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@@noammacgregor3532 Done this on many clusters.....thats why you stick the little included straw through the trip meter reset button hole. Put the straw pointing up right next to the speedometer needle, PUFF.....and the needle flips back over......not a single dust particle inside.
i have been a Delphi Dashboard technician for the past 6 years, this is really common for Gm vehicles of this time, these early 2000s/late 90s cars use air coils, which have a grease in them to make for smooth travel, but over time and through use, the grease dries out, they've gotta be regreased. the 2003-2007 trucks have stepper motors. this dashboard is a 1999-2002 truck
@@MattsShop and i'm willing to bet the part number ends in 5362, super easy to remove that lens btw, four screw hold the cluster in place and two catches at the bottom hold it down, then you can just pull the lens clean off, and push the pointer back by hand
@@unclescooby47gtaonline19 send it out to an odometer shop, most places won't charge over $200, it's a real simple fix, but it's easy for people that haven't done something like this to mess it up, especially during the calibration process
This issue may be resolved for now, but it can and likely will happen again. it's best to just go ahead and replace the stepper motors. it's not hard and does not take too long.
@@Russianmafia10 That is funny, because I distinctly remember pulling the circuit board out, unsoldering something that looked like a motor, then soldering a new one back on. Then somehow my gauges magically started working again.
To everyone who doesn't know, these trucks can have this happen if you disconnect the battery. Usually, they correct themselves after getting up to 20 or 30 mph.
@@ElGuero227 yeah I've had it happen on an s10 before. Just disconnect the positive terminal and reconnect it a few times until it corrects itself or maybe just once then drive it for a while and it should go back to normal
@@samholdsworth420 reminds me of a old truck I used to borrow, where in order to start it you had to jiggle the ignition a certain way & to pop the hood was even worse, needed a pair of pliers to pull the hood latch cable, then it would get stuck inward so you’d have to pull it back out or else it wouldn’t lock afterward. Even by doing all that you’d then have to go to the hood & bang on the right side to “free” it from whatever the hood was stuck on. Another vehicle I had to hold the brake & gas together or else it would shut off & it was a MANUAL.
@@pedronavaja223si just sold my jeep XJ but sometimes in order to start it, i would have to wiggle the battery around a little bit. the cables between the battery and starter were worn but i didn’t care to replace them lol. also, if i parked on an incline (regardless of which end of the car was higher), i would have to put the car in neutral to get it to start because the neutral safety switch was going out.
@@misseselise3864 that’s insane, but at least it didn’t leave you stranded. Hopefully your new vehicle doesn’t have a turbo or cvt transmission as they are garbage or even both as it makes the vehicles a less reliable especially after 100k miles.
It looks like he just went 60 and gravity caused it to fall down... This dude didn't really fix it, he just flipped it to the other side. As soon as he goes 60 again it's going to fall the other way
@@jazeenharal6013 Chevy had this problem there is a function in the scan tool to cause it to sweep and correct itself. That's why new Chevys sweep the gauges when you turn the key on
@@enrice Virtually every manufacturers software will test the instrument cluster. Then manufacturers thought it looked cool and just programmed it in. In a few years well be doing dead pixel tests 😂
@@enrice can agree i think i have an ‘10 escalade and anytime u turn on the car u get every error message possible but after about a second or two it goes away and only leaves the real problems.
there is an easier way.. unplug the battery and plug it right back.. do it couple of times until the speedometer flips to the correct position.. which is the reason why it went the other way at first place
So I'm not sure on the GM's but with ford and dodge if you hold down the trip reset button and turn the car into the on position the cluster will go through a test for all the lights and gauges. This will usually reset the gauge to 0. They can also tell you your engine codes, coolant temp, oil pressure, speed, and other things, so if you don't have a code reader this can be helpful
If you have a good scanner you can run actuation test in the cluster and it will reset ive also heard if you go out and hit highway speeds it will also reset the needle
There's got to be a way to do this self test on GM products without a scan tool. Maybe someone knows the trick. You can do this on Chrysler products and all the gauges and lights will cycle through a full test sweep.
@@dougfisher1813 sometimes you can rest the clusters slowly by flicking the key on and off over and over, just before the vehicle starts the needles will jump backwards. If you get the timing correct you can have them roll back to home
@@Wisconsin.pikachu there is an easier way.. unplug the battery and plug it right back.. do it couple of times until the speedometer flips to the correct position.. which is the reason why it went the other way at first place
@@dougfisher1813 there is an easier way.. unplug the battery and plug it right back.. do it couple of times until the speedometer flips to the correct position.. which is the reason why it went the other way at first place
@@MattsShop there is an easier way.. unplug the battery and plug it right back.. do it couple of times until the speedometer flips to the correct position.. which is the reason why it went the other way at first place
being that this looks like an old gm gauge cluster, these are really easy to take apart and you couldve probably just taken off the front plastic and gotten it.
Mt speedo does this all the time sometimes it gets stuck at a certain speed or stuck at 0 or just like this one you need a whole new cluster to properly fix it
You could also take a length of narrow gauge wire, make a loop on the one end and 'lasso' the end of the needle, and then use a magnet to drag it to position
Ill be damned, this is one of the very few repairs on youtube for a 99 silverado that actually worked. Had mine jump to 100mph and stick after changing a battery.
GM had step motors that would fail in a lot of their vehicles around the mid-2000s and they would cause stuff like this. I had the same issue in my 2005 Pontiac Sunfire. That’s a great fix if it lasts. When I heard how much the dealer wanted to replace the step motor in my Sunfire I ended up trading the car in. It was only 3 years old at the time.
The actual trick for these model year silverados is disconnecting the battery or unplugging and replugging the cluster. Because when power is applied to these clusters the needles jump to 100 but sometimes it will stick.
Mine did that after replacing the batteries. My mechanic just connected his diagnostic and did a gauge sweep and it's been fine even after going 65-75 mph. 2002 Silverado with 330,000 miles
It's a GM I can pull the combo meter out in less than 10 minutes. Remove the speedo glass and take care of it in another 5 to 10. Glad your trick worked.
@@MattsShop next time tell your customer to NOT turn the engine off when going faster than 50 mph. Stepper motor might have an issue. They're not bad to replace. I've rebuilt several combo meters. 6 or 7 stepper motors and all new lighting.
@Gold171 I sent mine to a/c speedo in Arlington TX was about 250ish,, works like a champ. Was cheaper that buying a new cluster and had a warranty, also the vehicle will run with no cluater
I found that if you disconnect the battery for a day or reset the computer and then start the car put it in gear and drive as quickly and as safely as you can it'll automatically recalibrate
It’s a GMT800, what’s new? My 04 was completely stuck on all of the gauges (stuck on 120 mph, always had s quarter tank of gas, RPMs pinged past redline, etc.) and I just had to restore the cluster and all that good stuff. These trucks were notorious for the gauges going haywire out of nowhere.
Yup! Typical chevy gauges. My 2001 suburban gas needle got stuck way past full. Smacked the dash. My 1988 GMC Sierra engine temp gauge was always sticking.... smack the dash lmao
The world needs more Mechanics like you and less conrad's wannabes, just out to screw over the customers at every turn. (For those confused about conrad's, I'm from northern ohio. They are shady)
