# Instrument cluster - SRS, remove and install.

DANGER: Airbags can be extremely dangerous if they fire while not correctly mounted, or while you are leaning over them. Take extreme care when handling airbags and other SRS components
Removal of the instrument cluster requires the airbag and steering wheel be removed first. Follow the airbag removal procedure closely and carefully.
Loosen the four 7 mm hex head screws along bottom edge of trim panel. |
Remove the three Phillips screws securing trim panel to dash. Pull trim panel panel forward to remove. |
Remove two knurled nuts from the rear of the plastic cover between the instruments and the steering column, one on each side. |
Remove two small Phillips screws from top of cluster surround, two small silver Phillips screws on either side of the steering column and two long Phillips screws, located one each side of the lower edge of the surround |
CAUTION: Mixing up the screws along the lower edge of the surround will result in damage to the battery board. Maximum length of two inner screws, by steering column, is 9.5mm |
Remove surround and remove two small Phillips screws from upper brackets on cluster. |
Gently pull down upper cluster brackets to clear dash top and slide cluster forward at the top. |

Pull cluster as far forward as possible, reach behind it and disconnect wiring connectors. There are 3 main wiring plugs, white, blue and yellow.

Check engine light and ABS lights are separate light bulbs, with two wires, for each. These pull straight out of the socket.

Cruise control adds another, single wire connector to the rear of the speedometer.

Each main connector has a black tab in the center. Lift this black tab straight up, away from the connector to release. When tab is at full extent, pull plug from cluster. |

### Installation:

Install wiring connectors with black tab fully extended. Seat connector then push tab in to lock. |
Cruise control speed signal wire can go in any of the compatible green connectors on the rear of the speedometer. |
If the vehicle does not have cruise, it may not have the green adapter on the rear of the cluster. |
Blue and white connectors (green arrows) are present on all clusters. Yellow connector (pink arrow) is not used if there is no tachometer. Orange arrow is ABS light, if equipped Red arrow is Check Engine light, if equipped Blue arrow is cruise control speed signal, if equipped. |
Ensure rear edge of horizontal panel seats in clip on center console. |
Loosely insert the four 7 mm hex head screws through horizontal panel into bolster.
Trim panel is slotted on bottom edge to allow it to be inserted past the screws. Line up trim panel and install screws along upper edge first, tightening the hex screws along bottom edge last. |

E30 M3 Repair Manual V2.7. Copyright ©1999-2001 Koala Motorsport & Brett Anderson