[Z06] HUD turns on by itself !! help!
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Le Mans Master
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From: Phoenix Arizona
HUD turns on by itself !! help!
My HUD came on today and the switch was off. It was unreadable , looked like everything was on at the same time! buncha gobaldy goop! 
I tried turning it off and on and i could see the read out a little brighter than the junk and the read out went off and on but the but the junk would not go off
i turned right and it went off..... then it worked fine ....loose wire . bad ground or bad HUD??
any ideas greatly appreciated!
I tried turning it off and on and i could see the read out a little brighter than the junk and the read out went off and on but the but the junk would not go off
i turned right and it went off..... then it worked fine ....loose wire . bad ground or bad HUD??
any ideas greatly appreciated!
Burning Brakes
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From: GOCC - Rebels Without A Clue Santa Barbara, CA
IMHO..you are seeing sun reflection off the hud unit. I know you probably are saying... no way... but check it out when it happens again. Pretty common observation. 
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It's just like Threed said - if you get in the sun just right, the hud board will reflect sunlight and the whole display will appear to light up, but it is not the nice green-blue, but rather a copper-gold looking reflection.
I'll bet it never does this at night....
No worries.
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Drifting
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From: Sahuarita AZ
This has happened to me a few times as well. Kinda strange the first time it happened but it was fairly obvious it was just glare / reflection.
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Le Mans Master
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wish it ws the sun
yeah daytime it prob was the sun thanks guys but...........
it happened again at night and you can see the screen refresh from left to right real slow, like a slow wave. but not readable but at night if you turn it on then off it goes away
intermittent of course
it happened again at night and you can see the screen refresh from left to right real slow, like a slow wave. but not readable
but at night if you turn it on then off it goes awayintermittent of course
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Le Mans Master
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