Technical Crackling sound behind speedo

[Clintwilbourn1994]

Hi all I have a crackling/sparkler sound from my speedo area when sat with engine on after a drive what could it be ?

 

[dtimmins1985]

Hi all I have a crackling/sparkler sound from my speedo area when sat with engine on after a drive what could it be ?

I have similar but its a dull crackley noise - like something in the power steering (electronic type) is doing something... unsure, all the instruments and power steering and city mode work fine so unsure... would be nice to know tho.

Edit: Mine also does this when i've turned off the engine, only for a minute or so and also does when the ignition is on but not started. Strange

 

[Clintwilbourn1994]

I have similar but its a dull crackley noise - like something in the power steering (electronic type) is doing something... unsure, all the instruments and power steering and city mode work fine so unsure... would be nice to know tho.

Yes mate from that area it's so annoying but all works fine :/

 

[Clintwilbourn1994]

I have similar but its a dull crackley noise - like something in the power steering (electronic type) is doing something... unsure, all the instruments and power steering and city mode work fine so unsure... would be nice to know tho.

Edit: Mine also does this when i've turned off the engine, only for a minute or so and also does when the ignition is on but not started. Strange

Mine does the exact same mate sounds electrical and mine does it after I've turned it off after a min same

 

[dtimmins1985]

Mine does the exact same mate sounds electrical and mine does it after I've turned it off after a min same

Its weird, i think its something to do with the power steering, the power steering is not hydraulic and does not have a pump & resovior, from what i remember it's electronically assisted power steering (PAS) and from knowledge of previous cars there is usually a motor behind the steering wheel that assists to take the weight of the steering wheel (makes steering feel much lighter).

Anyone confirm this?

 

[Clintwilbourn1994]

Its weird, i think its something to do with the power steering, the power steering is not hydraulic and does not have a pump & resovior, from what i remember it's electronically assisted power steering (PAS) and from knowledge of previous cars there is usually a motor behind the steering wheel that assists to take the weight of the steering wheel (makes steering feel much lighter).

Anyone confirm this?

It's definatly weird mate, I had my car proxy alighned and mileage correction yesterday with multiecuscanner and he kindly checked eerything was ok (power steering) engine,sensors etc and all was okay :/ not to worry about I guess but sounds very nasty the noise lol we'll mine does

 

[Clintwilbourn1994]

Its weird, i think its something to do with the power steering, the power steering is not hydraulic and does not have a pump & resovior, from what i remember it's electronically assisted power steering (PAS) and from knowledge of previous cars there is usually a motor behind the steering wheel that assists to take the weight of the steering wheel (makes steering feel much lighter).

Anyone confirm this?

I've found out today my dials are Grinding and that's what is making the sound, as my idle dial moves a little on idle it's making that noise and when I turn car of all te dials fall to 0 and makes the same noise then also when starting car as dials go up it makes this noise

 

[Davren]

It will be the stepper motors that drive the needles. Each of the 4 needles has its own motor.
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[Clintwilbourn1994]

It will be the stepper motors that drive the needles. Each of the 4 needles has its own motor.
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Instead of the obvouse is their anyway to sort it? I have my old set of clocks in boot cause this car as been through 5 sets of instrument clusters and all the dials end up playing up, but the one I have in works fine just rough, if this one breaks my old one is going to be sent of for perminant repair from specialist lol,

 

[411 guy]

i've had a fair bit of electrical trouble in my stilo's over the last while,including changing the clocks in one three times.on my other car i had serious "electrical tracking" in my engine bay fusebox and so i took it apart to find lots of powdery corrosion and damp,which i cleaned and re-assembled,i wouldn't be surprised if this was common in other cars as i also found it in my other two fuseboxes.
it's a bit tricky but costs nothing only the hour or so of time to remove/dismantle and replace.(take photos)...