2000 BMW 328i (E46) Technical Service Bulletin # 620400 Date: 000801
IC Conversion - Km/h to Mph or Mph to Km/h
GROUP 62
Instruments
Bulletin Number
62 04 00
Woodcliff Lake, NJ
August 2000
Service Engineering
SUBJECT
Instrument Cluster Conversion
MODEL
E36 (3 Series), E38 (7 Series), E39 (5 Series), E46 (3 Series), E53 (X5)
SITUATION
BMW owners moving from Canada to the USA, or USA to Canada request that their instrument cluster be converted from Kilometers to Miles, or
from Miles to Kilometers.
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1. Install replacement parts as shown.
PROCEDURE
2. Using DIS or MODiC,
-- Select Coding/Programming
-- Select "ZCS coding"
-- Select vehicle series
-- Select "Recoding"
-- A) For all vehicles (except E36/5 and E3617 before 9/98), select "Kombi / IKE"
B) For E36/5 and E3617 before 9/98, select "EWS"
-- The screen displays "Kombi / IKE / EWS has been selected?" - Answer "Yes".
-- Select "Recode control unit"
-- The screen displays the question "Should module be rigidly assigned" - Answer "Yes".
-- The screen displays the VIN with the question "Chassis # change?" - Answer "No".
-- All (3) lines of ZCS code are displayed with the question "Change?" - Answer "Yes".
-- The GM line of code is then displayed with the question "Confirm input?"
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Before answering the question a new GM line must be figured out and entered on the screen.
-- Using the keypad displayed on the screen, overwrite the new GM line.
-- Answer "Yes" to the question "Confirm input?"
-- The SA line of code is then displayed with the question "Confirm input?" - Answer "Yes"
-- The VN line of code is then displayed with the question "Confirm input?" - Answer "Yes"
-- All (3) lines of ZCS code are displayed with the question "Indication correct"?".
Check GM line to confirm the correct input.
Answer "Yes" if correct. Answer "No" if not correct, and repeat ZCS code entry.
-- Follow the on screen instructions to complete the coding process. Checksum Tables
Table 1. CANADA to USA - Conversion of Canadian vehicles with GM line - "xxxx38xx?"
-- Example:
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Table 2. CANADA to USA - Conversion of Canadian vehicles with GM line - "xxxx381x?"
-- Example:
Table 3. USA to CANADA - Conversion of USA vehicles with GM line- "xxx00xx!"
