Trip Computer display issue

[Bram]

Just this evening I noticed my trip computer display was looking a bit faded. As I got home I tried turning the ignition off and on a few times, some tapping and knocking around the display didn't fix it. Nothing really seemed to help.
At one point I gently knocked from the top of de dash and all of a sudden it got even worse, all text disappeared.

I assume there is a loose connection somewhere in the electronics? Or perhaps something to do with one of the fuses? I found a couple of old threads here about similar problems, but I couldn't find a real fix for it as they seem to have solved it with a knock.
So do any of you know where I should look to fix this? Or am I better off taking it back to the dealer?

Cheers,
Bram

 

[Merde Francais]

On a 197 I wouldn't expect it to be under warranty so for me that would rule out the option of a dealer. If it was a fuse then I wouldn't expect it to work at all, more likely to be a faulty unit or a loose connection.

 

[Bram]

That's most likely the issue I think. Any idea where I should start looking for such a loose connection?
I'm hoping somewhere relatively reachable, disassembling and reassembling the whole dash doesn't seem like a fun job to me to be honest.

 

[Chris]

Sounds obvious, but there is a wheel that turns the illumination up of the display, its where the traction button is, that bank of buttons.

Not patronising, just something you could have missed.

 

[Bram]

Today I tried knocking on top of the dash once more, and luckily the display popped back on. I'm happy it works again, I guess this is all part of the French car experience?
BTW, if there still is someone who knows where the actual connector problem may be, I'd love to hear where I should look if it were to happen sometime in the future.

 

[Sherlock101]

Anybody got a fix for this issue? Got the same problem as this when I tap it on top of the cluster it gets better/worse, definitely a dodgy connector as the backlight is on but the display just gets dim.


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[Clawliger]

If your tapping it on the unit, that suggests it's the connection to the unit itself. Take it off, have a look at the actual connected, might be obviously loose or damaged.