Marc Bourget
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New owner of a 2003 Jetta TDI 5 sp wagon. New forum member.
Few days ago started seeing the Instrument Cluster intermittently die then come back. Then the whole car died. Battery showed 2.94V, so I replaced the 6 yr old battery. Now things appear back to normal until I get to about 1000 RPM and the Instrument Cluster [IC] dies again.
When starting the center display comes alive with all the "show on start" icons.
Tested by running with traffic [about 50 MPH] and put in neutral to let RPM's drop and the cluster comes alive. Tach says 900 RPM on engine 42 MPH on Speedo - till I let out the clutch and RPMs go over 1000 and it dies again. Repeated the coasting test and simply blipped the throttle and the IC dies and restores and repeats.
I was asked whether the voltage drops as the cluster dies, but I'm not sure where I should be checking voltage and welcome that and any other input.
I've wandered around here for the past week or so, but haven't seen anything like this. If I say "Pretty Please" can someone point me in the right direction?
New owner of a 2003 Jetta TDI 5 sp wagon. New forum member.
Few days ago started seeing the Instrument Cluster intermittently die then come back. Then the whole car died. Battery showed 2.94V, so I replaced the 6 yr old battery. Now things appear back to normal until I get to about 1000 RPM and the Instrument Cluster [IC] dies again.
When starting the center display comes alive with all the "show on start" icons.
Tested by running with traffic [about 50 MPH] and put in neutral to let RPM's drop and the cluster comes alive. Tach says 900 RPM on engine 42 MPH on Speedo - till I let out the clutch and RPMs go over 1000 and it dies again. Repeated the coasting test and simply blipped the throttle and the IC dies and restores and repeats.
I was asked whether the voltage drops as the cluster dies, but I'm not sure where I should be checking voltage and welcome that and any other input.
I've wandered around here for the past week or so, but haven't seen anything like this. If I say "Pretty Please" can someone point me in the right direction?