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Car Forum / Peugeot Cars / March 2006406 1.8 1996 faulty display
Hey all, I have a 1996 406 1.8 and am experiencing faulty display (speedometer, rev counter and fuel-gauge). Temp-meter is apparently working fine. The speedometer sometimes just drops down to zero and only works again after giving a gentle knock on the display. The fuel-gauge is all over the place, one moment reading half and the next one reading full. I had the complete display replaced but didn't want to go for a new one because of the high costs. The replaced display now has just about the same problems ! Ofcourse the peugeot-garage will sort it out but they say many 406's have faulty displays and so chances are another 2ndhand display will have the same probs. So it's either living with that or paying the full amount for a new display :( A question. Is there anything else that might cause these problems that you guys might know of ? Appreciate any help you could give me, many thanks in advance.  SignatureDavid "and hey let's be careful out there !" Was having the same problems. There were a lot of loose contacts on the print behind the meters. Sololution : resolder the loose contacts on the print. greetings Aat > Hey all, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > you guys might know of ? Appreciate any help you could give me, many > thanks in advance. Thanks. Yeah the garage tried that but encountered too much problems and decided to change the complete display instead. > Was having the same problems. > There were a lot of loose contacts on the print behind the meters. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> you guys might know of ? Appreciate any help you could give me, many >> thanks in advance. It is better to bring it to an electronics repairshop... Greetings Aat > Thanks. Yeah the garage tried that but encountered too much problems and > decided to change the complete display instead. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >>> you guys might know of ? Appreciate any help you could give me, many >>> thanks in advance. I'll second that,I'm an electronic engineer[retired] and I get a lot of work from garages.they cannnot do the fine soldering,and more importantly,circuit checking that I can and do. I was recently asked to repair a Jaguar unit,price at the dealers?1500 pounds! I don't have the equipment now to check that kind of unit but it's still a rip off at that price.Take it too an electronic engineer.regards >It is better to bring it to an electronics repairshop... > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >>>> you guys might know of ? Appreciate any help you could give me, many >>>> thanks in advance. I would second this. As an electronics engineer the last person I would trust electronics to is a car sparkie or mechanic. They may be able to change complete components but they have no training in electronic fault finding or the skills to do this work. Their usual mode of operation is either to use the makers fault finding guide often POOR or keep changing components until the fault goes away. I have repaired many car devices for a cost of a few pence as opposed to hundreds for the new manufacturers new component. Mike > I'll second that,I'm an electronic engineer[retired] and I get a lot > of work from garages.they cannnot do the fine soldering,and more [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > >>>> David > >>>> "and hey let's be careful out there !" Thanks all for the help. I'll take the display to an electronics shop and see what they can make of it. SignatureDavid "and hey let's be careful out there !" >I would second this. As an electronics engineer the last person I would > trust electronics to is a car sparkie or mechanic. They may be able to [quoted text clipped - 59 lines] >> >>>> David >> >>>> "and hey let's be careful out there !" |
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