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Old May 6, 2005 | 05:06 PM
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Lost odometer?
My E320 CDI went in for its first service yesterday.

Now the odometer display at the bottom of the instrument panel is just a row of flashing hyphens.

As well as the oil etc, they did a number of outstanding bulletins on the car.

By the time I picked up the car there was no-one left there who could look at it.

Is there any easy way to restore the display, or will I have to take it back in on Monday?

John
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Old Jun 20, 2005 | 03:05 AM
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Same thing happened to me. Just a row of flashing hyphens where the odometer display would otherwise be. D on the left and S on the right remain, however.

What the heck is going on? I saw no mention of what this means in the owner's manual either.
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Old Jun 20, 2005 | 03:08 AM
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Disconnect the batteries and see if that helps.
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Old May 9, 2007 | 12:46 AM
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Does disconnecting the battery work?
Is there another way to do this?
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Old May 9, 2007 | 04:11 AM
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Don't Mess with it
Bring it back to the dealer.
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Old May 9, 2007 | 10:46 AM
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Bring it back to the dealer.
Yeah. Bring it back. You'd just be guessing what to do. They'll know where to look.
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Old May 10, 2007 | 09:39 PM
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Bring it back to the dealer. The tech forgot something while utilizing the SDS.
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Hi,
The same thing just happened to me.
Took my car in to service with the odometer working just fine and when I picked it up I have flashing ------.
Everything else works fine.
Please let me know what anyone did to remedy this,
Please.
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