Info Display goes blank when headlights turned on?!
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Info Display goes blank when headlights turned on?!
I have a 1999 RX with 185k miles - runs great...however, today this problem started...
When the light stalk is set to off and the car is started the information display works as it should...however, when i twist the light stalk to any of the other positions (low, headlights, auto) the center console lights come on - as they should (radio button lights, ac lights, transmission shifter lights, etc) - but the information display goes blank...the buttons all work fine for the radio and the ac - it's just blank...
When the light stalk is in the on or auto position, and i start the car, the information display shows the clock and the radio buttons for a brief second and then goes blank...
any ideas what this could be?...where to start to diagnose?...
thanks...R
When the light stalk is set to off and the car is started the information display works as it should...however, when i twist the light stalk to any of the other positions (low, headlights, auto) the center console lights come on - as they should (radio button lights, ac lights, transmission shifter lights, etc) - but the information display goes blank...the buttons all work fine for the radio and the ac - it's just blank...
When the light stalk is in the on or auto position, and i start the car, the information display shows the clock and the radio buttons for a brief second and then goes blank...
any ideas what this could be?...where to start to diagnose?...
thanks...R
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my son was driving it...he said that he was using the radio tuner/seek button to find a station - holding it down as he scrolled up - and then the screen went blank...he went to a thing we have called "lights on the lake" a christmas light thing where he had to turn the lights on the car off as he went thru the display route...while the car was running, he turned the lights off - the display came back on...but only for a minute - and then went blank...all while the car was running...
now - when i start the car and the lights are off the display works...i didn't run the car for a long time to know if it would turn off after a minute like it did with my son...but once again, now whenever i turn the light stalk from off to on (any position of on) the display goes off...
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my son was driving it...he said that he was using the radio tuner/seek button to find a station - holding it down as he scrolled up - and then the screen went blank...he went to a thing we have called "lights on the lake" a christmas light thing where he had to turn the lights on the car off as he went thru the display route...while the car was running, he turned the lights off - the display came back on...but only for a minute - and then went blank...all while the car was running...
now - when i start the car and the lights are off the display works...i didn't run the car for a long time to know if it would turn off after a minute like it did with my son...but once again, now whenever i turn the light stalk from off to on (any position of on) the display goes off...
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Have you tried dialing up the dash light intensity ****?
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hi Salim -- yes...thanks...that doesn't change it...
the radio, clock and climate control work fine - the display just goes blank...and like i said, when i start the car with the light stalk in the on or auto position, the clock and the radio buttons show for a brief second - and then go off...when the stalk is off, the display works - but per my son, it went out after a minute or so...
thanks!...R
the radio, clock and climate control work fine - the display just goes blank...and like i said, when i start the car with the light stalk in the on or auto position, the clock and the radio buttons show for a brief second - and then go off...when the stalk is off, the display works - but per my son, it went out after a minute or so...
thanks!...R
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problem solved!...
thanks salim --> i got to thinking after your post and remembered that the console has a "dimmer" switch...and yes - my son must have screwed up when trying to seek radio stations...and turned the console light all the way down...
argh!...
thanks...R
thanks salim --> i got to thinking after your post and remembered that the console has a "dimmer" switch...and yes - my son must have screwed up when trying to seek radio stations...and turned the console light all the way down...
argh!...
thanks...R
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