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  • Odometer Not Lighting Up!

    About a week ago I was driving at night and the odometer got very very dim, we are talking if it is daylight out you can't see the miles at all, but at night you can make out the numbers but is hard to see. Is there some kind of back light for these red digital numbers or is there something else that maybe wrong???? If there is a thread about this I would like to see it.

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    time to take the dash pad and Gauge cluster out. Oh boy

    Wires probably came loose and the light died, Its common.

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    • #3
      wires came loose hahaha there are no wires in a cluster, its all circuit board.

      odds are the backlite for the lcd went bad. we send our clusters that come in for repair to a company called AJR International. we dont do to many on site repairs because we are just to busy with everything else going on during the workday
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      • #4
        Originally posted by SlyStoner421 View Post
        wires came loose hahaha there are no wires in a cluster, its all circuit board.

        odds are the backlite for the lcd went bad. we send our clusters that come in for repair to a company called AJR International. we dont do to many on site repairs because we are just to busy with everything else going on during the workday
        theres a Plug in wire in the back dude.

        He said none are working so i figured the main was loose.

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        • #5
          id say first thing... I know this is stupid, but next to your manual light switch, make sure the dial wheel to the right is pushed up. when I first got my truck I was like why did this happen? then I realized there was a dial lol and it had slipped down.... probably not that but always worth checking the obvious before you rip things apart!
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          • #6
            Originally posted by PewterTA View Post
            id say first thing... I know this is stupid, but next to your manual light switch, make sure the dial wheel to the right is pushed up. when I first got my truck I was like why did this happen? then I realized there was a dial lol and it had slipped down.... probably not that but always worth checking the obvious before you rip things apart!
            this happened to me, But, my Light switched burnt out and caught fire in the dash, I called GM they said nothing, but after wards i had a new dash and light switch problem solved.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by PewterTA View Post
              id say first thing... I know this is stupid, but next to your manual light switch, make sure the dial wheel to the right is pushed up. when I first got my truck I was like why did this happen? then I realized there was a dial lol and it had slipped down.... probably not that but always worth checking the obvious before you rip things apart!


              That is the first thing that I checked, I should add that all the other lights work just not the Odometer one, also when it started to go it went off for the day then it came back on for a day then gone... well it is something that is going to wait till spring because there is no way I am going to work on that while it is cold, Maybe if we have a nice day I will rip it apart and look at it....


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              • #8
                Originally posted by Xx573v3xX_Z28 View Post
                this happened to me, But, my Light switched burnt out and caught fire in the dash, I called GM they said nothing, but after wards i had a new dash and light switch problem solved.

                I never touch that dial or switch. I hope I don't have that issue....


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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Fenixbloodstone View Post
                  That is the first thing that I checked, I should add that all the other lights work just not the Odometer one, also when it started to go it went off for the day then it came back on for a day then gone... well it is something that is going to wait till spring because there is no way I am going to work on that while it is cold, Maybe if we have a nice day I will rip it apart and look at it....


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                  Yep its just the bulb it needs to be replaced.

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                  • #10
                    I would think it's just a bulb that's burnt out. If one bulb goes, a majority of the gauge cluster will look dim because there's only 3-4 bulbs spread across the whole cluster. Is there a noticable difference from left to right in the gauge cluster's brightness? If you can see a specific dim spot, then yeah it's a burnt out bulb.
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                    • #11
                      mines the same way, can barely see it during the day. is this something that has to be sent out for repair?
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