lawreaga Posted May 18, 2005 Share Posted May 18, 2005 Hi. I own a 97 sc300 and my dash lights turns on when I first turn on the car but after 3-5 sec it'll just shut off but my needles are still lit. Its just I can't see anything else in the dash, I've already check the fuses located under the hood and non of them are damaged so anybody here have any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcarpent Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 Go to this place http://www.lextech.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermancam Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 give the top of your instrument cluster a good smack, quick and fast, almost a hard tap. Often the bulbs will come back on. Worked on my SC and it still is fine. Also worked on the right side of my climate control display. I just tapped it with my finger covered by a shop towel and after about 6 taps the display lit up again, no joke. C-ya and good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLS Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 If they come on THEN turn off (the backlight) smack it 'till your hands bleed and it won't make a difference. That method is only for filament that doesn't come on at all. A member of CL had the same problem and it was after a radio installation. Have you changed anything that would make it do that? This is different from just old bulbs, this is a technical issue when the backlight fails all at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueboy Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Go to this place http://www.lextech.org/ ← Hi all, thanks supermancam, it worked for me , I had a section of my speedometer that had gone dark and after a couple of good wacks on the right upper side it came back on. my climate control is still out, no lights at all yet, might have to take it apart. cheers! Blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbuck Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Go to this place http://www.lextech.org/ <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi all, thanks supermancam, it worked for me , I had a section of my speedometer that had gone dark and after a couple of good wacks on the right upper side it came back on. my climate control is still out, no lights at all yet, might have to take it apart. cheers! Blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbuck Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 Thanks much for the tip on wacking the dash to get the backlights to function again! They didn't all come on, but most of them did. Sure beats driving around with a blacked out instrument cluster! Dbuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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