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Quick Question on why my clock/time isn't lighting up properly in the dash.

Old Apr 17, 2008 | 01:58 PM
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Quick Question on why my clock/time isn't lighting up properly in the dash.

This morning when i turned on the car. The CLOCK / TIME didn't show the way it should.

What i mean... well let's just say that the lighting or something isn't properly lighting up the clock/time the way it should.

Let's say it's 8:00, imagine that time on you're dash, instead of showing that, it would say... 3:11 (Do you get it?)

Not all of the bars are illuminating? You know how the numbers are squared? yeah... some of the lines aren't lighting up.

- What seems to be the problem?
- Does that mean i just need to change out the bulbs?
- What about if i buy RED LED's or different colored lights? Will it show a error if i use them?
- How much am i looking at as far as repairs?

Thanks
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Old Apr 17, 2008 | 02:56 PM
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Known issue...sounds like you need a new dash cluster, unless there are some places repairing them now.
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Old Apr 17, 2008 | 03:09 PM
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try www.bba-reman.com

225 to repair cluster

had it done, took about two days.
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Old Apr 17, 2008 | 04:42 PM
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Old Apr 17, 2008 | 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by babyboigsxr
This morning when i turned on the car. The CLOCK / TIME didn't show the way it should.

What i mean... well let's just say that the lighting or something isn't properly lighting up the clock/time the way it should.

Let's say it's 8:00, imagine that time on you're dash, instead of showing that, it would say... 3:11 (Do you get it?)

Not all of the bars are illuminating? You know how the numbers are squared? yeah... some of the lines aren't lighting up.

- What seems to be the problem?
- Does that mean i just need to change out the bulbs?
- What about if i buy RED LED's or different colored lights? Will it show a error if i use them?
- How much am i looking at as far as repairs?

Thanks
Common problem with all the W208's. I even had to have mine done..I found a guy on EBay and he did it for 100 bucks!! DO a search for

Greg
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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 12:14 PM
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and the temp. indicator will be the next to go! happened to me already. so now basically all i got is the center menu to look at
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Old Apr 18, 2008 | 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by krayzie_e99
and the temp. indicator will be the next to go! happened to me already. so now basically all i got is the center menu to look at
LoL! bro, i say we figure something out together and get some kind of deal or something, we're both in cali anyways. What do you say?
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