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Instrument cluster need programming?

Post by powerontap » Sun Mar 08, 2009 9:09 pm

When the instrument cluster is removed and disconnected, does the same cluster need to be coded/programmed before it's reinstalled?
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Re: Instrument cluster need programming?

Post by cj10jeeper » Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:21 pm

Well I've had my instrument cluster in and out several times and it's never needed to be coded. Can't see why it would.

I vaguely have something in my mind that says it's one of the components/modules that stores mileage and you should not drive with it disconnected or you create a mileage error (I stand to be corrected on this as I usually have the cluster out to mess with LCM's that also influence mileage readings)
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Re: Instrument cluster need programming?

Post by powerontap » Sun Mar 08, 2009 10:33 pm

thanks jeeper. I thought it would be OK, just wanted to avoid a possible problem before it occured.
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Re: Instrument cluster need programming?

Post by GP20 » Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:47 am

cj10jeeper wrote:Well I've had my instrument cluster in and out several times and it's never needed to be coded. Can't see why it would.

I vaguely have something in my mind that says it's one of the components/modules that stores mileage and you should not drive with it disconnected or you create a mileage error (I stand to be corrected on this as I usually have the cluster out to mess with LCM's that also influence mileage readings)
From what a BMW shop foreman told me, there's a certain mileage discrepency that's allowed by the computer. When it goes over the limit, the mileage tampering light comes on. What's the limit? I have no clue.
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