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Old May 23, 2012 | 07:28 AM
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From: MOFN, AL, 70 miles from George
Default Re: Harbinger of doom?

Originally Posted by FriendlyFire
So I get in the XF to come home from work last night and one of the instrument cluster bulbs is out.
(somewhere between the fuel and the speedo)
Bummer.
Reeeeally don't want to take the cluster out.
Coming home tonight, and I stopped for a beverage at the gas station. When I got back in I noticed
right away that the bulb was back on.

Now I'm more concerned. A bulb is good or bad, it shouldn't fluctuate. Is this a sign of some underlying
electrical gremlin? I suppose it could be slightly loose in it's socket but this is the first time in a year and 9K miles it has gone out. I drive at night at least 5 nights a week.

As of now all bulbs are working fine, and I'm glad the cluster removal may have been forestalled, but that kind of spooks me.

Anybody experience anything like this? Am I just being paranoid?
Nah-tungsten filament bulbs re-attach all of the time.

It will fail again. And maybe even come back to life again too!

Maybe.
 
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