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Clock and Heater Controls Question

Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 8:38 am
by Rustybux
94 XE model

Do any of you have problems with your clock? Mine gains 5 minutes in every 8 hours. It's too fast.

Also, The heater controls, ashtray, etc have no lights. They are dark. The speedo lights work. What could be wrong?

Thanks.

Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 4:25 am
by SpecialWarr
AS far as the clock is concerned, my volks was also gaining a few minutes a day. After much searching on Bentley Publishers technical forums I found that the reason was because of a corrosion issue due to the humidity inside the cabin. The corrosion attacks the connector material (copper/ solder?) and causes some kind of a bypass or short.
Dismantling the cluster and cleaning the back around the clock might reveal some corrosion. Remove any that is there and re-solder everything back, that worked on the VW; maybe it'll work on the Pathy!!

As far as the ashtray lights and heater control lights are concerned I'm at a loss.. Sorry about that