Lude Generation

The clock in mine is counting forward quickly.

Is this a common fault? Any pointers on fixing it, or is it one of those mysterious things that no one ever fixes, and requires a replacement?

I took it out, couldn't see anything wrong on the pcb.

Ta

A.

Have you exceeded 88mph?

Never.

No jokes about flux capacitors, please!

@wurlycorner had this he might be able to help.

i had this last year and i changed the clock unit over but it didnt fix it so i had to swap out the whole instrument cluster. Not had a problem since. I just used a 2nd hand part.
If you have a 4g import you may want to change both set of dials over to ukdm ones so you have speedo in mph and no limiter and vtec in first.

Yep, I had this.
I just took the instrument binnacle cover out (the bit with the clock adjuster knob) unplugged the knob and sprayed electrical contact cleaner over the connectors and inside the adjuster while I twiddled it back and forth, then let it all dry and re-assembled.
It's been fine since.

thats what i did as well wurly but it didnt work for me but its definately the thing to try first

I tested the switch out, all switch contacts are fine. The clock does its thing even with the switch disconnected.

Looks like it's a replacement module from a scrapper then!