08’ E350 cluster stopped working ( and started working again )
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2005 clk500
08’ E350 cluster stopped working ( and started working again )
Hi everyone,
Wow ! I have not been on this site ever since I got rid of my CLK500 in 2012.
After many BMWs, I have finally bought another MB.
I bought the car in July of last year and it is in immaculate condition. It’s been trouble free until Jan 1 morning ( way to start 2018 ). I turned on my car in the morning and I noticed that the dashboard did not turn on.
Since my mechanic was on vacation until the following week I just drove it like that until I was able to make an apt with him. I noticed that after the 2nd day, the dashboard randomly turned on but the screen did not look normal. The digits looked as they were almost disappearing ( kind’ve when you drop your phone in water and you have a whitish screen )
The screen worked for a few hours, turned back on throwing all lights including SRS, ESP , etc, turned off and never turned back on ..... until yesterday.
Yesterday I turned on the car and the cluster was working and was 100 percent functional like if nothing ever happened. I found it odd and expected for it turn off or malfunction but it worked properly the whole day and night. This morning I woke up nervously and expecting the cluster to not work and to my surprise, it was another day with a fully functional cluster !
at this point I am thinking, what the hell is going on ? Anybody have an idea of what the problem could be ?
When I took it to the shop while the cluster was not functioning, they recommended to purchase a replacement one as the car scanner was reading that the cluster was non existent basically. I was going to purchase a new one this week but I held up on it as my car is working correctly .
what are your opionions ? Any same experiences ?
thank you all !
Wow ! I have not been on this site ever since I got rid of my CLK500 in 2012.
After many BMWs, I have finally bought another MB.
I bought the car in July of last year and it is in immaculate condition. It’s been trouble free until Jan 1 morning ( way to start 2018 ). I turned on my car in the morning and I noticed that the dashboard did not turn on.
Since my mechanic was on vacation until the following week I just drove it like that until I was able to make an apt with him. I noticed that after the 2nd day, the dashboard randomly turned on but the screen did not look normal. The digits looked as they were almost disappearing ( kind’ve when you drop your phone in water and you have a whitish screen )
The screen worked for a few hours, turned back on throwing all lights including SRS, ESP , etc, turned off and never turned back on ..... until yesterday.
Yesterday I turned on the car and the cluster was working and was 100 percent functional like if nothing ever happened. I found it odd and expected for it turn off or malfunction but it worked properly the whole day and night. This morning I woke up nervously and expecting the cluster to not work and to my surprise, it was another day with a fully functional cluster !
at this point I am thinking, what the hell is going on ? Anybody have an idea of what the problem could be ?
When I took it to the shop while the cluster was not functioning, they recommended to purchase a replacement one as the car scanner was reading that the cluster was non existent basically. I was going to purchase a new one this week but I held up on it as my car is working correctly .
what are your opionions ? Any same experiences ?
thank you all !
Thread Starter
Junior Member
Joined: Dec 2012
Posts: 24
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2005 clk500
Hi everyone,
Wow ! I have not been on this site ever since I got rid of my CLK500 in 2012.
After many BMWs, I have finally bought another MB.
I bought the car in July of last year and it is in immaculate condition. It’s been trouble free until Jan 1 morning ( way to start 2018 ). I turned on my car in the morning and I noticed that the dashboard did not turn on.
Since my mechanic was on vacation until the following week I just drove it like that until I was able to make an apt with him. I noticed that after the 2nd day, the dashboard randomly turned on but the screen did not look normal. The digits looked as they were almost disappearing ( kind’ve when you drop your phone in water and you have a whitish screen )
The screen worked for a few hours, turned back on throwing all lights including SRS, ESP , etc, turned off and never turned back on ..... until yesterday.
Yesterday I turned on the car and the cluster was working and was 100 percent functional like if nothing ever happened. I found it odd and expected for it turn off or malfunction but it worked properly the whole day and night. This morning I woke up nervously and expecting the cluster to not work and to my surprise, it was another day with a fully functional cluster !
at this point I am thinking, what the hell is going on ? Anybody have an idea of what the problem could be ?
When I took it to the shop while the cluster was not functioning, they recommended to purchase a replacement one as the car scanner was reading that the cluster was non existent basically. I was going to purchase a new one this week but I held up on it as my car is working correctly .
what are your opionions ? Any same experiences ?
thank you all !
Wow ! I have not been on this site ever since I got rid of my CLK500 in 2012.
After many BMWs, I have finally bought another MB.
I bought the car in July of last year and it is in immaculate condition. It’s been trouble free until Jan 1 morning ( way to start 2018 ). I turned on my car in the morning and I noticed that the dashboard did not turn on.
Since my mechanic was on vacation until the following week I just drove it like that until I was able to make an apt with him. I noticed that after the 2nd day, the dashboard randomly turned on but the screen did not look normal. The digits looked as they were almost disappearing ( kind’ve when you drop your phone in water and you have a whitish screen )
The screen worked for a few hours, turned back on throwing all lights including SRS, ESP , etc, turned off and never turned back on ..... until yesterday.
Yesterday I turned on the car and the cluster was working and was 100 percent functional like if nothing ever happened. I found it odd and expected for it turn off or malfunction but it worked properly the whole day and night. This morning I woke up nervously and expecting the cluster to not work and to my surprise, it was another day with a fully functional cluster !
at this point I am thinking, what the hell is going on ? Anybody have an idea of what the problem could be ?
When I took it to the shop while the cluster was not functioning, they recommended to purchase a replacement one as the car scanner was reading that the cluster was non existent basically. I was going to purchase a new one this week but I held up on it as my car is working correctly .
what are your opionions ? Any same experiences ?
thank you all !
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2008 E350 4Matic, 2011 E350 4matic
Cluster malfunctions are also one of those MB things. I think you can get it sent out and have them rebuilt. You don't mention where you are, but if it was cold, I'd suspect a loose connection or with all those error messages, maybe a weak battery/alternator.
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I am actually in Miami. That week we had a temperature drop and it got down to the 40s which is extremely unusual. I will look into getting it rebuilt, just don’t know where to get it done.
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Well just search around for instrument cluster repair/rebuild. There's a few companies that do it. Here's one in FL.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2115405848-...e/271124912015
Also I'd make sure the cluster is really bad and not some other wiring or connection to the cluster problem.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2115405848-...e/271124912015
Also I'd make sure the cluster is really bad and not some other wiring or connection to the cluster problem.
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2005 clk500
Well just search around for instrument cluster repair/rebuild. There's a few companies that do it. Here's one in FL.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2115405848-...e/271124912015
Also I'd make sure the cluster is really bad and not some other wiring or connection to the cluster problem.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2115405848-...e/271124912015
Also I'd make sure the cluster is really bad and not some other wiring or connection to the cluster problem.
