In this video I did another GM truck cluster. 03-07 Silverado/Sierra. I Know this is repeat of other repairs I have done in the past but I spent more time filming and editing. I decided to cover start to finish in this video.
I actually came upon this video by accident ☺️ I have a 2005 Chevy Silverado, identical instrument cluster. The oil pressure gauge doesn't indicate anything just stays at rest. The guys I bought the truck from had used it at our job as a delivery vehicle so I never saw it work, even after they replaced the Pressure sender on the engine. Is it simply the gauge motor? 🤷🏼♂️ I'd sure like it to work ☺️ I have very limited experience with electronic stuff I'm assuming it's easier and safer to have someone else with the experience and tools necessary to do the repair 😏 Do you still work on these instrument clusters?
Great video, my 03 Tahoe cluster was turning off and on then it just stopped turning on, I re-flowed mine and I worked and hasn’t skipped a beat. Thank you
If you still reply maybe you have an idea? All indicator lights, warnings and Icons all light up and can be controlled by the headlight dimmer switch (just replaced today) The instruments all work correctly, needles move in correct mode. . The lights that back illuminate the gauges do not light up. I need to turn up the cabin light to see the needle positions while driving. No bad head or tail lights. Every other light or icon are working well . Vehicles is a 2005 GMC 1500 Sierra
I recently bought a 2003 Tahoe. It looks like I have BO bulbs behind the Water Temperature and Voltmeter gauges. They don't light up at night with the truck's lights on. I see now I can't just reach behind the dash and twist out a 168 bulb and change it. This is way more complicated than I want to deal with.
I just didn’t motors in my trailblazer but I was going to use led lights n plugged it in to test which way they went but the kept blowing my original lights work but I wanted blue ones what type of light are you useing are they 12v and where can I buy a bunch of them I want to do my other cars too I had really good luck with the stepper motors with a solder sucker by hand and took all my lights out and had to put them back in because I think the leds were like 2.3 v
2005 Yukon XL SLT here--What would make the message center (below the PRNDL) remain dim all the time? Currently, the PRNDL does not work at all & the Message Center is so dim that you can only see it at night or on a dark stormy day.
What temp you like to solder at? When I was building racing drones, I found soldering hot and fast was best. If you had the iron a bit too cold, you’d have to hold it to the pcb too long and that’s when you would lift pads. Good video. 👍
I just replaced all mine with led and they stayed on for about a minute then they all went dead. The turn signal led still work and all other incandescent bulbs on the panel work as well. Wtf did I do, the solder joints were redone if they looked bad
Awesome description of your work as you were doing it I really appreciate the professionalism in not condemning others work on their previous repairs, I have an 2005 GMC Sierra that I did all this on around 6 years ago as well as adding the trans temp as I was told it would work if I added it however I quickly discovered that the 05 and newer need to have a switch electronically switched on and as I have no way to do that I have never been able to see that function, is this something that you can do if I send my cluster to you?
My process was not near as nicely done as yours but I got it done! Haha I appreciate the video. It helped a lot. I have 1 question. I replaced the stepper motors successfully and the bulbs as well. When I apply power to the bulbs(out of the truck) they work. I used a 9v battery with 2 wires for a quick test. But once I install the cluster in the truck - the gauges work but the new bulbs don’t come on. Do you have any idea what could be the cause?
I have a question. My 2005 Silverado 1500 doesn't have a Transmission Temperature gauge on it. Obviously the circuits are there for it to work on this panel. Is the sensor in my truck? If I install the motor on the board will it work?
Not sure about the question it's kind of out of context but I think has to do with powering it vs just battery. Yes to turn the cluster on the truck needs to be in the run position. I don't think accessory turns it on but it's been a while since I have actually been inside one of these trucks I just do them on my bench. Going off memory here. Glad you like the channel and thank you for subscribing!
i emailed about 5 months ago but never got a response. I just emailed you again about replacing my stepper motors let me know if you still repair them please. thanks
It all sounds and looks great BUT demo is too fast especially when soldering bulbs. I have no idea what two pods are you solder the bulb wires to or what kind/type of bulbs they are for a 05 Silverado. There seem to be so many out there but which one is the correct one is beyond me, or the name. A little help please.
In the end as long the led is rated to 12/14v your fine. The LEDs I used in the video are known as 3smd in eBay no brand name. Cube LEDs from sunled work good too
Have a 04 Silverado, only backlights that aren’t working is the ones for the speedometer, think it’s just the lights burned out? Or could there be more of an issue ?
Do you have a new memory chip for the 2005 Silverado HD? I like to buy one my chip is bad. The problem is (Odometer Error) the U15 chip my chip is empty from line 80 on down therefore copying it to a new chip is pointless so where can I download a good file from?
Probably not the original cluster to the truck. It's a software feature on the cluster. If someone swaps them then it might not have the software on it.
It can be a couple of things. The 1.2k, 1k ohm resistors by the power circuit for the VDF, the VFD can get cracked solder joints on the hot wires and the VFD driver can have issues.
Local drop off? 1 hour. Mailing it in that's all up to you and how much you want spend on shipping. I do my best to get mail ins done the same day I get them but local does take priority so sometime the mail ins get pushed until night time to get done.
I've got an 04 Silverado cluster that needs to be fixed ..how much do you charge. ? can you send me a link or an email where I can contact you or I can send mine to you tell me what to do thanks... Michael...Atlanta ga.
$100 plus shipping. My email is on the about section of the channel. You do have to be on a PC to see if for some reason RU-vid mobile doesn't show it.
@@FixedUntilBroken channel's....?? how many channel's do u have now here on u-tube.... & what all r they called so i can watch em all....... & does all the channel's deal w/ all sort's of g.m. ( chevy & gmc ... how many others cluster's.... if so what all yrs., & make & model's have u done out there in washington state.......
Unfortunately RU-vid does not have an inbox. But you can find my contact information on the about section of the RU-vid channel. The email address will only show up if you're on PC though. The Facebook page does show up on everything though. Just the way RU-vid works.
Thank you for the information, I have an 05 Silverado with the same cluster and was nervous about taking it apart. but after seeing how easy they come apart I feel confident in preforming the repair myself.
I did EXACTLY as you did, and at my last step i realized I DONT HAVE A TESTER 😬🥺🤣🤣 Now im gonna install it then put needles on, hopefully it works and gives me good readings😎😎 Wish me luck. AND TNK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS VIDEOS 😉 🏆🏆🏆👍👍.
Hi Jason I’d be willing to pay you to walk me through what’s wrong with my 2007 Silverado 2500 classic diesel everything works except the doc display I just replaced all my bulbs but can’t see what’s wrong with the dic, Tia.
Do you have the gauge face with the trans temp? How much for a rebuild with leds, steppers, and trans temp? My gauges are also a tiny bit off where they should be... turn around time? Thank you!
I have a question hopefully you can answer. My cluster works perfectly fine other than the battery light indicator stays on and the alternator is charging. I have everything working correctly. Is there a diode or something in the cluster that needs to be changed to get the battery light to quit staying on?
I just changed to a blue led instrument panel lights on a 06 Silverado. How do you change to blue lighting on the select gear and info panel. Right now I have blue led panel lights with the stock green on the gear select and info panel
I have an 06 Duramax and my lower screen is intermittent. It looks dfferent than the back of the one you are working on. What area should I look for that has bad solder joints?
i bought a cluster from a 12-01 escalade for my 02 gmc sierra 2500 hd..... its got the hook up on the very back but up top as possible..... i been told the power & the message center won't work cus of the wrong plug in.............. so what yr., of the right escalade do i need to get the one that has the hook- up on the very top side of it all..... i also need it to have the white lil disc's ( stepper motor's ) in it not the coiled copper one's................................... i need some wisdom here plzzzzz !!!!!
I'm not completely understanding what you mean but if you're truck has plug all the way in the back of the cluster it's an 03+ if it's on the top it's an 99-02.
have a no start which i dont comprehend! i thought vehicles run without clusters! mine dont! everything works all lights and gauges except odometer says miles when to try start for two seconds then i hear static noise and miles go to error!!!!!! car wont start no click nothing! helpppppp!!! any ideas resistors inside cluster or what to look for i see nothing burnt or loose
Great job... I am in need of ur assistance. I have an 06 thats giving many issues and lights out.. also the rear view mirror not working as well. Are u able to email me or give me ur email?
So I went into my 05 Sierra and changed the lights that were out to leds. I followed everything you did in this video and when I got done resoldering (reflowing) the components to make my PRND display show up all the gauges and BOTH displays were not working. Could it possibly be that I need to touch up my resoldering job? Is there a way to reset my instrument cluster?
Just found this video and this is Exacaly what my cluster is doing the prnd arent working.. just curious how much would this package cost me if your still doing these jobs.. Leds and all. Basically the same setup i got an 05. Thanj yoy
Love your videos! What would cause my battery light to stay on. Volts fluctuating between 12.8 and 14.7. I replaced my cluster with one from wrecked 2005 Cadillac. I drive a 2005 chevy 1500
Just found your video. I am needing repair on my 2003 cluster. All of a sudden nothing works except for the check engine light. My starter gear was sticking and it caught on the flywheel for a second and then nothing with the cluster was working. The speedo is stuck on 50mph and the RPM is stuck at 1500.
Question. I purchased a cluscluster that was got 03 to 07 silverado HD models no steering control center. My truck is an 05 silverado non HD. Also without steer control center. I got this because it had the transmission temp gauge. The problem I'm having is at startup I get a service brake booster. My brake booster is new and has no error with the original cluster. It's looking for something that comes with HD models. Is there away to remove this? I've read that I would need to go to dealer so they can reprogram for my truck.
I want to replace the led bulbs with OEM incandescent bulbs. I can't find what bulbs to use. I want to do the cluster and climate control. Can you tell me where to find the bulbs.
Hey, I have a 2005 Dirty max, I. need to get my cluster repair. I heard I could put a Cadillac's cluster on instead of instead of my original. I also would like to keep the same miles.
Hello there. Yes I how much it would cost me the get 2005 Chevy Trailblazer Lt instrument clusters fix or rebuild it replace the light with LED. I'm calling from Houston TX
I want red where everything is white. Now how to change those green displays? Is there polarized film on them? Almost want to try red brake light tape over it. I'm not digging the bright blue highbeam indicator either. Probably red tape it too. lol
The original dashboard studies found the the greenish color is easier for people to see, especially for older drivers. Reds and blues are harder for eyes to focus onto
check engine is completely discrete and is an LED. If its not working someone either cut the wire for the SEL or tampered with board by removing the LED or covering. Of course the LED could have failed but that is highly unlikely.
