Can I repair NAV in my X5

I have a 2004 X5 with NAV, I got two issues 1st loss of pixels, this started small now its got to be about the size of a dime. 2nd screen when totally black and I had to turn off and back to bring the screen up. (what going on) Can this be repaired or do anyone know of a great repair or exchange company? I in the ATL, GA area additionally if I exhange do I need a code? Finally can I upgrade to a newer version ?

When in doubt, check the DIY section of XOutpost.com. In particular, the DIY fix for the pixel issues is here: http://www.xoutpost.com/articles/x3/...r-problem.html

I got all excited when I saw this post, because I have the same growing problem with grey pixels on my Nav screen.

For the DIY post, isn't that dealing with the display under the speedometer/tach ("RELEASE PARKING BRAKE" etc.)?

If someone has any info on the dying pixels on the NAV display, I would love to hear about it. Right now dead area is about the size/length of a quarter on edge, but growing.......

I don't exactly know how, but screens are replaceable in displays like this

i read on Xoutpost that some Sharp display worked, and had a link to a vendor

I done some research here what I found

From: Amy - Bimmernav
Sent: Wed, February 23, 2011 10:52:45 AM
Subject: Re: General Inquiry Email from Bimmernav

Hi H CEE,



the new widescreens are on sale right now on this page

http://www.bimmernav.com/url/widescreen/


If you want voice control you will need the BMW bluetooth kit that gives you voice control of the navigation and your bluetooth equipped cellular phone


http://www.bimmernav.com/url/x5bt
http://www.bimmernav.com/url/widescreen/

we do sell the displays inside the unit however it takes quite a bit of effort to replace just the screen, and costs $250 for the part alone.

we do sell the screen for $250. this is a stand alone part


therefore most people just replace the entire widescreen http://www.bimmernav.com/url/widescreen/

All of our X5 products are on this page including our bluetooth kit that gives you navigation voice control http://www.bimmernav.com/url/x5/

On Feb 23, 2011, at 9:47 AM, H Cee wrote:

I have a 2004 BMW X5 with the 16:9 display screen, when I brought the X5 it had only a few white spots on the display screen all together (missing pixels) Would like to know what are the options for your company i.e. repair or replace or exchange. I if replace can it be upgraded ???

Can you please post details of display screen you have mentioned for $250?

This was on outpost.

Hongkong Eurotech Electronics Co.,Ltd
http://www.eurotech-lcd.com
Tel: +86 755 8395 4767

The part number to search for is:

Sharp LQ065T9BR53U

Phil

I started having the problem of my screen turning yellow (loss of the color blue) over the past year. The problem would come and go. Thanks to some postings on other threads, I learned that the ribbon cables from the screen to the radio chassis can have a bad connection. I pulled the radio, disconnected the ribbon cables from the circuit board, used some contact cleaner on the ends of the ribbons, reassembled and the screen has been working great ever since. I would venture to guess that some blank screen issues could be due to this same problem, but not so sure about loss of pixels. At any rate, it is only about a 20- 30 minute job to pull the radio-nav chassis out of the dash, open the top cover, disconnect the ribbon cables and clean them. And if you do it yourself, no cost. A quick, cheap way to eliminate one possibility.

Tonywintn,
Thank you very helpful. I wil try this first.

Please keep me in the loop too..... I am having same problem with the pixels on my 2001 X5

Benny224...did you notice the "DATES" that are associated with the replies in this thread...as well as the number of posts that manyof the responders had accumulated? I'm not sure who you're asking to keep you in the loop...but you may want to "left click" on that forum member's name, then scroll down to & click on "find all posts by xxx"...that way you can see if that person is still active on the forum.

If they haven't posted since 2011...I doubt that you're going to be "kept in the loop".

You may do better to find an "active" or more recent thread about replacing the nav screen...like this one I found in less than 5 seconds by doing a simple google search...it appears to be at least active up to 9/1/2012...and has 18 pages of discourse in the entire thread that started 5/3/2010: http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...v-monitor.html

I find that the xoutpost forum is more active then any of the other BMW forums with X5 group.