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Intermittent LCD display? (Loren?)

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First there are no TSBs for the instrument cluster until the design changed for MY02.
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Plus you need a Porsche PST2 to run diagnostics on the cluster.
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First there are no TSBs for the instrument cluster until the design changed for MY02.
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Plus you need a Porsche PST2 to run diagnostics on the cluster.
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Same thing happened on a friend's 1998 Boxster with no warranty and a bulb replacement fixed the problem.
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

I have a 99, and my LCD display under the tach is acting strange. First, this morning it was off completely - the 2 other LCD displays were on. I could actually see the speed and temperature very slightly (extremely faint), but it was as though there was a backlight which was not working. After a few minutes, it turned back on, and interestingly all of the LCDs were brighter than they had been before. Has anyone seen this before? Maybe there's a TSB on this? Please let me know...

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First there are no TSBs for the instrument cluster until the design changed for MY02. The MY02 and new cluster is quite different from what was used in the MY01 and earlier cars and can not be retrofitted. If you still have warranty... this would be a good time to use it. Barring a loose wire or bad solder joint most of these problems require replacing the whole cluster (kind of sound like a power or connection problem). Plus you need a Porsche PST2 to run diagnostics on the cluster. Sorry the news isn't better. Actually, if Jeff (aka Tool Pants) sees this I think he has a couple of broken clusters that you might try and scrounge a part off.

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Same thing happened on a friend's 1998 Boxster with no warranty and a bulb replacement fixed the problem. Sometimes he could not see the center LCD display. It could be other things but I would try that first. There is a bulb for each display, the ones with the tan bulb holder. Jeff <img src="http://www.986host.com/albums/ToolPants/cluster43_mine_on_top.sized.jpg" alt=" - " /> <img src="http://www.986host.com/albums/ToolPants/luster_light_bulb.sized.jpg" alt=" - " />

POST 4 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Cool - I do have a warranty, and I think that I'll let PCNA figure this one out. Thanks for the quick response...

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