The Dash

iggy350 · Post by **iggy350** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:46 am

Omg please help :/
went to work fine this morning everythings fine.
Comes lunch time I get in my car look at the clock and mileage meter....they look like a watch's display when the battery is running out. Turn the car on I get no lights on the dash.
When I indicator or put hazards on i get the Airbag light on, that was normally always on and CBA fixing it.

I also I get no Rev monitor or Speedo or Fuel gauge or how hot the car is running.

Please tell me theres a hidden fust somewhere what might have blown

lolhoward · Post by **lolhoward** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:52 am

I had this once on my old Mk4. Went out one night. Got in the next day and dash was mental! It was very stormy that night so I though lightening had struck it. A day later it all went back to normal.???

iggy350 · Post by **iggy350** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:58 am

lolhoward wrote:I had this once on my old Mk4. Went out one night. Got in the next day and dash was mental! It was very stormy that night so I though lightening had struck it. A day later it all went back to normal.???

Hum, well it has been stormy quiet recently, Maybe the weather has got to it. So you think I should jus leave it for a little while, think ill open the windows as well jus incase its damp in there to let the water evporate if theres any in there.

lolhoward · Post by **lolhoward** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:07 pm

Well that was just my guess, but yeah all did was use it the next day with the dials going crazy, then a day later all was well.

NOZ · Post by **NOZ** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:02 pm

have a look at all the relevant fuses to see if you've burnt any out.

iggy350 · Post by **iggy350** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:56 pm

its ok now peeps I sorted it /phew

I ended up jus taking the dash out completely then giving the connection a blow and hey presto it works

Polo96CL · Post by **Polo96CL** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:42 pm

Could of been water shorting out some of the connections, then, as if by magic, they dryed out and now it's all working.

lolhoward · Post by **lolhoward** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:01 pm

Glad you got it sorted. Looks like could have been the storms then!

iggy350 · Post by **iggy350** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:32 pm

lol maybe, but now thats sorted, i went to my local parts place to get a new outter CV joint as im driving there f-ing backbox blows, and possible a spark plug is bunged up with crap lol THis really is the worst day of motoring I have ever had....

CV joint goes -> Dash stops working -> Backbox blows -> Engine missfiring lol

CAN IT GET WORSE!!!!

Josh_polo · Post by **Josh_polo** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:10 pm

iggy350 wrote:CAN IT GET WORSE!!!!

Flat tyre?

iggy350 · Post by **iggy350** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:21 pm

Josh_polo wrote:
iggy350 wrote:CAN IT GET WORSE!!!!
Flat tyre?

NOOOOOO dont jynx me

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:23 am

You could wake up in the morning and find you really own this

http://www.lum.co.uk/SA/betty39.jpg

iggy350 · Post by **iggy350** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:11 am

Mike wrote:You could wake up in the morning and find you really own this

http://www.lum.co.uk/SA/betty39.jpg

ARGH!!!!!! worst nightmare

NOZ · Post by **NOZ** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:43 am

Thats not a nightmare, just a day dream compared to the worst time i've had with cars!

Accident,
buy new car,
find out need to take out new insurance on it so had 2 policies,
Some t**t causes a parking dent making my flushed bumper break apart,
speeding ticket with 3 points (with the work van),
idle issues,
wishbones shot,
2 pedal box failures within 3 days of each other,
gearbox failure......

Most within a few weeks of each other but all within a single year.