PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum - View Single Post - E420 Fading digital read-out/instrument cluster

G-Benz · #3 05-24-2001, 10:57 AM

This is not a DIY diagnosis and fix...you are loking at a complete instrument cluster assembly replacement (hopefully under warranty?)

Had an '86 Cavalier Z-24 with the digital instruments that did the same thing. Pulled the entire thing out and tried to bench check it. So many things wrong, that I threw up my hands and exchanged it for a reconditioned unit ($237 back in '90). Noticed that certain components had been redesigned and realigned on the reconditioned unit. I was told that this was a manufacturers defect, but most cars were out of warranty by the time the problem surfaced...how convenient!