Odometer/gear selector lights intermittently working

**rph74** · 10-17-2009, 10:12 AM

The odometer/gear selector lights on the instrument cluster appear to be going on the fritz. Sometimes they are completely off, and sometimes they work perfectly. Does anyone know of a place that repairs these things?

I found replacement clusters on E-bay. Would that be plug and play, or would a dealer have to program it to reflect the correct mileage?

**vncj96** · 10-17-2009, 10:30 AM

I know on the 88-98 trucks the factory has to program the odometer for a new cluster, I know yours is a digital readout so I am not sure if that is stored in the computer or the cluster. The dealership can test the cluster to be sure if thats what is actually failing.

**Jimmiee** · 10-17-2009, 10:31 AM

A bad ignition switch can cause this problem. Check the voltage at the instrument fuse when this is happening. If the voltage is below battery voltage you probably have a bad switch.

**brianj** · 10-20-2009, 11:58 PM

It is very easy to pull these gauge clusters. Once it is out, you can replace all of the bulbs from the back of the instrument cluster.You can do it in less than an hour. I assume you are talking about the lights and not the gauges themselves? This is close to the era where they changed the dashes around, but I think this is still true on your truck,although I may be wrong.