I have a rattle/clunk coming from what sounds like the right rear interior. Sometimes it clunks over every minor bump and other times it takes a major whack before it shows up. I have eliminated the 6 disc changer as the source, but that is the area where it appears to be coming from. Any ideas?
The other problem, which I have solved, was the nav touch screen. A couple of weeks after we got the vehicle, the combination nav/climate control touch screen got real pinkish and then died. I could still somewhat read the screen LCD from exterior light, but it was a major problem. Much web research later I found out the following:
The unit costs more than several grand to simply replace the OEM unit.
It was manufactured by Clarion.
After market units would require getting a climate control from a vehicle without nav plus the aftermarket unit, complicated and costly.
I found a clarion parts house that could sell me the just the touchscreen assembly for about $350.
Luck as with me and I found a cheaper solution. Here is what I finally did:
I removed the unit and disassembled it down to the display backlight which I took to a neon shop to have checked. The bulb was bad and the neon guys said it was a cold cathode florescent lamp (CCFL). This gave me confidence that the bulb was the culprit, not the power supply. My web research found a CCFL supplier that made very similar bulbs. After some back and forth, I sent them my bad bulb and for about $185 total they made me 10 exact copies of my bulb (their minimum order quantity for custom bulbs). The bulbs came complete with insulators, spacers, wiring and the correct connector. Took about an hour to reassemble and reinstall the nav unit and now the display is nice and bright and readable.
Interestingly, when the unit was out of the vehicle, the climate control still worked, but there was no way to control it. It controlled the temp to the last setting before the display was removed.
Anyways, I now have 9 spare bulbs if anybody out there needs one. Let me know
AceEngineer
