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Therealstig
 


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Flickering Rev Counter Needle

Hello,
I have a 2010 D4 Commercial & as the dark nights have started to draw in I have noticed teh rev counter needle has started flickering. Just this 1 not the speedo & all other instrument illumination seems to work fine.

Has anyone else had this problem? If so what is the fix? I consider myself fairly competent to attempt a repair myself as long as its not too technical!!!

Any help greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Dave.
  
Post #156208316th Nov 2015 7:50 pm
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I had it on my 12MY GS. Went into the dealers but they couldn't replicate it and it never done it again until the month before I traded it in.
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Post #156213616th Nov 2015 9:19 pm
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gvw
 


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What's the mileage?
Any other symptoms?
IIRC I saw a similar post recently and it was suggested a gearbox flush was needed.
Have you tried a search?
  
Post #156215416th Nov 2015 9:54 pm
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I have just noticed tonight my speedo needle has stated to flicker. I will now wait until a smart cookie comes along with a fix Thumbs Up
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sean 471
 


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If you mean start to flicker as the needle to go up and down covering a few hundred revs while maintaining the same speed then this may be your TC on its way out. Especially if you have a judder on acceleration.
  
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Nick H
 


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Or do you mean the light itself illuminating the needle flickers?
  
Post #156226817th Nov 2015 9:29 am
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Therealstig
 


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Thanks for all the comments, just to clarify its the needle illumination that's flickering not the needle fluctuating.
I have (hopefully) attached a short video here :

If anyone has any ideas I would be grateful as it can be quite annoying.

Thanks,

Dave.
  
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sean 471
 


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Well that's not likely to be mechanical so should be cheaper Thumbs Up
  
Post #156263117th Nov 2015 9:38 pm
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Try exercising the dimmer wheel by the light switch.
  
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Therealstig
 


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Gareth,

Thanks for the post, that was the second thing I did after giving the top of the dash a couple of 'taps' neither of these seemed to do the job Crying or Very sad
All the other illumination works fine, inc dimmer so I was thinking it must be a loose/bad connection in the cluster or possibly a loose bulb?

Dave.
  
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Gareth
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I don't think the ipac uses bulbs. I reckon it will be leds. Looks like you may have a duffer.
  
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I have a problem like this to, but mine is on the bit that lights up the x1000 rpm writing at the bottom, has anyone taken the clocks out and had a look inside yet Question Question
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The Keeper
 


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Did you get to the bottom of this? I have a 2010 D4 with exactly the same issue!
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I have this on the speedo needle but only when really cold weather. It's ok after warm up or a decent journey the day before. Indie said it can happen, wasn't concerned about alternator or battery. Doing my head in!
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faulty led.... the pointer's led
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