Instrument cluster need programming?

[powerontap]

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

 

[cj10jeeper]

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)

 

[powerontap]

thanks jeeper. I thought it would be OK, just wanted to avoid a possible problem before it occured.

 

[GP20]

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.