CMJAnew Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 I couldn't find the complete answer to my situation via the search function. Here goes; 90 coupe lost the upper portion of the instrument panel (temp, gas, speedo etc gauges). At the same time my son witnessed "smoke" from the area. Later I witnessed the panel come on correctly, then go out for what seems like the last time. I let him drive the car again without the panel and he witnessed smoke again. After reading other instrument panel posts I am prepared to shop for the replacement. However, I suspect there may be another issue as well and would like to, if there is, take care of that before losing the replacement as well. ThanksMuch for any input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 The IPC is the most common part to go bad in the '90-91 Reattas and sometimes they do go up in smoke. That just happened to my brother in law about a month ago. Lots of smoke came from that area so he took his IPC out took it apart and couldn't see anything wrong so he proceeded to tear the whole dash out of his car looking for the burn. Had he called me first I could have saved him a lot of effort. When he did call me I went over to his house and at the time we couldn't put a good IPC into his car because the dash was still out but we put his IPC in my car and it did not light up and then after about a minute smoke came rolling from the IPC. A week later he got his car all back together with an IPC I gave him and now everything is back to normal.I have several Reatta parts cars and have a good IPC available. I can be reached at jfinn@cpinternet.comAbout 2 hours from now 25 of us Reatta owners will be making a two lap trip around the Michigan International Speedway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadster90 Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 Jim,The new poster above stated he still had smoke from the IPC area with the IPC removed????????Have fun speed deamon <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMJAnew Posted June 2, 2007 Author Share Posted June 2, 2007 Sorry - I used a poor choice of words. The instrument panel is still installed - just not functioning. That is what I meant when I wrote "...let him drive without the panel..."Hope that is more clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryon Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 I'd like to hear about your 2-laps around the Michigan International Speedway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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