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Default Electronic digital odometer hard to read (99 SL2) - 03-11-2008 , 08:49 AM






This is my second Saturn, but the first with an electronic digital odometer.
I don't like that too much: it's difficult to read in the daytime, except in
full sunlight, and impossible at night. Turning up the instrument panel
lighting has no effect. Is this thing *supposed* to be this hard to read??

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Default Re: Electronic digital odometer hard to read (99 SL2) - 03-11-2008 , 05:18 PM






My '01 lw300 has the electronic odometer and is rather easy to read both day
and night. I think it is a backlit LCD though looks very much like an orange
LED display.

Sounds like something in the backlight may have failed on yours.

"Doug Miller" <spambait (AT) milmac (DOT) com> wrote

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This is my second Saturn, but the first with an electronic digital
odometer.
I don't like that too much: it's difficult to read in the daytime, except
in
full sunlight, and impossible at night. Turning up the instrument panel
lighting has no effect. Is this thing *supposed* to be this hard to read??



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Default Re: Electronic digital odometer hard to read (99 SL2) - 03-11-2008 , 08:04 PM



Exactly-- replace the bulb, solve the problem.
"Oppie" <boppie (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote

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My '01 lw300 has the electronic odometer and is rather easy to read both
day and night. I think it is a backlit LCD though looks very much like an
orange LED display.

Sounds like something in the backlight may have failed on yours.

"Doug Miller" <spambait (AT) milmac (DOT) com> wrote in message
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This is my second Saturn, but the first with an electronic digital
odometer.
I don't like that too much: it's difficult to read in the daytime, except
in
full sunlight, and impossible at night. Turning up the instrument panel
lighting has no effect. Is this thing *supposed* to be this hard to
read??





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Oppie
 
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Default Re: Electronic digital odometer hard to read (99 SL2) - 03-12-2008 , 04:02 PM



You would hope it to be a simple bulb but the dash functions particularly
are more and more, embedded LEDs. For that matter on many cars, I have spent
close to an hour just trying to get access to a burried lamp to replace it.
Not fun.
Oppie


"Steve" <previousstuff (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

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Exactly-- replace the bulb, solve the problem.
"Oppie" <boppie (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote in message
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My '01 lw300 has the electronic odometer and is rather easy to read both
day and night. I think it is a backlit LCD though looks very much like an
orange LED display.

Sounds like something in the backlight may have failed on yours.

"Doug Miller" <spambait (AT) milmac (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:PdvBj.13766$5K1.6399 (AT) newssvr12 (DOT) news.prodigy.net...
This is my second Saturn, but the first with an electronic digital
odometer.
I don't like that too much: it's difficult to read in the daytime,
except in
full sunlight, and impossible at night. Turning up the instrument panel
lighting has no effect. Is this thing *supposed* to be this hard to
read??







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