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Issue with odometer lcd

  • 21-02-2015 06:00PM
    #1
    evlgmaojr27ypu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 499 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I have been having issue with the LCD pixelating on my odometer for the last few months, not sure if it is the cold (as it seems to happen the odd time). But wondering if anybody knows an easy fix for it. I am planing to sell my car by the end of the year, so don't want to spend too much on it. Plus I have my NCT coming up soon will this need to be fixed. Any thoughts ?

    Attached is the pic


Comments

  • #2
    Spook_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,896 ✭✭✭✭Spook_ie


    Odometer isn't part of the NCT, only the speedometer needs to work


  • #3
    Pov06
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Pov06


    Spook_ie wrote: »
    Odometer isn't part of the NCT, only the speedometer needs to work

    Don't they write down the milage at the time of the test?


  • #4
    evlgmaojr27ypu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 499 ✭✭evlgmaojr27ypu


    Pov06 wrote: »
    Don't they write down the milage at the time of the test?

    Yeah that is what I though.. would be great if somebody could clarify it

    Thanks again folks !


  • #5
    goz83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,035 ✭✭✭goz83


    I'm sure they need to be able to read the mileage.

    What kind of car is it. It'd not easy changing out the lcd display. You would need to be soldering and all. Maybe changing out the clocks is an option, depending on what you drive. Most cars nowadays store the mileage in the ecu. Older ones stored them in the clocks. There are places that will fix this type of thing, but you'll have to google it. "Fix lcd dash display ireland" for example might work.


  • #6
    evlgmaojr27ypu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 499 ✭✭evlgmaojr27ypu


    goz83 wrote: »
    I'm sure they need to be able to read the mileage.

    What kind of car is it. It'd not easy changing out the lcd display. You would need to be soldering and all. Maybe changing out the clocks is an option, depending on what you drive. Most cars nowadays store the mileage in the ecu. Older ones stored them in the clocks. There are places that will fix this type of thing, but you'll have to google it. "Fix lcd dash display ireland" for example might work.

    It is a VW Fox, so not a very popular model :(


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  • #7
    kirving
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,244 ✭✭✭kirving


    Kora Salmon Lawyer wrote: »
    It is a VW Fox, so not a very popular model :(

    Maybe not, but I'm certain that it would use identical underlying electronics to the likes of a Polo


  • #8
    ironclaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭ironclaw


    LCD panels are sensitive to the cold. Even marginally below room temperature and they can get a little funky. I'd wait til the weather improves and see do you still have issues. Does it still do it all day? Or only in the morning when cold?


  • #9
    evlgmaojr27ypu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 499 ✭✭evlgmaojr27ypu


    It seems to only happen the odd time and have only been seeing it since this winter. Like this morning it was totally fine. So I might just wait till summer and see how it goes. Just worried about NCT 😟


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