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chatstar123
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Wed Jan 08, 2020 12:09 pm

Sometimes the display is fine and sometimes its not. Is the screen failing or something else?
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Wed Jan 08, 2020 1:48 pm

It would appear to be either loose connections to the LCD, or possibly failing segments. Then again, it could be a loose main connections to the OBC, or possibly some other electrical fault such as a poor earth. Do your service indicator (SI) lights work OK?

Also, is it temperature related, i.e., works only when the interior is warm?
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Wed Jan 08, 2020 1:50 pm

Either you've found the hidden language Klingon option, or there's definitely something wrong, but it doesn't look like the usual type of failure.
Could be a problem with the connections to the display, so take the display out, reseat the connector strip, and reassemble.
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Thu Jan 09, 2020 5:39 pm

Thanks for the advice. There doesn't seem to be any pattern to when it happens and the SI lights work. When I get a chance I'll pull it out and check the connections. Cheers
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Thu Jan 09, 2020 8:47 pm

Mine did that when I replaced the screen, last summer! Definitely the connecrtors to the screen maybe not fully bedded with the screen.

I had to take it all apart again. Worked second time!

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Thu Jan 09, 2020 9:34 pm

Mine only does that, when I shut the glove box too hard!
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