Went over a rather large speed bump at speed recently and all the dashboard dials dies. Removed the shunt fuse and put back in and all seemed fine for a few days.
Yesterday the airbag warning light came on. Turned the engine off for
30 seconds and the airbag warning light didn't come back on. Today going over a speed bump at normal speed (10mph) all the dials died again, so had to remove and re-insert the shunt fuse.
Before taking it to a garage, has anybody come across this and what would the solution be?
Check the connectors that come down on the drivers side at the right
- just above and to the right of the accelerator pedal, in case any are loose.
I wouldn't think that it could be a connector that has come loose at the back of the instrument cluster, as each group are on a different connector.
The airbag light would have been unrelated to the instrument light problem I think. You could try checking the connector in the steering column (it's on top of it under the casing, with an orange connector). I recently had to replace the rotary connector on mine, as I broke the old one when removing the steering wheel. Cost me £15 for one from the breakers, but Peugeot wanted £85!
When you say the dials died, do you mean the actual readouts dropped to zero, or the illumination?
Sometimes dodgy illumination in interior lighting can be related to faulty brake/headlamp bulbs. I've had it happen on a couple of vehicles, that the element in say the brake bulb has snapped and fallen across the earth to the sidelights. Whenever I put the brakes on, the interior lights came on dimly.
I'll check the connections as you suggest. The dials failing is the actual needles go to zero. The dial illuminations still work. The car works ok, but without no speedo and petrol gauge it's a bit dicey!
I've got breakdown cover with RAC, so if it happens aga>
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