Dash Clock and outside temp not working

[peixcman]

I have a 2001 XC70 and my dash clock and temp window in the cluster has gone out. Is there a fuse or bulb that I can change to get this going again?

Mac

[Omega5]

Fistst check to see if what has gone out is the back light or something something more.
Take a small MAGLITE and point it at the LCD at an angle of say 45deg. If you can see the clock, then you know all it is is the back light. I had the same thing happen to my old Grand Am and if the sun was shining against it, i could see it, if it was dark or in the shade i could see nothing, .. chaged a 50 cent bulb and all was well. Dealer wanted 400+ to replace the entire unit .. HA

[Aviator]

Fistst check to see if what has gone out is the back light or something something more.
Take a small MAGLITE and point it at the LCD at an angle of say 45deg. If you can see the clock, then you know all it is is the back light. I had the same thing happen to my old Grand Am and if the sun was shining against it, i could see it, if it was dark or in the shade i could see nothing, .. chaged a 50 cent bulb and all was well. Dealer wanted 400+ to replace the entire unit .. HA

That stuff is all digital.......there are no bulbs in there........something like an LCD monitor.

Dave.

[Omega5]

Dave: I understand, but there is always a back light. The "something" behind the LCD monitor is expensive, the something behind the LCD in your car might not be. I'm telling you what I have done in the past.

Either way, you'll know if the module is gone all together or if just the backlight, whatever that light may be; LED, floorescent, or incandescent. Whatever it is, you'll know if that's what's burned out.

[bob]

Omega 5 is correct. There is a backlight, and if it is burned out, the display all but disappears.

[peixcman]

It is the backlight that is out. The display is still there. How do take the cluster apart to get the bulb out?

[Art]

Instructions on how to remove the DIM can be viewed in the link below (steps 1-6).

http://www.volvoxc.com/resources/how...stallation.pdf

There are at least a dozen bulbs that illuminate various parts of the instrument panel.