Jaguar xf  2013 plate

Hi I have noticed that the speedo needle and the one on the rev counter don't light up when light switch is switched on, it's ok in daylight but nothing on in darkness.

ps. the problem with my off/side rear indicator solved by using access to the rear light cluster disconnect the plug, spray liberally with WD40 contact cleaner, (see pic) follow directions.

 

Hi Lou, I believe your speedo and rev counter needle illumination is by LED in the Instrument Cluster, i.e. not a physical filament bulb any longer and the LED have likely failed.

It is possible to repair the LED in the Instrument Cluster, but it requires the Cluster to be removed and fixed on the bench. There are firms that can do that for you, either you take out the cluster and post it off, generally turned around in 1 day, or you can drive the car to them and they will take it out, fix the LED and replace it in the dash.

There are quite a few of these specialist repairers around now, but I am not aware of anyone in the Cheshire area - although there probably is. Type "Dashboard Repairs" into your search engine and I am sure you will come up with a number of them - they all seem to end in "Tronics". As in Totaltronics, Cartronics, Autotronics, etc.

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