Something very strange happened yesterday

**danr55** · 19-07-2010, 11:56 AM

Was driving my home down the road about 30-40 mph and all of a sudden there were 3 or 4 or 5 beeps in a row, and the whole dash went blank, and then came back to life, with the resettable mileometre and a few other things like the clock reset.

The bottom of my dash brightness has gone faint the last week or so, and then seems to come back brighter again.

Any suggestions?!

_Nathan_ · 19-07-2010, 12:04 PM

Mine did that a couple of times. No idea what it was though.

**DazBlackCSL** · 19-07-2010, 12:47 PM

Money on alternator

DuncanR · 19-07-2010, 12:50 PM

cHECK BATTERY TERMINALS ...FOOK CAPS ON FIRST POST OF FOOKIN WEEK !!

rstoughy · 19-07-2010, 12:53 PM

Mine done the same yesterday as well and that's the 2nd time it's happened. Clock and everything were ok though just as if the backlight was switched off for a couple of seconds.

Weird.

We used to have a Focus ST and it had a problem with the dash lights, guy in Ford said it was something to do with the auto dash dimmer, they used to flick off and on every now and then but it was as quick as a blink so you were always left wondering if it happened or not

rstoughy · 19-07-2010, 12:56 PM

Here's my thread about it.

http://www.cslregister.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4468

**danr55** · 19-07-2010, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rstoughy

Here's my thread about it.

http://www.cslregister.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4468

Cool, thanks will just keep an eye on it. CAr is due into BMW soon anyway

Out of interest, how do you do the SMG reset?

Cheers!

19-07-2010, 11:56 AM	#1
danr55 S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 262 Casino cash: $604	Something very strange happened yesterday Was driving my home down the road about 30-40 mph and all of a sudden there were 3 or 4 or 5 beeps in a row, and the whole dash went blank, and then came back to life, with the resettable mileometre and a few other things like the clock reset. The bottom of my dash brightness has gone faint the last week or so, and then seems to come back brighter again. Any suggestions?!

19-07-2010, 12:04 PM	#2
_Nathan_ Driving it like I nicked it Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2,099 Casino cash: $13060	Mine did that a couple of times. No idea what it was though. __________________ Nathan

19-07-2010, 12:47 PM	#3
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19-07-2010, 12:50 PM	#4
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19-07-2010, 12:53 PM	#5
rstoughy S6, Sport On, Traction Off Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Aberdeenshire Posts: 1,946 Casino cash: $25366	Mine done the same yesterday as well and that's the 2nd time it's happened. Clock and everything were ok though just as if the backlight was switched off for a couple of seconds. Weird. We used to have a Focus ST and it had a problem with the dash lights, guy in Ford said it was something to do with the auto dash dimmer, they used to flick off and on every now and then but it was as quick as a blink so you were always left wondering if it happened or not __________________ Paul. Ooooft!!! 15yrs in the CSL and still loving it "shine on you crazy diamond"

19-07-2010, 12:56 PM	#6
rstoughy S6, Sport On, Traction Off Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Aberdeenshire Posts: 1,946 Casino cash: $25366	Here's my thread about it. http://www.cslregister.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4468 __________________ Paul. Ooooft!!! 15yrs in the CSL and still loving it "shine on you crazy diamond"