serious problem.. dash stopped working :S

Razz · Post by **Razz** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:27 pm

just had the car back from gearbox centre with it rebuilt.. and now guess what.. none of the dials are working on the dash!!!

im seriously started to get annoyed with this car now. any ideas why the rev, speed, petrol, oil or any of the guages have stopped workin? and anyone else had this problem?

Mouse_GTI · Post by **Mouse_GTI** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:15 pm

Gearbox sensor isn't connected. A garage did this to me. Took me a mile to notice I wasn't getting a speedo reading lol

chrischap2003 · Post by **chrischap2003** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:18 pm

The joys of Polo Gti ownership

... I hope you get this sorted hassle free mate

Razz · Post by **Razz** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:55 pm

Mouse - did this stop your rev meter and petrol and temp from working, or was it just the speedo?

Mouse_GTI · Post by **Mouse_GTI** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:26 pm

Revs still worked. My petrol guage worked then dropped for 10 seconds then went back up

Razz · Post by **Razz** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:29 pm

i dont think mines the gearbox sensor then

as nothing at all works, no guage what so ever, they dont even illuminate, apparently its a common faault on passats and audi's, is this true?

Razz · Post by **Razz** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:21 pm

Anyone!?

Post by **alexperkins** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:48 pm

It sounds like its come unplugged behind. Take the clocks out and check all the plugs are firmly in place. Its a fairly simple task too. If you have a haynes manual its all documented, otherwise let me know and ill email the elsa procedure.

Razz · Post by **Razz** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 1:06 am

thanks for the help Alex, but its all sorted now

had the electrician of the garage come down who has his own company to come and have a look

and all it required was for the dash to be stripped untill the circuit board was out, and needed a reset. all workin now

happy it wasnt such a expensive fix after forking out for gearbox rebuild

Post by **alexperkins** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:45 am

Good to hear

No probs mate.

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:34 pm

How does the box feel now mate? did he turn it around in a day?

Razz · Post by **Razz** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:48 pm

it feels good mate, to be honest not much different from before without the whining noises lol, sometimes feels a bit smoothers and i got it back the next day

yours is going in on tuesday isnt it?

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:58 pm

Cool,

Yeh on Tuesday, getting a new clutch and clutch cable fitted at the same time though so should feel alot better

Razz · Post by **Razz** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 2:04 pm

ahh right kool

your probably going to feel quite a bit of a difference then

hope you enjoy your car after tuesday then lol.. im sure you will

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:18 pm

Oh I will, I've got the short shifter going in n all