seanof30306@yahoo.
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I've been reading this thread with great interest, although I know absolutely nothing about electronics beyond putting a piece of black tape over the flashing clock on my stove (it works great on "Check Engine" lights, too!)
I have a '96 XJ with an overhead console. Two years ago, it started sometimes working, sometimes displaying gibberish, and sometimes not working at all. After several months of this, the display went completely dark.
Three months ago, the display suddenly came to life, working perfectly! That continued for about a month, then it went back to cycling between perfect, gibberish and dark again. It's been dead almost all the time for the past several months. Every once in awhile, it will come to life for a moment, either displaying gibberish, or working perfectly, displaying the correct temperature and direction before going dark again.
What puzzles me is, I thought when resistors or capacitors burned out, the electronics would be dead. Does it make sense that mine is intermittent?
I've applied the universal repair of giving it a good whack several times to no avail.
I have a '96 XJ with an overhead console. Two years ago, it started sometimes working, sometimes displaying gibberish, and sometimes not working at all. After several months of this, the display went completely dark.
Three months ago, the display suddenly came to life, working perfectly! That continued for about a month, then it went back to cycling between perfect, gibberish and dark again. It's been dead almost all the time for the past several months. Every once in awhile, it will come to life for a moment, either displaying gibberish, or working perfectly, displaying the correct temperature and direction before going dark again.
What puzzles me is, I thought when resistors or capacitors burned out, the electronics would be dead. Does it make sense that mine is intermittent?
I've applied the universal repair of giving it a good whack several times to no avail.