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The Dash
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:46 am
by iggy350
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
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:52 am
by lolhoward
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.???
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:58 am
by iggy350
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.
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:07 pm
by lolhoward
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.
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:02 pm
by NOZ
have a look at all the relevant fuses to see if you've burnt any out.
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:56 pm
by iggy350
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
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:42 pm
by Polo96CL
Could of been water shorting out some of the connections, then, as if by magic, they dryed out and now it's all working.
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 6:01 pm
by lolhoward
Glad you got it sorted. Looks like could have been the storms then!
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:32 pm
by iggy350
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!!!!
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:10 pm
by Josh_polo
iggy350 wrote:CAN IT GET WORSE!!!!
Flat tyre?
Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:21 pm
by iggy350
Josh_polo wrote:iggy350 wrote:CAN IT GET WORSE!!!!
Flat tyre?
NOOOOOO dont jynx me
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:23 am
by Mike
You could wake up in the morning and find you really own this
http://www.lum.co.uk/SA/betty39.jpg
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:11 am
by iggy350
ARGH!!!!!! worst nightmare
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:43 am
by NOZ
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.