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Worn Buttons

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Worn Buttons

Post by Lyons » Fri Nov 02, 2018 8:44 pm

I picked up an E70 yesterday and the PDC button is a bit worn. It seems to be a fairly common issue as I noticed plenty of others on autotrader with the same.

Has anyone ever replaced them? Do you need a whole panel, or can you get a single button?

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Re: Worn Buttons

Post by X5Sport » Fri Nov 02, 2018 9:01 pm

Check Realoem to see what might be available.  BMW will try and sell you the whole module!
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Re: Worn Buttons

Post by Lyons » Fri Nov 02, 2018 9:11 pm

Aye I was even going to get one on eBay as I assume it could be dismantled, but £30 just to replace a button seems excessive!

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Re: Worn Buttons

Post by Lyons » Fri Apr 19, 2019 6:32 am

To follow up, I took my panel apart a couple of weeks ago and confirmed the buttons could be removed. I bought a replacement panel on eBay for £12 (non camera button) and took them both apart and swapped the pdc and boot release buttons.
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Re: Worn Buttons

Post by Jayx5 » Fri Apr 19, 2019 12:33 pm

was it an easy job? I could do with changing a few on mine.What's the camera button for? ive got rear and side cameras but haven't got that button

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Re: Worn Buttons

Post by Lyons » Fri Apr 19, 2019 12:43 pm

Yes, if I can do it then honestly anyone can!

Its for 360 cameras, I have them in the bumper too.

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Re: Worn Buttons

Post by Jayx5 » Fri Apr 19, 2019 12:48 pm

I've now got button envy :lol: I'm gonna have a go at this on mine the worn buttons drive me mad.Cheers

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Re: Worn Buttons

Post by sapphireblack » Sat Apr 20, 2019 7:12 am

BMW used to offer a complete but dummy switch panel for the E53, that afaik wasn't shown on RealOEM. It may be worth enquiring if the same option exists for E70/71 :)

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