Your vehicle’s dashboard plays an essential role in your ability to take care of your vehicle and drive safely. The dashboard is responsible for providing you with accurate readings on speed, engine temperature, and mileage, as well as providing you with all of your dashboard warning lights, such as engine warning signals.
If you are driving your BMW with a failing digital dashboard, then you are either getting inaccurate readings or no readings at all. This not only puts your vehicle at risk of serious damage, but also puts you and your passengers at risk.
The best way for you to keep everyone safe and avoid needing expensive repairs for your vehicle is to make yourself aware of the signs that your BMW’s digital dashboard might be failing. You can have any suspicions addressed immediately by our qualified auto repair shop.
Signs Your BMW’s Digital Dashboard is Failing
To ensure your vehicle is operating at its best, it is important that you are able to recognize the signs of digital dashboard failure in a BMW. You should keep an eye out for the following signs that indicate your BMW’s dashboard might be failing:
- power is lost and no information is displayed
- speedometer, rpm counter, fuel gauge, or temperature gauge is not working
- none of the gauges are lighting up
- no interior beeping sound
- radio/clock is not working
- the backup camera is not working
- fuel and temperature gauge are giving false readings
- turn signals are not flashing on the dashboard when turned on
- high beams are not displayed on the dashboard when turned on
- gauges only work intermittently
- needles for the fuel gauge, temperature gauge, MPG, speedometer, and/or tachometer are stuck
- lights are faded, dimmed, or altogether not working
- pixels are missing from the display and make data difficult to read
Common Causes for Your BMW’s Digital Dashboard Failing
There are a number of reasons as to why your BMW’s digital dashboard might be failing. Some signs of digital dashboard failure can be linked to a specific issue, while others might be caused by a more general issue. Some causes that are directly related to some of the previously mentioned signs of failure include:
- A broken or damaged LCD and ribbon cable can cause pixels to be missing from the display.
- Problems with the digital dashboard’s stepper motors could be causing the needles to barely move or get stuck in the gauges.
- If the lights are too dim, and the dimmer switch isn’t helping, then either the dimmer switch could be failing or the backlight cluster bulbs could be burning out.
- If certain functions are not working intermittently, such as the odometer, then it may be due to solder joints on the printed circuit board cracking.
Other potential causes that may affect your BMW’s dashboard include:
- broken or damaged light control module
- blown fuse
- malfunctioning voltage regulator
- malfunctioning gauge motor
- faulty, corroded, or damaged wiring
- blown LED lights
Choose BMW Auto Service Experts You Can Trust
As the owner of a European luxury vehicle, such as BMW, you want to ensure that your vehicle is getting excellent service from 
qualified and trained automotive technicians. Our ASE-certified mechanics at Manfred’s Import Auto are specialized in servicing BMWs, and understand that the make and model has unique requirements.
Our shop uses factory-grade tools and equipment, and is able to provide dealer level diagnostics. To make our services as accessible as possible for all customers, we offer shuttle services and free loaner vehicles. Additionally, all of our services are guaranteed under a 12-month/12,000-mile warranty, so you feel secure in choosing Manfred’s Import Auto for your auto service needs.
Manfred’s Import Auto has been a leader in European auto maintenance and repair in Cary, IL since 1986. We continue to be our area’s go-to European auto shop. If you are in Cary or its surrounding areas, and your BMW’s digital dashboard is showing signs of failure, bring it to Manfred’s Import Auto, and we will make certain that you are able to drive safely.
* BMW Dashboard image credit goes to: DarthArt.
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