[R3D]

Today, I turned on my car and none of my instrument functions are responding (gas gauge, speedometer, etc). Also, my clock is displaying dashes.

It does not appear to be a battery issue, because everything else works (radio, power windows, etc).

After doing a bit of research, it appears that this may be a coding problem?

I have not made any coding changes. Will BMW charge me to fix this?

[CasperSYTFU]

Only a coding problem if you had your car coded by someone using old data files and it would have happened right away.
The issue may be just a loose connector behind the cluster.

[ctuna]

Did you check fuses?
There is one fuse that runs the instrument cluster not sure
which. If you haven't done any coding is more likely a hardware
failure.

[pweber84]

Originally Posted by R3D

Today, I turned on my car and none of my instrument functions are responding (gas gauge, speedometer, etc). Also, my clock is displaying dashes.

It does not appear to be a battery issue, because everything else works (radio, power windows, etc).

After doing a bit of research, it appears that this may be a coding problem?

I have not made any coding changes. Will BMW charge me to fix this?

Do you have OBD cable? It is easy to check. BMW will charge you a lot for this.

[R3D]

Nope, I don't.

Do you think it perhaps has anything to do with this:
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=804545

I have my appointment on Friday to get that fixed.

[pweber84]

Originally Posted by R3D

Nope, I don't.

Do you think it perhaps has anything to do with this:
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=804545

I have my appointment on Friday to get that fixed.

I doubt it.

[R3D]

Turns out it was a coding issue after all - kind of weird seeing as I haven't made any coding changes. It was fixed, no charge.