[s-cars] bad temp display...

[Charlie Smith]

Earlier, Dooksniffer at aol.com wrote:
>
> Has anyone had the back light on the temperature control display fail on
> them?  It's the screen on the left.  I can barely read it during the day, and
> at night I have to flick on the interior light to see it.  Just wondering if
> this is common.

Yes, it a known failure.  There is a small grain-of-wheat light bulb
in the temperature display.  It burns out leaving the display almost
invisible.

Here is a procedure on fixing this:

    http://www.elektro.com/~audi/lamps/tempdisplay.html

Radio shack has the bulb that you will need, as I recall it comes
in a package of two bulbs.

    - Charlie


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