1989 90Q Instrument Cluster goes dark....

[Henry A Harper III]

Not those symptoms exactly, but it sure sounds like a good time to look at the
trunk hinge wiring!

HTH
Henry Harper
http://www.henry-harper.com hah at alumni.rice.edu
1991 200 quattro, 119.9k, front doors and trunk hinge wires redone
1988 GTI 16v, 237k

On Tuesday, September 16, 2003 10:07 AM, Richard Beels
[SMTP:beels at technologist.com] wrote:
>
> Here's a weird one....
>
> The instrument cluster went dark a few days ago.  Headlights on.  No dash
> lights.  Popped the fuse.  It's OK.  Hmmm....  Got back in the car, put it
> in reverse and the lights came back on.  Not in reverse = dark.  Reverse =
> lights.
>
> Can't seem to find the backup light switch and don't want to just short the
> connection since that would leave the back-up lights on all the time.  :-O
>
> Anybody run into this before?
>
> Cheers!