yukon instrument cluster

[rebs]

No my dash lights never flickered nor blinked on and off. It started with the tach acting screwy, then the volt gauge, then all of them didn't work for a couple starts, then they all started working again and all have been working for a couple days. I read about changing the motors but I didn't quite follow the part about sucking the old solder out of the connections. I have not done much soldering. Taking the cluster out is pretty straight forward and should not be a problem.

Originally Posted by rebs

I read about changing the motors but I didn't quite follow the part about sucking the old solder out of the connections. I have not done much soldering. Taking the cluster out is pretty straight forward and should not be a problem.

You don't need a solder-sucker. You can use solder-wick and it works just as well. Its a copper braided material that comes on a spool. It very thin and about 1/8" wide. You put it on the connection and heat the solder thru it;when the solder liquifies it is pulled into wick.

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You also need a small tipped iron.

There are guys on ebay that will rebuild the panel for you. They charge about $100-$150 and a buddy sent his to one of them and got it back in just a few days. Dealer wanted over $600 for new panel.

If you need to you can drive the car w/out the panel.

[law57]

Contact Jethro - he's got the Big 3 figured out. Don't tell him that's it's only the big 2 now... LMAO

[Ozark Bob]

Rebs, There is a battery cable glitch on gm trucks. It requires replacing the battery cable. Your dealer will try cleaning terminals but probably will need replacement at some point. I don't remember the years affected but if you dig a little you should find the info. The bad part is when the engine dies and won't restart. Bob

[B Robinson]

Hey Bob, that's interesting. I've never heard the battery cable deal. In my 03 Yukon, I have a battery cable from the battery to a nut, where another separate cable goes from there to the starter. If I replace a cable, does it need to be both? Think it'll fix my problem of blown fuses?

[rebs]

Originally Posted by Ozark Bob

Rebs, There is a battery cable glitch on gm trucks. It requires replacing the battery cable. Your dealer will try cleaning terminals but probably will need replacement at some point. I don't remember the years affected but if you dig a little you should find the info. The bad part is when the engine dies and won't restart. Bob

which battery cable is it ?

[Ozark Bob]

Dealer did it. 2010 Silverado. I do not know which cable but the problem is gone. I googled"gm trucks with battery cable troubles". A couple of pages of instances.

[Matt V]

Welcome to the world of GM.... I have 3 buddies that have GM trucks and they all have cluster issues. One of them did replace the stepper motors on his cluster, it worked for a while, then the new stepper's quit working.

[rebs]

I met a guy at the sportmans club that is a GM mechanic so I asked him about the problem. His reply was pull the trim ring off and remove the 4 screws that hold the cluster in and unplug the wiring harness (there is only one plug) put dielectric grease on the female part and plug it in and out about 6 or so times, then put everything back together. He said he has fixed more like this than replacing the motors. I am going to give it a try.

[Francisco]

Our 2005 Suburban had two complete clusters replaced under warranty. Both times the problems occurred under 42,000 on the truck. The different gauges would start reading completely incorrectly.

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