. Any info would be helpful. | __________________ 
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is it prety easy to replace? like is the housing simple to remove or am i going to get frustrated taking it out to replace this bulb? | | | | | 08-10-2007, 03:01 AM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,587 |
You need to remove the two screws just forward and above the cluster "glass". The cluster will just slide forward, then it requires some gentle wiggling and twisting to get it out from behind the steering wheel. Once it's fairly free, there are two large electical connections that get unsnapped from the back of the cluster. It's not hard, but it takes some patience to get the cluster to squeeze out. Here's the diagram and part number to the bulbs. I'm not sure which one it is though. http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...12&hg=62&fg=05 | | | | | 08-10-2007, 03:03 AM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 |
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| | | | | 08-10-2007, 09:40 AM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: LA, Bellflower, CA Posts: 3,613 |
its actually pretty simple. mine was out when i got mine like 2 months ago. its a tiny bulb that u have to get at the dealer. like 5 bucks or so. the only difficult part about the replacement is getting the cluster out between the sterring wheel and the dash. | | | | | 08-10-2007, 12:43 PM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: nj Posts: 191 |
correct me if i'm wrong but I think you have to disconnect your battery first before removing your cluster. I have the same issue and after changing my mileage bulb and reconnecting my cluster, my airbag light shut off after a several of minutes. I'm not sure if i did something wrong but that happen after changing the bulb. | | | | | 08-10-2007, 05:27 PM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: LA, Bellflower, CA Posts: 3,613 |
I dunno about that one. you can, it wouldnt hurt. but i didnt. | | | | | 08-10-2007, 06:21 PM | #9 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,587 |
Quote: Originally Posted by ssprint correct me if i'm wrong but I think you have to disconnect your battery first before removing your cluster. I did mine and after changing my mileage bulb and reconnecting my cluster, my airbag light shut off after a couple of minutes. I'm not sure if i did something wrong but that happen after changing the bulb. | Hmmm..... My airbag light has been on for a couple years. I took the passenger seat out while the ignition was on. Disconnecting the passenger seat sensor set it off. I wonder if I were to disconnect my battery AND disconnect the cluster, mine would go out? I don't really see how they're related, but I guess I could give it a shot. | | | | | 08-10-2007, 10:18 PM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: nj Posts: 191 |
sorry wrong post | | | | | 08-11-2007, 03:11 AM | #11 | | TRETEN IRGENDEINES ESELS Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 3,687 |
This happend to me once and i just knocked on the front of the speedo and it lit back up. Hasn't gone off since then and this was about 3yrs ago. __________________ 98 Avus Blue 318 ti Active
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