Instrument panel dead

afmuir · 03-13-2018, 06:00 PM

Hi, I have a 2013, 52k mile 328i GT and the instrument panel has completely died. Dealer checked fuses and power to panel and all ok so suspected new panel needed. Priced up at £1070 from dealer, (I’m in uk), bulk of price is in parts so no great benefit going to an indie. That is a lot of money clearly and I suspect I just have to go ahead.. However I am thinking, this could well be a relatively simple fault like a dry solder joint or burnt out component. I know you can get them sent off for repair which is perhaps an option, or at least I get the duff one from the dealer and try and flog it somewhere for repair!

Anyone got any experience of this and suggested options to lessen the pain?

IK6SPEED · 03-13-2018, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by afmuir

Hi, I have a 2013, 52k mile 328i GT and the instrument panel has completely died. Dealer checked fuses and power to panel and all ok so suspected new panel needed. Priced up at £1070 from dealer, (I’m in uk), bulk of price is in parts so no great benefit going to an indie. That is a lot of money clearly and I suspect I just have to go ahead.. However I am thinking, this could well be a relatively simple fault like a dry solder joint or burnt out component. I know you can get them sent off for repair which is perhaps an option, or at least I get the duff one from the dealer and try and flog it somewhere for repair!

Anyone got any experience of this and suggested options to lessen the pain?

Pretty sure you could find used 6WA that would simply need a flash to reset.

El Conquistador · 03-13-2018, 11:08 PM

Agreed, go to the digital group buy thread and see who wants to sell their old panel cheap

http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho...&highlight=6wb

IK6SPEED · 03-13-2018, 11:17 PM

I’ll sell you mine for that matter.

afmuir · 03-20-2018, 04:59 PM

Update: booked it into dealer to get new panel, went to car this morning to drive there, panel live, back to normal and showing no issue apart from amber engine management light on. Decided to take to dealer anyway to get light checked out. They called later to say no faults, EML light not on. So will see what happens over next while.

Billfitz · 03-20-2018, 05:14 PM

Anytime something goes wrong a fault code should be generated, which will stay filed away in the iDrive until it's manually cleared. I'd make sure the dealer actually did check out the iDrive with a diagnostic tool, which only takes five minutes.

afmuir · 03-20-2018, 05:20 PM

Apparently they did as they cleared a number of old codes but there were none related to the instrument panel.
Forgot to mention, my clock as shown in the panel now only moves about 1 min every hour or so. That's a new development, obv couldn't see it when panel was dead, was fine before that event, now that panel is live again, all seems fine apart from this slow clock. Weird.

Billfitz · 03-20-2018, 09:06 PM

A clock acting that way could indicate a fault in the iDrive motherboard. There's an outside chance that the battery is a problem. I'd put it on a charger to see if the increased available current gets the clock running normally. If so you need a new battery.

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afmuir Registered 0 Rep 4 Posts Drives: none Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Scotland iTrader: (0)	Instrument panel dead Hi, I have a 2013, 52k mile 328i GT and the instrument panel has completely died. Dealer checked fuses and power to panel and all ok so suspected new panel needed. Priced up at £1070 from dealer, (I’m in uk), bulk of price is in parts so no great benefit going to an indie. That is a lot of money clearly and I suspect I just have to go ahead.. However I am thinking, this could well be a relatively simple fault like a dry solder joint or burnt out component. I know you can get them sent off for repair which is perhaps an option, or at least I get the duff one from the dealer and try and flog it somewhere for repair! Anyone got any experience of this and suggested options to lessen the pain?
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El Conquistador Banned 338 Rep 571 Posts Drives: M240 Vert - 6M as god intended Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Washington DC iTrader: (3)	Agreed, go to the digital group buy thread and see who wants to sell their old panel cheap http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho...&highlight=6wb
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IK6SPEED Banned 4488 Rep 10,473 Posts Drives: BMW M3 / AH3 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Cali iTrader: (23)	I’ll sell you mine for that matter.
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03-20-2018, 04:59 PM	#5
afmuir Registered 0 Rep 4 Posts Drives: none Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Scotland iTrader: (0)	Update: booked it into dealer to get new panel, went to car this morning to drive there, panel live, back to normal and showing no issue apart from amber engine management light on. Decided to take to dealer anyway to get light checked out. They called later to say no faults, EML light not on. So will see what happens over next while.
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03-20-2018, 05:14 PM	#6
Billfitz Lieutenant General 8243 Rep 16,082 Posts Drives: '15 328iX GT Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: New Hampshire iTrader: (0)	Anytime something goes wrong a fault code should be generated, which will stay filed away in the iDrive until it's manually cleared. I'd make sure the dealer actually did check out the iDrive with a diagnostic tool, which only takes five minutes.
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afmuir Registered 0 Rep 4 Posts Drives: none Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Scotland iTrader: (0)	Apparently they did as they cleared a number of old codes but there were none related to the instrument panel. Forgot to mention, my clock as shown in the panel now only moves about 1 min every hour or so. That's a new development, obv couldn't see it when panel was dead, was fine before that event, now that panel is live again, all seems fine apart from this slow clock. Weird.
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Billfitz Lieutenant General 8243 Rep 16,082 Posts Drives: '15 328iX GT Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: New Hampshire iTrader: (0)	A clock acting that way could indicate a fault in the iDrive motherboard. There's an outside chance that the battery is a problem. I'd put it on a charger to see if the increased available current gets the clock running normally. If so you need a new battery.
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