Dashboard intermittent problem.
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2017 10:38 pm
Hi all.
I'm new to the forum and I go by the "nick name" Gerrit Max and I'm from the beautiful south coast (Weymouth, Dorset)
Last year I acquired a 1997 VW polo 1.4 in pretty good condition but it did need some work doing to it.
I've managed to get everything sorted and got it through the MOT but recently it's developed a rather annoying problem.
Often while driving the whole dash will die and a sec later come back to life, or I'll be standing at some traffic
lights and my speedometer tells me I'm still doing 40 mph (standing still)
I can only guess that it has to be some bad electrical connection somewhere but I have no clue where to look.
Has anyone had this problem before and if so how did you solve it?
I would appreciate any help or ideas of how to fix this "annoying" problem.
Gerrit.
I'm new to the forum and I go by the "nick name" Gerrit Max and I'm from the beautiful south coast (Weymouth, Dorset)
Last year I acquired a 1997 VW polo 1.4 in pretty good condition but it did need some work doing to it.
I've managed to get everything sorted and got it through the MOT but recently it's developed a rather annoying problem.
Often while driving the whole dash will die and a sec later come back to life, or I'll be standing at some traffic
lights and my speedometer tells me I'm still doing 40 mph (standing still)
I can only guess that it has to be some bad electrical connection somewhere but I have no clue where to look.
Has anyone had this problem before and if so how did you solve it?
I would appreciate any help or ideas of how to fix this "annoying" problem.
Gerrit.