Had a 2001 Buick century with an instrument cluster that had an inoperatve odometer, PRNDL display. I noticed when I twisted the circuit board that the sisplay would flash on. Found some resistors with cracked solder joints, repaired them and it works again.
those resistors are 120ohm. I replace them with 1/2 watt resistors
AtariFTW 1 week ago
I had the same problem with a car I bought, resoldered them but they are comin on dimmed,not as the rest of the cluster. I am happy I could the mileage as I bought the car blindly, how could I make it better?
qasion 1 week ago
I was using my tripometer to keep track of when to fuel up because my fuel gauge crapped out. I did not want to pay to have the tank dropped. Then the lights went out. After seeing this video I had it fixed in 1/2 hour. One of the resisters was just hanging there. I re-soldered all 4 resisters and now the lights are like new. You save me some good money. And, it cost $0 because I already had the tools and solder.
davidmdaniels2 1 month ago
I have a 2002 Buick Regal that had the same problem. Re-soldering, as was done in this video, failed to fix the problem. On the second attempt we replaced the 4 resistors (150 ohm) and now it works fine. The 4 resistors were less than $2 at Radio Shack.
Mucker1122 1 month ago
I bought a new cluster at the junk yard today and tried it out. Everything seemed to be working fine on it except the orange square highlighting what gear you are in would not work work. Could this be related to one of the four resistors as well? Thanks
dgayle17 2 months ago
You just saved me 300.00 for an exchange cluster! Thank you so much! It works great!!
lvcarmel 2 months ago
Thank you very much for this great video. I saved my friend alot of money with your helpful tips and repair procedure.
mrmagnum383 5 months ago
Thank you very much, didn't even need to buy new resistors just cleaned the old ones and re-soldered, it took about an hour and a half. I am sure I would have been charged 3 hours shop time and the price of a new circuit board if I had taken it in.
iamtheuse6321 5 months ago
Soldering is the hardest part! Can you show how to do it! Please I took the odometer out I'm having trouble with just soldering, can anybody help?
Quamaine14 5 months ago
this does work! I just did it myself this afternoon on 9/18/11. Thanks for the great video
tootsandgrizz 5 months ago