Gauges not working

[Shadrach]

I just bought an 06 Dodge and after a few weeks the speedo started acting weird. Sometimes it would just drop to zero and sometimes it would go past the top end and eventually come back up to zero but on the wrong side of the pin. Turns out 06 is a year of many first and the instrument cluster from an 07 ism different. 2003 to 05 is totally different. I pulled it out and there are supposed to 8 screws around the outside and 10 more holding the board in place. Mine had only 2 on the outside. That's it. The PO must have had tach issues as that appears to be more common that speedo issues. The oil pressure and temp gauge would also drop to zero at times. So after a bit of driving without a speedo I found a used cluster at an auto wreckers and put it in. All my gauges now work except my odometer is way out as the wrecked truck only had half as many KMs on it as mine. That was my big question. Will the computer override the dash but it didn't. I'm sure there is a way to "fix" that but I'm not worried as I have sent my cluster out for repair and will reinstall it when I get it back.

The 06 has 11 light bulbs and the 07 only has 5. The 07 doesn't have a stop pin at zero for the speedo needle.
The printed circuit board its totally different as well.

I now can change the cluster in less than 10 minutes.

David

 

[Darkbloodmon]

Who did you send it out to for repair? I had similar issues on my 03 before I went down for 3 months. Gauge needles would pin to the farthest side, then to zero and back to normal while driving. This and I had alternator and cable issues that have since been replaced now. I'm hoping to get lucky after cleaning some dash panel grounds while I was wiring up Isspros but time will tell. I've only put 41.8km (26mi) on it since becoming operational again.

 

[Shadrach]

Thete are several places you can send it to. Since I'm in Canada I sent it to a place on Toronto, but they have a repair shop in Florida as well. I think k its called Instrument Cluster Repairs. I'll have to check.

 

[Shadrach]

It's called Dashboard Instrument Cluster. Google it for the nearest address.

 

[Darkbloodmon]

It's called Dashboard Instrument Cluster. Google it for the nearest address.

Thanks, let us know how the repair goes.

 

[Shadrach]

I got the cluster back and installed it and all is well. Now I have a used one to lend to my buddy for his 06 while he resolders his. ( in case it's just the tach that doesn't work ) The one mistake I did was to switch out the face plate and send mine off with the cracked one from the used cluster. When I installed the used cluster I wasn't sure how long it would be in there so I put my good faceplate ( the clear plastic bezel ) on it before I installed it. The repair company put "warranty void" stickers all over it so in order to put my good faceplate back on I had to cut thru the stickers. Oh well I'm not anticipating any issues with it. I have the correct mileage on my dash again.

David

 

[Darkbloodmon]

Thanks for the follow up.

 

[Shadrach]

One thing I forgot to mention was that the CEL came on when I switched the clusters. All you have to do is clear it and you're good to go.

BTW When the cluster is out your fob doesn't work .