Town & Country V6-4.0L (2008)
Washer Fluid Level Indicator: Description and Operation
Description
DESCRIPTION
A washer fluid indicator is standard equipment on all instrument clusters. The washer fluid indication appears within the fixed segment odometer
Vacuum Fluorescent Display (VFD) unit on vehicles not equipped with an optional Electronic Vehicle Information Center (EVIC). On vehicles equipped
with an optional EVIC, the washer fluid indication in the odometer VFD is electronically suppressed so as not to duplicate indications that are provided
by the EVIC. The odometer VFD washer fluid indicator consists of a textual LoWASH message, which appears in place of the odometer/trip odometer
information. The EVIC washer fluid indicator consists of a textual Low Washer Fluid message that appears within the EVIC VFD.
The odometer VFD is soldered onto the cluster electronic circuit board, and is visible through a window with a smoked clear lens located at the base of
the cluster overlay right gauge dial face (Dodge) or the tachometer dial face (Chrysler). The EVIC VFD unit is soldered onto the cluster electronic circuit
board, and is visible through a window with a smoked clear lens located at the base of the cluster overlay speedometer dial face. The dark lens over
either VFD prevents it from being clearly visible when it is not illuminated. The washer fluid indicator textual messages appear in the same blue-green
color and at the same lighting level as the other information displayed in the odometer or EVIC VFD unit when it is illuminated by the instrument cluster
electronic circuit board.
During daylight hours (exterior lamps are OFF) the odometer and EVIC VFD units are illuminated at full brightness for clear visibility. At night (exterior
lamps are ON), the VFD lighting level is adjusted with the other cluster illumination lamps using the panel lamps dimmer thumbwheel of the headlamp
switch on the instrument panel. However, a PARADE mode position of the thumbwheel allows the VFD unit to be illuminated at full brightness if the
exterior lamps are turned ON during daylight hours.
The washer fluid indicator is serviced as a unit with the odometer or EVIC VFD unit in the instrument cluster.
