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Old 02-20-2012, 10:20 PM
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Dimming backlight on odometer

The top row of the backlight on my odometer was sort of flickering a little, and for a few weeks now has been off. The other day it randomly came back on for a few minutes, then turned back off and has been that way ever since. Any ideas on what I can do to fix this?

My battery is only a few months old and there are no other problems.
 
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Old 02-20-2012, 10:53 PM
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Same exact thing going on with my 06 coupe!
Hope someone comes in and gives a lil info.


I eventually just learned to ignore it but everytime someone hops in the passenger side they.ask about it
 
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Old 02-21-2012, 12:02 PM
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For a few seconds after starting my car this morning it was fine, then it turned off and stayed off for the rest of my drive...
 
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Old 02-21-2012, 12:05 PM
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I think the contacts might be shaking loose on the leds
I got same thing happening with some areas of my dash as well.
 
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Old 02-21-2012, 12:07 PM
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I think the contacts might be shaking loose on the leds
I got same thing happening with some areas of my dash as well.
What can be done to fix this, then?
 
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Old 02-21-2012, 01:46 PM
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replace entire cluster or like some folks around here did, you can take it all apart and solder the leds back in, or replace them if it's a led that's going bad
 
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Old 02-21-2012, 01:47 PM
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replace entire cluster or like some folks around here did, you can take it all apart and solder the leds back in, or replace them if it's a led that's going bad
I guess I can live with the dimmed LED.
 
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Old 02-21-2012, 01:51 PM
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there are few members that replaced all of orange leds with white, red and blue.

It does not look to be too difficult of a project. Just needs a set of proper tools and a good few days to do it right.
 
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