Q: My instrument panel goes blank intermittently.
I started the car, put the car in reverse, to get out of the driveway, and the dash went black. After diving for 3 minutes the dash light up again. 1 minute later, the dash went out for only 5 seconds, then back on again?
My car has 106000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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