I start my vehicle and let it run for about a minute or more before driving the vehicle and during my night time travel, it may happen 3 times or more than a dozen times. I have never reported any vehicle problems like this before but wonder if a wider recall may need to be considered. Features include all new stepper motors, as well as upgraded backlighting bulbs. It appears to me that there is a short or a moisture that creates this happening because after a few days of good sunny weather where the water has evaporated from the roadways, our beloved rainer comes back to normal. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer to diagnose the failure.
There are several tsbs related to the speedometer, gas gauges, or other instruments in this cluster. Q: Can i drive my vehicle with cluster removed?. They have no way to tell which work properly and which ones will not. Please ship us your Original Part. We have instrument clusters for the vehicles outlined below. All the dealerships agree - the hours of labor to resolve this are beyond my pocketbook.
This make and year model should be added to the recall. If one person were to rely on this faulty speedometer they might think they were driving 40 when in actuality they could be driving in excess of 70. Gauge cluster broken on your Rainier? The service department saw the problem upon arrival but was unable to prolong. To have it checked out the service guy said that quite a few people have been in with that problem. At traffic light while idling the meter read 45 mph.
There needs to be a recall. The contact stated that the instrument cluster malfunctioned and the speedometer failed. The other vehicle was a Subaru. I looked at the fuses and relays next to the battery and noticed that the solid state relay number 46 controlling hdm was bulged out on one side and smelled like burnt electronics. Over the course of 3 months the speedometer continued to repeat this action. I have 50,969 miles on my 2004 vehicle, I keep its checkups and oil changes regularly: dealership has records.
I went to my dealer and he said I would have to pay for it to be fixed. I have not payed to replace a 500 hundred dollar item. Not only that, but they usually take a long time and offer a very limited warranty — if any at all. Sometimes it says I'm going faster than I am, sometimes it says I'm going slower. This is not extremely easy, so if you aren't patient, take to the shop to have this done. I work at a newspaper and saw the wire story.
Your repaired instrument panel will then be taken through a complete diagnostic check before sending it back to you ready for installation. The vehicle was not repaired. I stopped and switched the car off and thought it would reset the gauges but it only went to 65mph. This creates an unsafe situation with speed management in all types of driving conditions. I have no clue what speed I am traveling while driving.
From then on sometimes the needle on the gauge almost goes to zero until you start to drive the vehicle, and then it peg's out again. From what we have deducted so far, this is an electrical issue stemming from a ground short near the radio. · I will replace all backlighting. This allowed the dealer to sell the car, knowing about the problem, but not required by law, to disclose it. There a few things more annoying than a gauge that gives out. Have parts delivered straight to your home, or find the nearest Advance Auto Parts store to check out our Instrument Cluster Repair Kit stock in-person! I also told them that this is a safety hazard and that I should not have to pay out of pocket for a manufacturer defect and that I am not the only one with this problem on this particular vehicle.
. I find it unforgivable that the national highway traffic safety administration has allowed an unsafe condition exist in virtually an entire brand of cars for over 7 years and has not issued a recall on these vehicles. · The cluster will be Dis-Assemled and cleaned. Can you advise me what to do. The vehicle was not examined or repaired. All gauges and illumination bulbs are covered by our Lifetime Warranty. Tried accelerating and stopping a little suddenly hoping to jolt the meter back to normal.
We drove around the neighborhood and the car seemed to drive beautifully, and appeared to be immaculately maintained. The vehicle had a software modification due to a fault with the fan speed calibration setting off a warning light. The contact scheduled an appointment with the dealer for June 23, 2008 to diagnose the failures. We just can't pinpoint it yet. On the 2005 there are 8 clips, 4 on top and 4 at the bottom. Package your part well to protect from damage in shipment.