W203 ( face lift ) digital display not working

[Remmoc]

<div class="bbWrapper">This poxy car will be the death of me<br /> <br /> Digital ( LCD ) on the dash just shows a white light , no digits , numbers , letters - just nothing , top turns red if i drive with the door open so the back lights working<br /> <br /> Any idea as to whats gone wrong before i set fire to the feckin thing<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f621.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" data-smilie="4"data-shortname=":mad:" /></div>

 

[Teego]

<div class="bbWrapper">I should set fire to the feckin' thing. Used to have this problem with my Jurassic Casio calculator. Before that it was failing LEDs on my Texas Instruments one.</div>

 

[Remmoc]

<div class="bbWrapper">UPDATE - Just opened the door to get some shopping out and its all working again - didnt even put the key in - WTF <img src="/styles/mbclub/smilies/wallbash.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wallbash:" title="Wallbash :wallbash:" data-shortname=":wallbash:" /><br /> Any ideas now ???????</div>

 

[Smart320]

<div class="bbWrapper">Poltergeist ?</div>

 

[Remmoc]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 128613" data-quote="Smart320" data-source="post: 2820668" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/goto/post?id=2820668" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-2820668">Smart320 said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Poltergeist ? </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>Probably right - its got a mind of its own it seems</div>

 

[Remmoc]

<div class="bbWrapper">well it kind of works now , clock wont reset and and is frozen at 10.50 and wont manually adjust , trip doesnt reset after 4 hours either - any ideas <br /> PLEASE HELP</div>

 

[Remmoc]

<div class="bbWrapper">More info<br /> its not got command , just system 20 , radio remembers all the channels fine , it wont rest trip after 4 hours which it used too , i cant set the / swap kilometers / miles or remove them and add the outside temp instead , i cant turn off the outside auto find the car in the dark lights which i used to be able too or turn on / off the auto locking - menu has just vanished</div>

 

[Remmoc]

<div class="bbWrapper">More info , just the clock now - cant set time at all and no 12h/24h sub menu . where exactly does the clock get its info from , theres no command on this</div>

 

[Remmoc]

<div class="bbWrapper">UPDATE .<br /> This morning for no reason whatsoever the clock and date came back from its summer vacation or wherever its been and its working.<br /> OK it was an hour and a half out and still in 2003 but its back .<br /> Reset the time and date OK and currently its actually correct<br /> Figure that one out <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f615.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" data-smilie="5"data-shortname=":confused:" /></div>

 

[Larkone]

<div class="bbWrapper">It's a Mercedes <img src="/styles/mbclub/smilies/wallbash.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wallbash:" title="Wallbash :wallbash:" data-shortname=":wallbash:" /></div>

 

[Rory]

<div class="bbWrapper">Might be a red herring but they can do weird things if the battery is low.<br /> <br /> I noticed mine was on a completely random time a few months ago, but it reset OK and has been fine since.</div>