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dash stoped working when lights on?????

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dash stoped working when lights on?????

my dash ( rev counter fuel water temp ect) stops working when i turn my lights on any tips on how to fix anyone  :dontknow:

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Faulty headlight switch may be the cause , have you tried one ? Also look for any burnt wiring behind the switch connector . Dash has a switched live feed from the ignition switch , and the only thing i can think it may be is the above . Black wire from ignition switch , check it.

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This happened to me a few years back, I cured it by running a new earth to the back of the clocks. I connected it on to the brown wire with a scotch lock.
I never found out why the fault occured in the first place, but it didn't give me anymore problems in the 8 years I had the car.

Try checking the earth on the back nearside corner off the rocker cover before you start pulling things apart

83 MK1 1.9TD mars red, T25 TD campervan, 97 sharan-daily drive/work horse/rust bucket

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GTIMAD said

This happened to me a few years back, I cured it by running a new earth to the back of the clocks. I connected it on to the brown wire with a scotch lock.
I never found out why the fault occured in the first place, but it didn't give me anymore problems in the 8 years I had the car.

Try checking the earth on the back nearside corner off the rocker cover before you start pulling things apart



you are bang on this is a very common fault . i come across this fault a lot of the times. the repair that you have done is one that i do all the time
the fault lays from the earth block just on top of the fuse board which feeds the earth to the clocks .

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mk1 1.8 16v

cheers guys will have alook at her the day if weather holds  8O  :D
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