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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 12:55 PM
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My lcd read out on my 2003 Zo6s climate controls is starting to dim to were you can barley read it. Is there a way to fix it?
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 01:03 PM
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i was going to post about this yesterday! i just picked up my Z yesterday and its the same thing, i wonder what it is??? for me i can only see it at night , during the day i can't see it at all.
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 03:31 PM
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There was a guy on corvette forum that redoes all of the LED's for like $75. I forget his name but do a search on the C5 section.
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Old Oct 29, 2009 | 12:12 AM
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so we'd have to pull the climate unit and send it to him? sucks not being able to see what temp i'm at or what i'm setting it to
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Old Oct 29, 2009 | 12:17 AM
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Yeah, if I remember correctly his turn around time was pretty quick, like 2-3 days.
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Old Oct 29, 2009 | 12:18 AM
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http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...splay-fix.html
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Old Oct 29, 2009 | 03:59 AM
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had the same problem in my car. My buddy has the same year but his is a C5 vert. He took mine apart and resoldered the "241" labled circuit parts and it has been like new ever since!!!
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Old Oct 31, 2009 | 12:40 AM
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just did mine today and it works!!!! yay!!!
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I repair them also, reasonably priced. PM me if interested
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