Replaced ZCP steering wheel with OEM Leather Multi Function. BUTTONS NO WORK!Help?

thesilverm3guy · Wed, Oct-15-2008, 04:10:12 AM

Hey guys I just took my ZCP steering wheel off my car and put a OEM black leather multifuncion wheel on and connected every thing up however none of the buttons work or light up. Does anyone have any idea what I can do to get buttons to work? This sucks, now I have no way to turn my M track mode on...

djm3 · Wed, Oct-15-2008, 06:15:06 AM

If your M3 was originally Competition Package then it should only have an M track button. What are you connecting the other buttons to?

Tsubasa650 · Wed, Oct-15-2008, 06:17:21 AM

hey cool to see a person from SLO! I am a student a calpoly maybe I have seen your car around...not too many modded m3s around here.

thesilverm3guy · Thu, Oct-16-2008, 01:15:07 AM

Dude its me chad. The guy who used to have the black M3. I sold that and now I have the silver. Did you ever get your car vinal wrapped?

Tsubasa650 · Thu, Oct-16-2008, 01:20:50 AM

oh dude is that you! haha
Well I haven't seen your new car yet so thats prob why.

vndkshn · Thu, Oct-16-2008, 01:51:22 AM

To answer your question, you can't use the multi-function panel in a ZCP car PERIOD. You can't use a ZCP panel in a non-ZCP car PERIOD. The electrical part of the panels and what they do and how they operate is completely different. It has been tried again and again to get the multi-function buttons working in a ZCP and it can't be done.

BMWridin89 · Thu, Oct-16-2008, 03:33:09 AM

2 Different wheels you can not use the multi function in the ZCP I dont like the multi funtion anyway only thing I miss is cruise control but then its an M3.

M3prof · Thu, Oct-16-2008, 03:20:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thesilverm3guy

Hey guys I just took my ZCP steering wheel off my car and put a OEM black leather multifuncion wheel on and connected every thing up however none of the buttons work or light up. Does anyone have any idea what I can do to get buttons to work? This sucks, now I have no way to turn my M track mode on...

I'm pretty surprised you think it would work since the funcationality of the 2 steering wheel panels have zero overlap. Are the connectors even the same?

Hump · Thu, Oct-16-2008, 06:07:00 PM

wow, gorgeous car

ThatOneGuy · Fri, Oct-17-2008, 03:16:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vndkshn

To answer your question, you can't use the multi-function panel in a ZCP car PERIOD. You can't use a ZCP panel in a non-ZCP car PERIOD. The electrical part of the panels and what they do and how they operate is completely different. It has been tried again and again to get the multi-function buttons working in a ZCP and it can't be done.

+1, a lot have tried & failed. To my knowledge nobody has ever successfully made it work.

Wed, Oct-15-2008, 04:10:12 AM	#1
thesilverm3guy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 14 Reputation: 0 Location: San Luis Obispo	Replaced ZCP steering wheel with OEM Leather Multi Function. BUTTONS NO WORK!Help? Hey guys I just took my ZCP steering wheel off my car and put a OEM black leather multifuncion wheel on and connected every thing up however none of the buttons work or light up. Does anyone have any idea what I can do to get buttons to work? This sucks, now I have no way to turn my M track mode on... __________________ K&N Cold Air Intake,B&B Exhaust,Hamann carbonfiber front lip,UUC EVO 3 short Shifter,Black leather/multi-function buttons.

Wed, Oct-15-2008, 06:17:21 AM	#3
Tsubasa650 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 916 Reputation: 0 Location: Bay Area	hey cool to see a person from SLO! I am a student a calpoly maybe I have seen your car around...not too many modded m3s around here. __________________ 2002 ///M3 SMG Carbon Black/Cinnamon GONE! Eisenhaus Meisterschaft Ti/LED license plate lights/Ground Control Street Lower Control Arm/Powerflex RTAB/Depo Smoked Corner/LeatherZ shift and ebrake boot in Cinnamon/Umnitza Orion V2/bimmian painted reflectors/bimmian keyhole cover/Ground Control Street Track Coilovers/Eibach sway bar/Ground Control Endlinks/Royal F1 paddles/OEM led tails/ZCP brakes/Bimmerworld SS lines/Macht Schnell OE replacement filter/afe intake elbow/matte kidneys and side gill

Thu, Oct-16-2008, 01:15:07 AM	#4
thesilverm3guy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 14 Reputation: 0 Location: San Luis Obispo	Dude its me chad. The guy who used to have the black M3. I sold that and now I have the silver. Did you ever get your car vinal wrapped? __________________ K&N Cold Air Intake,B&B Exhaust,Hamann carbonfiber front lip,UUC EVO 3 short Shifter,Black leather/multi-function buttons.

Thu, Oct-16-2008, 01:20:50 AM	#5
Tsubasa650 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 916 Reputation: 0 Location: Bay Area	oh dude is that you! haha Well I haven't seen your new car yet so thats prob why. __________________ 2002 ///M3 SMG Carbon Black/Cinnamon GONE! Eisenhaus Meisterschaft Ti/LED license plate lights/Ground Control Street Lower Control Arm/Powerflex RTAB/Depo Smoked Corner/LeatherZ shift and ebrake boot in Cinnamon/Umnitza Orion V2/bimmian painted reflectors/bimmian keyhole cover/Ground Control Street Track Coilovers/Eibach sway bar/Ground Control Endlinks/Royal F1 paddles/OEM led tails/ZCP brakes/Bimmerworld SS lines/Macht Schnell OE replacement filter/afe intake elbow/matte kidneys and side gill

Thu, Oct-16-2008, 01:51:22 AM	#6
vndkshn Goin' crazy... wanna come? Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 8,811 Reputation: 0 Location: Parker	To answer your question, you can't use the multi-function panel in a ZCP car PERIOD. You can't use a ZCP panel in a non-ZCP car PERIOD. The electrical part of the panels and what they do and how they operate is completely different. It has been tried again and again to get the multi-function buttons working in a ZCP and it can't be done. __________________ 2005 Interlagos Blue M3 - Cinammon Interior - ZCP - 6MT - Premium - HK Sound Performance Mods: D/A Race Software, D/A VAC Lightweight UnderDrive Pulleys, Streamline Panel, Ceramic Coated Stainless headers, Race-cats, B&B Tri-Flow, Motons, Vorshlag plates, GC Adj. Rear Camber Arms, GC Race Hybrid FCAB, Powerflex RTABs, H-Sport Sways, GC adjustable endlinks, GSP Clutch Pedal, 40% Autosolutions SSK, Rogue Trans Mounts, PFC WC/GAC front brake kit, PFC-01s for the track. Click Here for nightmare ECS story. - LOL, it was deleted, guess it shows the sponsors can get away with anything here.

Wed, Oct-15-2008, 06:15:06 AM	#2
djm3 CSL (finished) inside Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,746 In the garage: '05 BMW M3 Reputation: 0 Location: HeArT of DiXiE	If your M3 was originally Competition Package then it should only have an M track button. What are you connecting the other buttons to?

Thu, Oct-16-2008, 03:33:09 AM	#7
BMWridin89 ///M3 Buisness on the outside speed on the inside. Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3,023 Reputation: 0 Location: Chicago	2 Different wheels you can not use the multi function in the ZCP I dont like the multi funtion anyway only thing I miss is cruise control but then its an M3. __________________ 06 6MT ZCP R.I.P Killed by old lady blowing a red light 6/27/08-6/28/09

Thu, Oct-16-2008, 06:07:00 PM	#9
Hump Omnomin' like whoa Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 804 Reputation: 0 Location: Reno	wow, gorgeous car __________________ Gone but not forgotten: 02 SMG M3

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