Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 17:39:41 +0000 From: MBeest <MBeestnopsamathome16.freeserve.co.uk> Subject: Re: Dash in Total Darkness???
unscrewing and screwing in the bulbs does work - but only up to a point. After a while it wears out the flexible PCB that carries the electric power to the bulbs (you can see this when you remove the grille in the dashboard - it's flexible blue plastic with copper strips in it). Once that happens, the PCB needs replacing. That's an expensive part and since the dashboard must be dismantled and reassembled it's costly in labour too (I know - it happened to me and hurt my wallet!). One thing I found though was that the heat of the bulbs had warped (but not quite melted) the plastic and so the electric contacts weren't very good. If you can make do without the lights on absolute full brightness it might help here. MB. LH wrote: > Hey Gina > > I have had the same problem intermittently with my 89-900s. I was told by my > mechanic that cleaning the contact of the bulbs by unscrewing and screwing > might help. I believe he mentioned that the way to access the bulbs is via > the grille above the dash board. I am not sure if this will work as I have > not have the need to do it yet. > > Good luck and let us know if it works. > > From: "rubber grommet" <rhkwnopsamin.rr.com> > Organization: Road Runner - Texas > Newsgroups: alt.autos.saab > Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 01:18:49 GMT > Subject: Re: Dash in Total Darkness??? > > Hi Gina - > I know this may be just to obvious but have you checked the fuse box? I > often make rash decisions about how the systems work on my car. Example; I > have a 2000 Saab and when the fog lights did not work after a scheduled > maintenance I thought they had forgot to replace a bulb or something. Well, > I'm embarrassed now as I was then because the light switch was not turned on > and the fog lights do not work with the switch in the off position. Check > the obvious, sometimes its simple...... > > G > > "Gina" <yginaynopsamcomspamthis> wrote in message > news:20011229165035.05649.00003142nopsamo.aol.com... > > Greetings, > > I have an '89 900 Turbo Convertible and have encountered the following > problem: > > When driving at night, the dashboard and gear indicator lights (manual...I > > know, most unfortunate, right?) do not come on. What this basically means > is > > that I have no clue how fast I am going, which position the gear shift is > in, > > how much gas is left and so on unless I turn on the interior roof light > and > > look! The CDplayer/stereo(non stock, Ireplaced and installed it later > myself) > > light works fine, but the rest of the interior displays are in total > darkness! > > I have checked the fuses and they are all fine and I'm wondering if anyone > has > > any ideas as to what else may be causing this failureas I'd like to be > able to > > fix this myself. Any ideas or comments would be most appreciated and thank > you > > in advance to any who might be able to shed some light (no pun intended) > on > > this problem. One other thing I just remembered, the odometer seems to be > > sticking also when I reset it after a fill-up. Any ideas here? Thanks and > hope > > everyone is having a wonderful holiday season! > > > > Regards, > > Gina > > > > > > > > To reply, remove "spam this" from address.
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