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serious problem.. dash stopped working :S
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:27 pm
by Razz
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?
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:15 pm
by Mouse_GTI
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
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:18 pm
by chrischap2003
The joys of Polo Gti ownership
... I hope you get this sorted hassle free mate
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:55 pm
by Razz
Mouse - did this stop your rev meter and petrol and temp from working, or was it just the speedo?
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:26 pm
by Mouse_GTI
Revs still worked. My petrol guage worked then dropped for 10 seconds then went back up
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:29 pm
by Razz
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?
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:21 pm
by Razz
Anyone!?
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:48 pm
by alexperkins
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.
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 1:06 am
by Razz
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
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:45 am
by alexperkins
Good to hear
No probs mate.
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:34 pm
by Tim_GTi
How does the box feel now mate? did he turn it around in a day?
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:48 pm
by Razz
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?
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:58 pm
by Tim_GTi
Cool,
Yeh on Tuesday, getting a new clutch and clutch cable fitted at the same time though so should feel alot better
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 2:04 pm
by Razz
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
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:18 pm
by Tim_GTi
Oh I will, I've got the short shifter going in n all