My clock died!

[IDAFC21]

i think theres one in the fuse box under the hood that says clock on it. i would assume that would be in. my fuse wasnt fried tho

[vanskater]

mine is kinda dead.......


it gets real dim so what i do is i just press on the face of it with my thumb and it comes back to life

[a03subaruwrx]

if u noticed the clock dimmmmssss when u turn on the headlights and comes back to clear view when lights are off I have never had my clock completyl go out goodluck on the problem!

[jquicksilver008]

my clock died a while back, i just went to the boneyard and got one, the lady didnt even charge me for it.

[subaru_crazy]

My clock would just stay off completely when I turned the car on so I would give it a whack on the dashboard and it would come back, but after few weeks it just went out for good. The clock is supposed to dim when you turn your lights on, that is how it works with all cars that I have been in.

[neener]

R.I.P my clock as well, how much is it to get it replaced?

[Peteys02bugeye]

I dunno what it is but my clock just failed to come up when i turned the car on one day back in october and now it randomly fades in to a bright green and then to a soft green and then nothing for a few weeks till it decides to bome back again....and its not that im too lazy to fix it its just i dont have any $$$$

[Micah]

I dunno what it is but my clock just failed to come up when i turned the car on one day back in october and now it randomly fades in to a bright green and then to a soft green and then nothing for a few weeks till it decides to bome back again....and its not that im too lazy to fix it its just i dont have any $$$$

Mine does this usually when it's cold out. Smacking the dash to the left of the clock seems to turn it back on. I've had to do it this morning and yesterday.

[buymywit]

Micah,
I thought my clock had a cold weather problem, too, as it would come back on when the cab warmed up. Soon it quit all together ...
I did some searching, and some guy claimed there is a resistor and/or diode that comes loose.
This afternoon, as my girlfriend slept the afternoon away (bless her heart, she's next to me now, shooting me looks of ice-cold daggers), I tore into the problem.
I broke a few of the small plastic tabs holding it all in (damn plastic %@&#!) , but it all went back in just fine (black tape works nice).
Anyways, I took the clock body apart down to the circuit board/LED assembly. I had to desolder the two LED ground mounts on the bottom and swing the LED up & out of the way, and lo-and-behold, the 510 ohm resistor/diode (not sure what it is; it's small, rectangular, with 510 printed on it) on the right had a solder broken loose. A little gentle heat and a touch of solder, then resoldering the LED back into place, put it all back together, and, woo-hoo!, it works again, all for the price of $0 u.s.
Now I can sit back and be proud all evening ...

[kato]

wow i thought i was just me having my clock died as well. i did do the bang on the dash self fix move but now its dead for sure.

[grizzle]

My clock would just stay off completely when I turned the car on so I would give it a whack on the dashboard and it would come back, but after few weeks it just went out for good. The clock is supposed to dim when you turn your lights on, that is how it works with all cars that I have been in.

LOLOLOL! I hit my clock, too! My clock starting going off in my 02 around 95000 mi. It was also during the winter, and the cold weather accelerated it's death. But, if you give the dash a good whack, right on top of the clock, it may come back! It just got much warmer and now (100,000 mi), the clock is reincarnated and going strong, but sometimes still needs hit!

[Roach728]

My clock was dead when i bought it. It does work nice as a cell holder but when it gets out of the body shop i think that i will try the teardown and rebuild approach

[stkbox]

my clock just died too @ 75,xxx miles. I never realized how much I looked at it now that it doesn't work.. and I can't justify spending $50+ bucks on buying a new one.

I like the idea of a clock recall someone posted earlier. If someone starts the petition, I'll be the first one to sign it

[mikeythejew]

Years or months old, not miles on a clocks life.

[IDAFC21]

Micah,
I thought my clock had a cold weather problem, too, as it would come back on when the cab warmed up. Soon it quit all together ...
I did some searching, and some guy claimed there is a resistor and/or diode that comes loose.
This afternoon, as my girlfriend slept the afternoon away (bless her heart, she's next to me now, shooting me looks of ice-cold daggers), I tore into the problem.
I broke a few of the small plastic tabs holding it all in (damn plastic %@&#!) , but it all went back in just fine (black tape works nice).
Anyways, I took the clock body apart down to the circuit board/LED assembly. I had to desolder the two LED ground mounts on the bottom and swing the LED up & out of the way, and lo-and-behold, the 510 ohm resistor/diode (not sure what it is; it's small, rectangular, with 510 printed on it) on the right had a solder broken loose. A little gentle heat and a touch of solder, then resoldering the LED back into place, put it all back together, and, woo-hoo!, it works again, all for the price of $0 u.s.
Now I can sit back and be proud all evening ...

yup. thats all you need to do. fixed mine a couple weeks ago. its great having a clock again, and for free too anyone w/ broken clocks this is 99.999% likely your problem. dont buy a new clock, buy a soldering iron instead! way better investment