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      10-17-2007, 09:35 PM   #1
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Talking Question to those that imported their vehicles from the US

A while back, I read something around the fact that someone in BC had their US car reprogrammed so the odo and all electronics would be in km instead of miles.


Is this true? Can BMW dealerships do this? Is this part of the 500$ extortion?

If it is true, would this apply to temperature aswell (changing from F to C)?







BTW, I searched and didn't find, so that's why I'm posting.



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      10-17-2007, 10:51 PM   #2
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I think you can reset them yourself....for sure if you have nav...I'll need to do the same thing next week or so.
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      10-17-2007, 11:13 PM   #3
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You cannot change the face dial of the speedometer and the oil temperature gauge by programming.
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      10-18-2007, 12:03 AM   #4
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there's a company in either fort erie or windsor thats doing it, changing the dash, that is
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^ do you know what they are charging?

There is a place here in Edmonton that my company used to use about 5 years ago when we were sending cars by the truckload down to the US and we had all the IP's changed before they went down. I think we only paid about $300 a vehicle back then. (Those were mostly trucks though, so way cheaper I imagine)
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A while back, I read something around the fact that someone in BC had their US car reprogrammed so the odo and all electronics would be in km instead of miles.


Is this true? Can BMW dealerships do this? Is this part of the 500$ extortion?

If it is true, would this apply to temperature aswell (changing from F to C)?







BTW, I searched and didn't find, so that's why I'm posting.



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You can change all these things on your own. Everything thing in the car, u can change by the buttons u have, even if u don't have i-drive u still can do it. (the american bmw, u have both options). You don't need the dealership to do it for u.
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I was advised by a friend in Calgary who's imported several BMWs that it's not a good idea to change the speedometer face, since apparently it affects the warranty. Not sure if that's correct or not.
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Not sure where you guys get your info, the poster stated as I was pretty sure that you can reset it on your own. just buttons, The face gauge in old BMW's which I have imported have bothe mile and kilometers it is only on Mercedes you need to swap clusters/
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Not sure where you guys get your info, the poster stated as I was pretty sure that you can reset it on your own. just buttons, The face gauge in old BMW's which I have imported have bothe mile and kilometers it is only on Mercedes you need to swap clusters/
Yep, you can reset it on your own. The point I was making was simply that there might be warranty issues from switching out the instrument panel itself. And as you say it is basically unnecessary since the US speedometers do show KMs, albeit in smaller characters.
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You can change all these things on your own. Everything thing in the car, u can change by the buttons u have, even if u don't have i-drive u still can do it. (the american bmw, u have both options). You don't need the dealership to do it for u.
This is the answer I was looking for! Thanks!


I guess I will be able to try it myself later today!
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Yep, you can reset it on your own. The point I was making was simply that there might be warranty issues from switching out the instrument panel itself. And as you say it is basically unnecessary since the US speedometers do show KMs, albeit in smaller characters.
To be honest, I'd rather have the US speedo if it shows both -- the one in my new 335i shows kilometres only, which will be a real PITA when traveling in the states...
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