Help: dead clock?

The clock in my Forester 2001 went dead two days ago. It became dark
and doesn't show anything.
This is weird as I never heard any car having a failed clock ~~~~~

My guess is that maybe there is a fuse for this clock and it melted?
But I don't know how to check and how to replace if it is the cause.

Please suggest. Thank you in advance!

swzhao (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote:

The clock in my Forester 2001 went dead two days ago. It became dark
and doesn't show anything.
This is weird as I never heard any car having a failed clock ~~~~~

My guess is that maybe there is a fuse for this clock and it melted?
But I don't know how to check and how to replace if it is the cause.

Please suggest. Thank you in advance!

It sounds like as if the LCD glass has broken on it. Just go to the
dealer and have it replaced, if it's important enough to you.

Yousuf Khan

--
There is no failure, only delayed success

I think this is a common problem - there have been many previous threads and
a repair method for this. Try doing a search. Here is one thread here -
http://groups.google.com.au/group/al...21f5fafdbf5ba8


<swzhao (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

The clock in my Forester 2001 went dead two days ago. It became dark
and doesn't show anything.
This is weird as I never heard any car having a failed clock ~~~~~

My guess is that maybe there is a fuse for this clock and it melted?
But I don't know how to check and how to replace if it is the cause.

Please suggest. Thank you in advance!

I think this is a common problem - there have been many previous threads and
a repair method for this. Try doing a search. Here is one thread here -
http://groups.google.com.au/group/al...21f5fafdbf5ba8


swzhao (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote in message
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The clock in my Forester 2001 went dead two days ago. It became dark
and doesn't show anything.
This is weird as I never heard any car having a failed clock ~~~~~

My guess is that maybe there is a fuse for this clock and it melted?
But I don't know how to check and how to replace if it is the cause.

Please suggest. Thank you in advance!

The reference above is excellent: the trouble is quite likely a failed

solder joint, either at the resistor mentioned in the link provided, or at
one of the solder pads at which provide power (and support) to the display
itself. I've had this problem as well and fixed it by resoldering the
failed joint.

On 24 Dec 2006 11:46:57 -0800, "swzhao (AT) gmail (DOT) com" <swzhao (AT) gmail (DOT) com>
wrote:

The clock in my Forester 2001 went dead two days ago. It became dark
and doesn't show anything.
This is weird as I never heard any car having a failed clock ~~~~~

My guess is that maybe there is a fuse for this clock and it melted?
But I don't know how to check and how to replace if it is the cause.

Please suggest. Thank you in advance!

I repaired mine - it's apparently quite a common problem. There's a
resistor which breaks loose from the solder joint - you just need to
resolder it. Takes longer to get it out than to fix it. At worst
it's a $0-50 replacement - but you can fix it for free...

The one in my 2002 Forester died last month. Dealer said the part was
$125 to replace it. Ouch.

"Tom Bavis" wrote:

On 24 Dec 2006 11:46:57 -0800, "swzhao (AT) gmail (DOT) com"
swzhao (AT) gmail (DOT) com
wrote:

The clock in my Forester 2001 went dead two days ago. It
became dark
and doesn't show anything.
This is weird as I never heard any car having a failed clock
~~~~~

My guess is that maybe there is a fuse for this clock and it
melted?
But I don't know how to check and how to replace if it is the
cause.

Please suggest. Thank you in advance!


I repaired mine - it's apparently quite a common problem.
There's a
resistor which breaks loose from the solder joint - you just
need to
resolder it. Takes longer to get it out than to fix it. At
worst
it's a $0-50 replacement - but you can fix it for free...

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Hey! I don't suppose you have a picture of the clock showing which
resistor? Mine's been sitting on the workbench taken apart for a year
now. It would work when I ran power to the right pins -- but then
everytime I put it back together and plugged into the car it would quit
right away (after getting wiggled?) again. I recently gave up, and
bought a stick-on battery powered one, but that's not nearly as nice.

(How can a digital clock cost $50? When a mobile phone with a clock as a
screen saver costs $15? ;-)

ameuse <none (AT) 000 (DOT) com> wrote:

The one in my 2002 Forester died last month. Dealer said the part was
$125 to replace it. Ouch.

"Tom Bavis" wrote:
On 24 Dec 2006 11:46:57 -0800, "swzhao (AT) gmail (DOT) com"
swzhao (AT) gmail (DOT) com
wrote:

The clock in my Forester 2001 went dead two days ago. It
became dark
and doesn't show anything.
This is weird as I never heard any car having a failed clock
~~~~~

My guess is that maybe there is a fuse for this clock and it
melted?
But I don't know how to check and how to replace if it is the
cause.

Please suggest. Thank you in advance!


I repaired mine - it's apparently quite a common problem.
There's a
resistor which breaks loose from the solder joint - you just
need to
resolder it. Takes longer to get it out than to fix it. At
worst
it's a $0-50 replacement - but you can fix it for free...

"David Buchner" <buchner (AT) wcta (DOT) net> wrote

(How can a digital clock cost $50? When a mobile phone with a clock as a
screen saver costs $15? ;-)

Because the mobile phone would look silly stuck to the roof of your car!
(-;

~Brian

strchild <strchild (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

"David Buchner" <buchner (AT) wcta (DOT) net> wrote in message
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(How can a digital clock cost $50? When a mobile phone with a clock as a
screen saver costs $15? ;-)

Because the mobile phone would look silly stuck to the roof of your car!
(-;

Not *that* silly. Not $50 worth of silly (for the Impreza), and
definitely not the Forester-quoted silly. In an '02 Impreza, the clock
is a separate unit stuck in a panel in the top of the dash -- a panel I
believe was replaced with some kind of sunglasses-compartment in
Foresters of the same age. It's just yer basic green segmented-digital
clock.

But really: how long is this thing going to persist, where a "Digital
Clock!" is an expensive item treated like a super-special hi-tech
custom-fit high performance component ...just because it goes in your
car?

I'm sure the silly pricing game will continue until the rules somehow
change. If folks will pay it it'll be expensive, and if you can't get
volume sales why would the dealers lower the price! I agree that the prices
are exorbitant on most items and need adjusting, but don't know how to
remedy that, especially on import items. I usually run to the u-pull it
yard when I need something, but then, I don't drive the newer soobs, so at
least I can do just that.

~Brian

"David Buchner" <buchner (AT) wcta (DOT) net> wrote

strchild <strchild (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

"David Buchner" <buchner (AT) wcta (DOT) net> wrote in message
news:1hrvkyv.1ke7vva1usrl05N%buchner (AT) wcta (DOT) net...

(How can a digital clock cost $50? When a mobile phone with a clock as
a
screen saver costs $15? ;-)

Because the mobile phone would look silly stuck to the roof of your car!
(-;

Not *that* silly. Not $50 worth of silly (for the Impreza), and
definitely not the Forester-quoted silly. In an '02 Impreza, the clock
is a separate unit stuck in a panel in the top of the dash -- a panel I
believe was replaced with some kind of sunglasses-compartment in
Foresters of the same age. It's just yer basic green segmented-digital
clock.

But really: how long is this thing going to persist, where a "Digital
Clock!" is an expensive item treated like a super-special hi-tech
custom-fit high performance component ...just because it goes in your
car?