Strange HUD Issue
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Racer
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St. Jude Donor '08
Strange HUD Issue
Today It was bright and sunny as I was driving down the road I noticed my HUD display was up on the windshield in blue whether it was on or off, but it was just the top portion, as I drove it scrolled down thru the whole thing, like I could see all the possible variations of what the HUD could show, but it was blue. A few minutes later I made a left turn and it was fine again. Even if I completely shut it off it was still there. Any ideas??? Its worked fine since and I've driven the car on similar days without an issue like this.
Racer
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It could have been some sort of relection from the sun. I believe there is a morror in the HUD unit and at the right kind of angle with the sunlight hitting just right, this type of thing may be possible.
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Racer
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St. Jude Donor '08
Originally Posted by allmee
It could have been some sort of relection from the sun. I believe there is a morror in the HUD unit and at the right kind of angle with the sunlight hitting just right, this type of thing may be possible.
seemed like that to me too, but I've NEVER seen it before in 4 months of owning the car....
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From: Edmond, OK...One of the first rules of online forums: If you don't like what is said but can't refute it, attack the poster.
It's the sun doing it. The first time it happened to mine I thought the thing was going crazy. Couldn't read anything because everything was lit up in a blue color. It's only happened a couple of times. To test it, when it happens, turn the car around and head the other direction. It should then be ok.
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Yep, its the sun. When light gets shined in at just the right angle it will light up the display giving you what you seen. Below is a photo of the HUD display, as you can see is is blue in color, once light is shined into the display much like the flash in this photo the entire display will light up. There is actually two mirrors in the HUD so there is a few different angles which will cause this. Some times if the light refracts you will even see strange colors.
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Drifting
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From: Southwest Virginia
Originally Posted by connecticut
what's going on with the extra wire there?
Instructor
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Not to change the tone of the thread entirely but I have a 2000 coupe and my HUD seems to have "lowered" over the years. Of course, I thought at first it was just the seat that needed to be adjusted and I wasn't looking at it from the right angle anymore but that wasn't the case. The HUD seems really low on the windshield and I can't get it to go any higher. I can move it down till it's out of view almost entirely and then back up to the original point but no higher. Is this a sign of it going bad or what?
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Originally Posted by JeffC5
It's the sun doing it. The first time it happened to mine I thought the thing was going crazy. Couldn't read anything because everything was lit up in a blue color. It's only happened a couple of times. To test it, when it happens, turn the car around and head the other direction. It should then be ok.
jeff
jeff
You can put your hand up near the windshield and create a shadow from the sun making it go away. Rarely will happen.
Drifting
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From: Southwest Virginia
Originally Posted by stromadd
Not to change the tone of the thread entirely but I have a 2000 coupe and my HUD seems to have "lowered" over the years. Of course, I thought at first it was just the seat that needed to be adjusted and I wasn't looking at it from the right angle anymore but that wasn't the case. The HUD seems really low on the windshield and I can't get it to go any higher. I can move it down till it's out of view almost entirely and then back up to the original point but no higher. Is this a sign of it going bad or what?
