Nitro 2WD V6-4.0L (2007)
Malfunction Indicator Lamp: Description and Operation
Description
DESCRIPTION
A Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) is standard equipment on all instrument clusters. The MIL information is displayed in the upper portion of the
odometer Vacuum Fluorescent Display (VFD) unit. This VFD unit is soldered onto the cluster electronic circuit board, and is visible through a window
with a smoked clear lens located on the lower edge of the tachometer dial face of the cluster overlay. The dark lens over the VFD unit prevents the
indicator from being clearly visible when it is not illuminated.
The MIL consists of a stencil-like cutout of the International Control and Display Symbol icon for Engine in the opaque layer of the instrument cluster
overlay. The dark outer layer of the overlay prevents the indicator from being clearly visible when it is not illuminated. The indicator appears in an
amber color when it is illuminated. When the MIL is illuminated, all of the odometer VFD information is illuminated at full brightness and cannot be
dimmed until the MIL is extinguished.
The MIL is serviced as a unit with the VFD unit in the instrument cluster.
