Weird Exclusive panel display

[PeterN]

I went to have a look at a 'Y' reg exclusive estate today, no newer than my present one but a lot less miles, it has one or two weird faults, the most concerning one is that the instrument display is present without the ignition being turned on, you can get it to go off by disconnecting and reconnecting the battery but once you turn the ignition on and off the displays stay on again. Any thoughts?

Thanks, Peter.

[Puggy2]

Opening up another can of worms is it worth the trouble I have been trying for a year to cure my 2000 Executive dash problems

[jasper5]

I went to have a look at a 'Y' reg exclusive estate today, no newer than my present one but a lot less miles, it has one or two weird faults, the most concerning one is that the instrument display is present without the ignition being turned on, you can get it to go off by disconnecting and reconnecting the battery but once you turn the ignition on and off the displays stay on again. Any thoughts?

Thanks, Peter.

I had a customer's car with a similar problem...turned out to be the under carpet connectors full of water.

[steve_earwig]

Wot Jasper said. Expect electronic mayhem to follow shortly (ha!)

[GingerMagic]

Yup, I had the same on a car I was breaking a while ago - the screen went off after a while but would come back on when you unlocked the car.....

[PeterN]

I have had water under the carpet problems with my existing one but a good dry out and cleaning cured it. I did feel the carpet but it didn't seem wet.

Peter

[PeterN]

Water under the drivers side front carpet