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[Rioja2.5V6]

Everything working earlier today. Parked car on drive and did the usual under bonnet fluid level. Put key in ignition - usual initial light display - started engine - no rev counter, no radio, nothing lighting up in central console. Inicator lights display but hazards do not. Occasional flickering of fuel level light and some others on dashboard. Car drives as normal - no speedo either.
Where do we start to look? Have checked under bonnet big fuses and relays, but this doesn't look like a fuse issue.

[Rioja2.5V6]

Just to add a couple of points. The dash lights which come on intermittently are the temp. handbrake,fuel warning. The only thing that lights up in the central console are the heated seats when they are switched on.

[Rioja2.5V6]

Everything working earlier today. Parked car on drive and did the usual under bonnet fluid level. Put key in ignition - usual initial light display - started engine - no rev counter, no radio, nothing lighting up in central console. Inicator lights display but hazards do not. Occasional flickering of fuel level light and some others on dashboard. Car drives as normal - no speedo either.
Where do we start to look? Have checked under bonnet big fuses and relays, but this doesn't look like a fuse issue.

[dbug]

Try reseating dashboard first

[Rioja2.5V6]

What does that involve? Dash has not been out so could something have moved. like an electrical plug?

[Rioja2.5V6]

Checked fuses and found that No 12 had blown - this covers dash, central console, boot interior light, etc. Too many things to be switched off at once. Still does not explain the flashing lights, but that may be down to something in the brain somewhere.

 

[TheBoy]

did replacing fuse fix it, or did it blow again?

[Rioja2.5V6]

I had to replace the 20 amp fuse with a 15 amp since I did not have a spare. It has not blown again .Tomorrow I will find a correctly rated replacement before we go out again. 
The fact that the boot interior bulb had failed some time ago and that I removed it today to check the resistance ( did not look blown but was faulty) and then did not replace it, as I did not have the correct one in stock, may have caused the fuse to blow. It's rather like when a light bulb fails at home and trips the circuit breaker. There is a reason for all of this but will I ever really know?