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sorry about this i know it doesnt belong here, but i put a thread in the elecy section and its had 7 views in 4 days and lets face it how often do people look in the elecy bit. my mum is hassling me so much about this, and any help or examples of similar experiences would be much appreciated. this is what i wrote..........

"right firstly this is in my mums car which is a 99' 1.4 8v 6n with 23k on the clock. the problem started about 2 weeks ago when she noticed the handbrake light flicking on and off, she took it to the stealers and course they never found a fault and after a check of the brake system sent the car back.

nothing happened and all seemed good until yesterday when the power totally went on the dash. all the needles sit as if the power is not on and the clocks and the comp dont work. when u turn the lights on the cars main lights and heater/elecy windows work but not the dash light. the car went up to the dealer today and once again the problem had resolved itself and they found nothing under diagnostics. any ideas anyone?"

can this be please left here for a couple of days so it can get a few more views?

thanks very much

Probably an instrument cluster.

Is everything else working as usual apart from the dash?

yeah, the engine starts, the head lights and indicators all work, wipers work...everything except the dash and its lights

weird isnt it?

its only happened once as well, so although the car was drivable and it could just be a one off glitch my mums now incredibly paranoid about taking it out. she always wants me to take her everywhere, which is horrible!

Take out the dash unit, check your connections, if possible lay your hands on another dash and try that.. if it's the whole dash unit and only the dash unit, it's more than likely to be the unit itself or the connector that's broken rather than anything elsewhere in the car.. which is a good thing, because it's easy to replace

that sounds good i'll give it a go. i could try my dash in it, the connections are probably the same between a 8v and a 16v. i'll let u know how i get on.

if anyone else has any other ideas please let me know

cheers Groovy