I have herd from many Silverado owners that they have experienced the same problem with there vehicles. Replace the back plastic cover of the instrument cluster, ensuring all clips are secured. Please give us a call if you have questions regarding this upgrade. If the sending unit checks out then you know the gas gauge is bad and needs rebuilt. Ruling out the speed sensor you can be certain you need speedometer repair to fix the issue.
This morning, first time ever, all gauges inop. However, if you have a bad oil pressure gauge and also other instrument cluster problems you may prefer to have the instrument cluster fully rebuilt first and go from there. Shipping upgrades are available, please email for details. The gauges would drop while the vehicle was started. I'm guessing its time to get a rebuilt cluster but thought I should ask for advise first.
Once this problem starts, it is very consistent on its regularity. It really is great being able to see how much gas I have, how fast I am going and being able to see it at night. You get 100% of your money back or a free repair, no questions asked! This is a well known and a well documented problem, and I believe it to be a severe nationwide safety issue which needs to be addressed to avoid possible injury or death. Can I just install a rebuilt cluster?. In the summer of 2007 my speedometer started to malfunction by displaying the wrong speed or sticking at zero. Information that I have reviewed on several sites indicates that there is a known problem with the stepper motors in the instrument cluster that handle all gauges on this vehicle, and that there are several tsbs that are related to this problem in several gm vehicles.
They then send your old instrument cluster to their 3rd party repair partner to be rebuilt and sold to the next customer needing it. So my complaint is : is there anything we can do? Per my most recent contact with a general motors dealer service department mr. The vehicle has technical bulletins associated with this complaint but there is no recall. I've tried pressing the odometer reset stem but get no change. Then the next time I drive the truck the offset has changed to 20 mph. One is a 2003 silverado k-2500 h-d with approx 87,000 miles. My cluster seems to have gotten into a corrupted state.
Also if your battery is draining down due to a problem with the gauge cluster we can fix that as well. I elected not to let them keep my vehicle longer to affect the repair. The current mileage was 50,000 and failure mileage was 33,000. However, the problem will likely reoccur on the trip that I am about to make. Many refer to it simply as a digital speedometer. But before we dropped the dough, we wanted to find out if there was a better way.
I dont really use my truck to much in the summer because I ride my streetbike to work. This is apparently a very common, and potentially seriously dangerous problem. Pretty simple at this point, just unclip at various points and the plastic front cover will come off as well as the back black cover. When the instrument panel is not illuminated, the contact is unable to determine the gear in which the vehicle is placed. I really believed that I would be without it for a month or better.
Will my instrument cluster have to be reprogrammed after I get it back? The failure mileage was 54,000 and current mileage was 81,000. Parked in my driveway, the speedometer reads 65 mph. Speed increased, speedometer reading did not increase, but kept getting lower. The speedometer currently didn'tt work. This technology provides an even backlighting, as can be seen in our actual product photos to the left. We offer a lifetime warranty on the functionality of the cluster and gauges.
Just check eBay, there's a bunch of dealers that sell new clusters on there. Also, it sometime lands on one view selection odometer, trip mileage, hours, et cetera in the incorrect language. However, gm knows that they put a defective and unsafe and faulty instrument cluster in these trucks. This section will outline all the most common problems that have been identified. Be aware of generic brand stepper motors produced in China, numerous problems have been seen with these aftermarket motors. When driving through town doing 25 and the speedometer would read 120 mph. Doubt it's the computer; seems an illogical conclusion at this point.
Remove the black panel on the back by loosening the clips. Now I have it for the 3rd time. At this time my vehicle had 71,000 miles. Two months ago, the contact received a letter for the speedometer cluster. Since all gauges appear to have quit at one time I would agree with a previous post that the computer program is flawed. Problem is very intermittent-has happened several times and always corrects itself before I can get it in for repair- I have talked to several other owners with the exact same problem- the first time this problem occurred the truck only had 30,000 miles on it. Shortly after, I received a letter from gm stating this was a known issue and it would replace or repair the malfunction free of charge on any vehicle with less than 70,000 miles.
I too wanted to mention that the online video allowed me to remove it without any problems and the replacement was just as easy. It is very dangerous to drive our truck and not know how fast we are traveling. Add a site ยป Mine went out at 79,990 miles and I contacted my local dealer about the replacement. While driving approximately 40 mph, the instrument panel gauges displayed inaccurate readings. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the instrumental panel connectors needed to be replaced. Here's what you need to do to reset the cluster: 1. I also wanted to let you know that if you need a reference, I would be happy to participate.