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Instrument Panel in Renault Megane (2003) dead

  • 07-11-2010 7:16pm
    #1
    lotusflower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44 ✭


    I have a 2003 megane type II, 1.4L petrol and this morning turned it on and the whole instrument panel isn't working.
    The car is fine to drive, indicators, lights etc are all working but I can't see what speed I'm going, the amount of petrol I have, any warning lights, nothing, the whole panel just isn't working.

    Anyone any idea what it might be? I'm really hoping it's something small cause I don't have the money for anything major :S


Comments

  • #2
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    sounds like it may be a multi plug come un plugged....is there an obvious way to take out the panel?


  • #3
    lotusflower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44 ✭lotusflower


    Not that I know of :S i'll look for a manual online and see if I can figure it out. Would it be fairly easy to see when the dash is taken off?


  • #4
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    i dont know...I guess you could check none of your fuses are blown fairly simply...


  • #5
    mikehn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭mikehn


    Hi
    Your dash problem is common, Renault UK have acknowledged that there is an unacceptable high failure rate and are offering affected customers a new console for £100 supplied and fitted. Do not attempt to do anything to your console until you take up the problem with you Renault main dealer. If you had to pay full whack to your main dealer it would be around €800.
    See attached post
    http://www.renault.co.uk/Community/my_renault/f/7/t/262.aspx
    If you fail to get satisfaction from your dealer ring Head office.


  • #6
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,620 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    lotusflower wrote: »
    Not that I know of :S i'll look for a manual online and see if I can figure it out. Would it be fairly easy to see when the dash is taken off?

    It should be, but it's not fairly easy to take the dash out;)
    Check for blown fuses first before taking half a day taking the dash out and three to put it back in.


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  • #7
    slimjimmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,786 ✭✭✭slimjimmc


    There's a 20A fuse in the passenger fusebox.
    If you need to remove the instrument panel it seems a simple job according to a popular workshop manual:

    1. Disconnect battery.
    2. Remove the shroud above the displays by pulling it upwards.
    3. remove single screw at top centre of the instrument panel.
    4. press retaining catch on each side inwards then lift panel upwards and out.
    5. unplug plug by hinging the locking lever to one side.


  • #8
    shamwari
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,142 ✭✭✭shamwari


    OP, did you have a misfire recently in the car, or any of the coils replaced, or any of the spark plugs replaced?

    I know for fact that in the UK, Renault issued a TSB to check that the correct spark plugs are fitted (I think they have an internal resistor in them) as incorrect ones create spikes that can affect electronic modules, including the dash.


  • #9
    lotusflower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44 ✭lotusflower


    The only thing I've done to it in the last while was getting the timing belt changed and general services . Only bought it less than a year ago so maybe they were changed before I got it and only kicked up now


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