Electronic digital odometer hard to read (99 SL2)

This is my second Saturn, but the first with an electronic digital odometer.
I don't like that too much: it's difficult to read in the daytime, except in
full sunlight, and impossible at night. Turning up the instrument panel
lighting has no effect. Is this thing *supposed* to be this hard to read??

My '01 lw300 has the electronic odometer and is rather easy to read both day
and night. I think it is a backlit LCD though looks very much like an orange
LED display.

Sounds like something in the backlight may have failed on yours.

"Doug Miller" > wrote in message
et...
> This is my second Saturn, but the first with an electronic digital
> odometer.
> I don't like that too much: it's difficult to read in the daytime, except
> in
> full sunlight, and impossible at night. Turning up the instrument panel
> lighting has no effect. Is this thing *supposed* to be this hard to read??

Exactly-- replace the bulb, solve the problem.
"Oppie" > wrote in message
news:fGCBj.6442$iD2.1629@trndny09...
> My '01 lw300 has the electronic odometer and is rather easy to read both
> day and night. I think it is a backlit LCD though looks very much like an
> orange LED display.
>
> Sounds like something in the backlight may have failed on yours.
>
> "Doug Miller" > wrote in message
> et...
>> This is my second Saturn, but the first with an electronic digital
>> odometer.
>> I don't like that too much: it's difficult to read in the daytime, except
>> in
>> full sunlight, and impossible at night. Turning up the instrument panel
>> lighting has no effect. Is this thing *supposed* to be this hard to
>> read??
>
>

You would hope it to be a simple bulb but the dash functions particularly
are more and more, embedded LEDs. For that matter on many cars, I have spent
close to an hour just trying to get access to a burried lamp to replace it.
Not fun.
Oppie


"Steve" > wrote in message
news:r6FBj.6246$e52.2378@trndny01...
> Exactly-- replace the bulb, solve the problem.
> "Oppie" > wrote in message
> news:fGCBj.6442$iD2.1629@trndny09...
>> My '01 lw300 has the electronic odometer and is rather easy to read both
>> day and night. I think it is a backlit LCD though looks very much like an
>> orange LED display.
>>
>> Sounds like something in the backlight may have failed on yours.
>>
>> "Doug Miller" > wrote in message
>> et...
>>> This is my second Saturn, but the first with an electronic digital
>>> odometer.
>>> I don't like that too much: it's difficult to read in the daytime,
>>> except in
>>> full sunlight, and impossible at night. Turning up the instrument panel
>>> lighting has no effect. Is this thing *supposed* to be this hard to
>>> read??
>>
>>
>
>