# BMW onboard display

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/bmw-onboard-display/6237>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [October 21, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bmw-onboard-display/6237 "2007-10-21T03:02:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![hl5276](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b4bc9f/32.png) [@hl5276](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hl5276)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bmw-onboard-display/6237/1 "2007-10-21T03:02:49Z")

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my 2002 BMW 525 on board display (right behind the driving wheel) is having a problem. Some vertical display lines at certain positions are not lighting up. Numbers or characters in those problem position will have a vertiacl line missing when displayed.  
  
 Do I need to have the whole display replaced? or is there a better way to fix it?

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**Author:** ![TXdealer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/50afbb/32.png) [@TXdealer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TXdealer)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2007, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bmw-onboard-display/6237/2 "2007-10-21T12:59:35Z")

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This is a common problem on 5 and 7 series. The display screen is replaceable, I think the part is around $500 plus labor at the BMW dealer.