ok whilst replacing my heater core last week i notice a switch hidden under the dash which was wired up with speaker wire. After getting the car back together i decided to find out what it did, to my surprise it stopped the speedo from working and the kms stopped racking up on the odometer. About 20 mins ago the tape that was on the switch came off and it shorted out on the steering column. Now none of the gauges work nor do the indicators. The cluster still lights up but there is just a blank screen where the odometer reading is supposed to be. the car still drive fine.

i have checked all the fuses i can find. Is it a fried board in the cluster?
keen for some help as i am keen to go on the cruise tomorrow

cheers

recheck the fuses i reckon.

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All sweet now. Was the one fuse i missed.
yay looks like im still coming on the cruise

Of course you realise that this has probably been wired in by a previous owner to keep the clock down, with ability to easily turn back on at short notice?

With GPS being so cheap these days, I wonder how many cars are getting around with similar odometer "kill" switches...

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MY99 WRX sedan WRC blue Sold :(
MY99 WRX sedan Dark blue pearl :D
MY97 Liberty Outback Ltd Wagon
1990 Mk3 Supra turbo fully rebuilt 7M-GTE (Older son)
1991 Celica GT4 (Younger son)

If i knew about it at the time, i wouldn't have even thought about buying the car but its too late now. Im not that worried about it anyways as i will be putting a new engine in one day.

For future reference when getting a second wrxy is the "kill" switch easy to notice or when you get someone to inspect it do you get them to check a certain area of the car to find it before you buy it?
I learn something new everyday on here

I have looked under my dash many of times but didnt find it untill i pulled the whole dash out, it was hidden amongst the massive amounts of wires. If there was to be one in a car it would be under dash on drivers side most probally. Like mine.

to be honest i've been hanging around here a few years and its the first i've ever heard of it

Forde, how many km did the car have on it when you bought it?

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MY93 Impreza GX 1.8L, 0hp, 0nm

It had 149000 on it 3-4 months ago when i got. The guy i bought it off seemed pretty decent. He was the second owner and brought the car completley stock from QLD.

Brings to mind this thread from a fair while back...

My car has just hit the 200K mark ... might have to pick up a cheap GPS

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MY99 WRX sedan WRC blue Sold :(
MY99 WRX sedan Dark blue pearl :D
MY97 Liberty Outback Ltd Wagon
1990 Mk3 Supra turbo fully rebuilt 7M-GTE (Older son)
1991 Celica GT4 (Younger son)