PRIVATE For Sale / Trade Classifieds Sell/Trade your stuff for free! NO COMMERCIAL POSTS!

instrument cluster ghost

Old Apr 8, 2015 | 04:17 PM
  #1  
H2008's Avatar
Thread Starter
|
Member
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 46
From: Milwaukee, WI
Default instrument cluster ghost

Last week after refueling my tank full, the fuel guage only showed 3/4. After parking the car over night it showed full. Today the fuel guage read way above full (should be 1/2 a tank) I also noticed all the other guages have the indicators/needle all the way to the right. I unplugged the battery and everything went back to normal. Any ideas???
 
Old Apr 8, 2015 | 08:16 PM
  #2  
LoJac963's Avatar
Senior Member
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 2,357
From: Surprise, AZ
Default

Cheapest thing to replace would be all the stepper motors. Common issue with GM vehicles. Parts found on ebay and roughly 10 million youtube videos on how to replace them if you have basic soldering skills.
 
Old Apr 8, 2015 | 08:21 PM
  #3  
H2008's Avatar
Thread Starter
|
Member
Joined: Jan 2015
Posts: 46
From: Milwaukee, WI
Default

Would one motor going bad cause all the others to malfunction.
 
Old Apr 9, 2015 | 06:44 AM
  #4  
jsbihn's Avatar
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 576
Default

Normally no.
The malfunction will not effect anything with the truck other than now you wont know how much fuel you have left.

My speedo floats around, but for the most part tells me I am always doing 120mph even when parked.

LoJac is correct. It is probably the steppers
You can get the motors replaced locally probably for 150 bux, or do it yourself for probably 25
 
Old Apr 10, 2015 | 06:14 PM
  #5  
LoJac963's Avatar
Senior Member
Joined: Jul 2011
Posts: 2,357
From: Surprise, AZ
Default

Originally Posted by H2008
Would one motor going bad cause all the others to malfunction.


Some owners have noticed when one motor goes bad they all start to go bad. As I said, it is the cheapest thing to replace. If new motors doesn't fix it then there other routes such as the cluster, modules, etc which are must more costly.
 
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
JakesSUT
PRIVATE For Sale / Trade Classifieds
7
Aug 8, 2012 10:16 AM
dwaxman1
PRIVATE For Sale / Trade Classifieds
17
Mar 27, 2008 04:20 AM
hmmrgrl
PRIVATE For Sale / Trade Classifieds
13
Nov 30, 2007 11:15 PM
hmmrgrl
PRIVATE For Sale / Trade Classifieds
31
Nov 15, 2007 05:39 AM
rlbock
PRIVATE For Sale / Trade Classifieds
7
Oct 17, 2007 12:35 PM


Thread Tools
Search this Thread

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:05 AM.