Cluster F****D

[DDonnie]

Anybody have any idea what would cause this and how i can fix it?

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All the gauges on the right are royally screwed up except the fuel gauge, which according to torque, is still accurate.

 

[ConeKilrAutoX]

hmmm is it brand new ?

I would say stepper motors, but they ARE moving so I am not sure, I would also have to say the needles might have been taken off and put back on wrong???

 

[DDonnie]

hmmm is it brand new ?

I would say stepper motors, but they ARE moving so I am not sure, I would also have to say the needles might have been taken off and put back on wrong???

Nope, I've had it since the beginning of march. I have not taken the cluster off at all.

 

[ConeKilrAutoX]

Nope, I've had it since the beginning of march. I have not taken the cluster off at all.

stepper motors are probably bad in it. check with blckshdw , I never had to replace mine even after doing LED modding they survived. I have heard it is not too bad though

 

[The_Roadie]

The steppers are 100% at fault here. If you can solder, they're easy to change in an hour, and a set of six is $25-40 on Ebay. If you can't there's any number of vendors to change them all for $100-125. If one fails, the rest in your cluster are from the same batch, and are highly suspect. There's an article here somewhere.

I guarantee that steppers can fail in a way there they move a bit, but won't go counterclockwise all the way to zero. And they can be temperature sensitive, and work some days and not others.

 

[Black LT]

Did they all go at the same time?
That'd be odd I think.
If they all went at once, y'all still think it's the steppers?

 

[nopaybob]

Maybe electrical?, My gauges went all whacky just like that!!

When I first got my cheapish scantool ELM327 usb hooked up to my laptop I was checking a code with the key on not running the dash was fine. But when I started my tb with the code reader still plugged in to see live data. My gauges went just like that but I also had a message in the odometer area that said unauthorized driver I turned everything off unplugged my scantool and restarted everything went back to normal.

I would not rule out a bad ground, loose conection, or if there is any new wiring or any old aftermarket wiring that could be shorted.