The other models can be repaired in a similar way, but probably have different caps in different locations: As I have the early up to 1989 dash the repair only applies to this dash. Keep in mind that there are three different types as described in the 299 960 fix. After driving around with this cluster for a couple of days, the displays flickered randomly like Johan describes. My dash had the following: dead fuel gauge, dead temp gauge, dead fuel economy gauge, odometer and trip displays gone, no gear / SEM selection display, no center display. Remark from Sean750: there seems to be some difference between problems of the dash when it comes to the capacitors. Yes, the temp was already in the blue, I lost half a tank of fuel, the fuel consumption is quite high considering the engine isn't running and the digital displays remained dead.

The next morning the cluster looked like this with the ignition switched on: Well that was smart thinking! After a long trip where the cluster would flicker randomly lighting up the miles and km lights at the same time and randomly setting pixels on the matrix display it finally died at home. I did at some point buy some new capacitors just in case. I never really cared about this as it was only irritating when cold. When the temperature went bellow 0 Celsius during the night it would take around 30 seconds for the electrics to come to life leaving the trip counter at 000.0 In my case the car gong randomly when starting the car. Problem: broken capacitors in the instrument cluster can be the cause of the instrument cluster acting like its haunted. # 15 June 2004 Added photo and some small comments from Sean750 who experienced the same problem E34 / E32 / E31 Dash Capacitor Replacement

Bmw ccc capacitor replacement