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Truck goes crazy when key is out of the ignition, Instrument cluster goes on and off, beeps, ...but I don't think it's the actual instrument cluster.
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<blockquote data-quote="Evox" data-source="post: 1042319" data-attributes="member: 74754"><p>My cluster problem isn't what typically fails. Typically stepper motors wear out, or cold breaks occur. Most circuit board repair services only replace stepper motors, light bulbs, and resolder cold breaks. ...they really aren't qualified to do anything else. </p><p></p><p>The cold breaks occur because of the expansion and contraction due to temperature cycles over time. What I have is a circuit<em> on the board </em>grounding out (shorting). This is not the typical problem.</p><p></p><p>In fact, most of the popular repair services don't really address this kind of issue. They can't. Anyone with a little practice can repair 99% of the problems which these clusters run into. The guys who fix these problems can do it in under 15 minutes. $150 for 15 minutes' worth of work isn't bad.</p><p></p><p>For those rare boards like mine, they'll tell the customer it can't be fixed that<em> it's unrepairable</em>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Evox, post: 1042319, member: 74754"] My cluster problem isn't what typically fails. Typically stepper motors wear out, or cold breaks occur. Most circuit board repair services only replace stepper motors, light bulbs, and resolder cold breaks. ...they really aren't qualified to do anything else. The cold breaks occur because of the expansion and contraction due to temperature cycles over time. What I have is a circuit[I] on the board [/I]grounding out (shorting). This is not the typical problem. In fact, most of the popular repair services don't really address this kind of issue. They can't. Anyone with a little practice can repair 99% of the problems which these clusters run into. The guys who fix these problems can do it in under 15 minutes. $150 for 15 minutes' worth of work isn't bad. For those rare boards like mine, they'll tell the customer it can't be fixed that[I] it's unrepairable[/I]. [/QUOTE]
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Truck goes crazy when key is out of the ignition, Instrument cluster goes on and off, beeps, ...but I don't think it's the actual instrument cluster.
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