Instrument Cluster Gone Wacko

[SAMJP]

A year ago the battery indicator on my 2003 sliverado cease to work, thought nothing of it, four 8 months later the temperture gauge went wacko and just twoweeks ago the RPM gage stopped working. The only thing that still work on my instrument cluster is the speedomoter. Anyone have any ideal whats happening with this thing?

[gremlin96]

your stepper motors are going bad one at a time. there are places to have the dash repaired a search on the net will get you a bunch of them. there are tons of places like this one.

http://www.mrwhizard.com/

[j cAT]

Originally Posted by SAMJP

A year ago the battery indicator on my 2003 sliverado cease to work, thought nothing of it, four 8 months later the temperture gauge went wacko and just twoweeks ago the RPM gage stopped working. The only thing that still work on my instrument cluster is the speedomoter. Anyone have any ideal whats happening with this thing?

because you own a 2003 vehicle this is why its occuring. see GM had defective dash indicators made. these are called stepper motors.

you will most likely fail at this but why not try to get the dealership to fix this massive failure of this model year. internet search you will find much about this and if necessary you can send you dash out for repair.

the dealership does not repair these type items . they are just part changers. see if they will do it for defect warrantee . if not internet dash repair . post back how it went. good luck.

[teegolf]

My 2003 had similar problems. I had received a letter from GM about a special extended warranty they offered on the instrument panel if you had a failure. What they paid for was based on how many miles the truck had at failure. When mine acted up took it to the dealer and was replaced at no charge.