Odometer LCD is Intermittently Wonky

[Kip]

Hi all,

For my '98 260rs...

The odometer LCD occasionally turns blank or gives me only the bottom half or top half of the numbers. It's intermittent, which leaves me to believe it's a dead solder or loose wire somewhere. The odometer itself works. When the screen comes back, kms have been added to the trip and overall meters. A couple questions:

1. Is this a known issue with the Stagea? I didn't see it pop up in my quick search, but that could be my searching skills.
2. How accessible is the LCD screen in the cluster? I'm hoping it's a remove and replace type situation versus cracking open the whole housing.

I'm hoping you all can narrow some of my initial troubleshooting. Any experience or opinions would be helpful.

 

[Duncan]

Hi mate, I have never had an issue with the odometer in mine (450,000+ klm now) and can't remember another post about it. Still, your description of the likely cause sounds spot on, so an electrics repair is probably the next stop.

[Kip]

1 hour ago, Duncan said:

Hi mate, I have never had an issue with the odometer in mine (450,000+ klm now) and can't remember another post about it. Still, your description of the likely cause sounds spot on, so an electrics repair is probably the next stop.

Yay. I'm the lucky one who got the bad LCD. Only 138,000km or so on this car.  🙄

On a non-Nissan car I have, similar issues were related to failing cold solder joints. At least with the Stag, I'm not losing my speedometer, odometer, gas gauge, and temp gauge. I guess I get to go into the dash at some point. I'm not overly concerned about it, but it's annoying. Seems to be happening more frequently in the past couple weeks too. Not sure if that's the summer heat causing hassles or the problem genuinely getting worse. Bleh.

Edited June 17, 2024 by Kip
corrected typos

[niZmO_Man]

I would take the cluster apart and re-flow the solder joints, it's like 20+ years old now, so might as well refresh it.