Half moon symbol? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Andreole · 06-09-2007, 09:54 PM

On the far left side of the heating, ventilation display, I now have what I'll call is a half moon sticking out from the side. What does this mean? It was never there before.

Boxtaboy · 06-10-2007, 02:57 AM

Sorry, but this means that your heating and a/c unit's backlighting is about to go out/become totally distorted for viewing.

Andreole · 06-10-2007, 08:11 AM

Thanks Boxtaboy......that is certainly disheartening though. Is this a common occurrence? How much longer until I can't read anything on the display? Guess we're about to find out whether my extended warranty policy is worth its salt. It did cover a faulty ignition switch a few months back.

djomlas · 06-10-2007, 08:46 AM

i have that too...this is what i do.
full heat when its cold, if its warm, top down

but yea, it happens to a lot of them though, you can get one on ebay when they pop up for like 100 bux or so usually

Boxtaboy · 06-10-2007, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Andreole

Thanks Boxtaboy......that is certainly disheartening though. Is this a common occurrence? How much longer until I can't read anything on the display? Guess we're about to find out whether my extended warranty policy is worth its salt. It did cover a faulty ignition switch a few months back.

I'm not sure how long it will take till the display goes totally crazy, but it looks like this, right? It hasn't happened to me yet, but I hear the replacement LCD panel is around $400, or you can perhaps get one from ebay or a dismantler. Good luck.

Andreole · 06-10-2007, 06:53 PM

Boxtaboy, yup, that's exactly what it looks like. In my case the light has only been on for a few days.

Tool Pants · 06-11-2007, 07:31 AM

Still waiting for a review of this replacement LCD display.

http://www.986forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2951&page=1&pp=20

Tom Blue · 06-11-2007, 11:09 AM

My left number display on my unit only lights up several bars in the 70's. Oddly enough the 60s and 80s work perfectly. I found a replacement from Oklahoma Dismantlers but the lowest they would go was $300. For that price I thought I could live with the problem for a while longer.
Good luck with your back lighting issue.