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Title: Centre panel on instrument cluster flashing
Post by: KOGArdMhacha on August 22, 2019, 10:46:55
Hi Folks

Hello everyone and thanks for welcoming me into the owners club and forum  :goodjob2:

Driving into work this morning i noticed the info panel in the centre of the cluster was flashing, not completely on and off but flashing and the levels of brightness fluctuating, I am aware this is a known common fault with this model, but.... according to the previous owner and the service manual backs this claim up, this issue has already been rectified with a completely new part,

Surely this couldn't be a reoccurring fault, could it?

Thanks for taking the time to read
Title: Re: Centre panel on instrument cluster flashing
Post by: nzenigma on August 22, 2019, 11:14:16
Hi Folks

Hello everyone and thanks for welcoming me into the owners club and forum  :goodjob2:

Driving into work this morning i noticed the info panel in the centre of the cluster was flashing, not completely on and off but flashing and the levels of brightness fluctuating, I am aware this is a known common fault with this model, but.... according to the previous owner and the service manual backs this claim up, this issue has already been rectified with a completely new part,

Surely this couldn't be a reoccurring fault, could it?



A truly Irish conundrum  :mrgreen: ,,..... rectified with a new part ..... a known common fault....a reoccurring fault, .... Yup!  :cool:
Title: Re: Centre panel on instrument cluster flashing
Post by: KOGArdMhacha on August 22, 2019, 11:58:21
Thanks for your response (i think)

So what your saying is, the new part which was to fix the known common fault, is in fact still going to be a recurring fault? Have i got that right?
Title: Re: Centre panel on instrument cluster flashing
Post by: Dazzler on August 22, 2019, 12:15:20
Thanks for your response (i think)

So what your saying is, the new part which was to fix the known common fault, is in fact still going to be a recurring fault? Have i got that right?

It is fairly common and can recur I think that is what Gary is saying. He's a Kiwi  :snigger:

It certainly wouldn't be the first time something replaced under warranty has failed again (not just with Hyundai's) You have been unlucky though.
Title: Re: Centre panel on instrument cluster flashing
Post by: tw2005 on August 22, 2019, 12:27:15
The backlight LEDs burn out as far as I can figure. Could be worth writing a letter to Hyundai and see if they come to the party. Likely affects a certain production period and I only say that because I've had 2 2010 clusters go and yet I have  2 , 2008 clusters original and with vastly more mileage as well.

I've managed to refurb one with new LEDs but it's a big job made tricky as you have to dismantle to the board level and then somehow assemble the needles in the original positions maintaining calibration.  Did put up some good images of my work, you just have to try doing a search to find them.

If you decide to track down a used one, pay attention to the part numbers because over here I found a lot of different versions which depend on petrol/diesel, auto/manual, base model  or upspec with trip computer and finally year of production as I found series 2 FD was wired different to the early ones say to early 2010
Title: Re: Centre panel on instrument cluster flashing
Post by: KOGArdMhacha on August 22, 2019, 12:59:12
Hey, thanks for all the replies, i might try Hyundai and see what they return with, although the car is almost 9 years old i doubt anything will come of it, i can imagine the hassle involved in swapping over for a second hand part, then there is the issue with the sourcing of the correct part, my vehicle is the premium spec with speed limiter and cruise control so i think finding a replacement could prove almost impossible, i think perhaps a refurbishment would be the way to go, here is hoping i can find a company which does this here in Ireland,

Again thanks for all your help

Great forum,
Title: Re: Centre panel on instrument cluster flashing
Post by: nzenigma on August 22, 2019, 22:18:52
Thanks for your response (i think)

So what your saying is, the new part which was to fix the known common fault, is in fact still going to be a recurring fault? Have i got that right?

Yes mate, you seemed to be answering your own question. If it happens in one display its possible to have it reoccur in the replacement.
But re : "known common fault" ...... Known? yes. Common? no.
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