2nd Gen Non-Engine/Transmission No instrument gauges or compass and DTC codes

[DLBurns]

OK fellas I have one for you, on my trip up north to do some fishing this past week I lost all of my instrument gauges and compass as I was pulling out of the driveway to leave? I had nothing, no speedo, Tach, oil pressure, fuel, temp or compass??? After I got home I hooked up my Smarty to read the codes and got the following:



P-1698 - CCD not communicating with ABS, no CCD / J1850 from TCM/PCM ( whatever the hell that means)

P-1687 - No cluster bus message

P-1694 - No bus message from ECM



Odometer says 'no bus' and compass says 'ccd'



I had Capitol Dodge do the brakes on my truck before I went camping at Lake Tahoe back in May, have not driven the truck since that trip but did not have any issues with the gauges on the trip.



I just installed two new batteries before this trip, did not take both out at the same time. I replaced the passenger side battery then replaced the drivers side battery, did I screw up something in the computer?



Any ideas or suggestions would be most helpful



Thanks

Dave

 

[DIESELWRKS]

I will try and talk to a friend on this if I can reach him. I thought 18## were associated with auto trannies. you might want to search or post this on 911 thread.



good luck I know someone else will chime on this

 

[DLBurns]

Hard to believe that I am the only person who has experienced this problem with these POS trucks... No one in my club has any idea either, looks like I am going to be at the mercy of the local stealership. #@$%!

 

[simondog6]

I had a similar problem a few weeks ago, my instument cluster got popped out a fraction from it's backplane, and the entire assembly went dead. I only had to press it back in. Check that before your go to dealership.

 

[DLBurns]

I had a similar problem a few weeks ago, my instument cluster got popped out a fraction from it's backplane, and the entire assembly went dead. I only had to press it back in. Check that before your go to dealership.

I'll do that and Thanks!

Would it be over kill to pop it back in with a freakin sledge hammer??

Dave

 

[SSolderitch]

had a check gauges light on start up & other codes, Then I cleaned the contacts at the PCM (3 plugs) and the codes/light went away.

 

[DLBurns]

disconnected the batteries overnight and reconnected them... no joy! still no gauges or compass and the same codes. I pushed on the instrument panel to see if it had moved, no luck there either!

It's off to the dealership to see if they can fix it... wish me luck!