dash instruments

[dubmiester]

hi all, i got a bit of a problem, on my 51 golf gt tdi 110bhp, where the speedo and things are theres a small rectangular box in the bottom niddle, im sure there should be something there but theres no dispaly, the light comes on but no dispalay btw everything else works!!! ne ideas as im cluless first ever vdub thanx

[dieselman580]

does it light up red?, as by the sound of it that should be the display for mpg, time driving etc etc

[dubmiester]

the mpg is in the right hand corner under the speedo this between the speedo and rev meter and yes it does show red but blank, i thought it might be the service indicator section but like i said no clue!!!

[dieselman580]

yeah thats it shows you when doors are open, service due, shows your mpg, time driving, millage coverd, avg mpg,
not sure if it has its own fuse (maybe its blown), or the display its self could be broken, sorry mate carnt be any more help, one of the other members might know about this
Rob

[dubmiester]

thanx man

[dieselman580]

no problem

[john493]

I've got a similar problem on my 2000 Golf 4 TDi - the red display does light up sometimes, then it goes dim or most annoying at night just flickers between bright and dim.
Any ideas on this please ? Thinking of removing the cluster and taking a look for dry joints or loose connectors etc.
Someone here must have done this before ??