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shanemorse

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My instrument cluster in my truck no longer works!! Well most gauges anyway! Can I get one from a wrecked vehicle and is it plug and play? I dont have much money like most people, im still paying for this truck, so i can't afford anything i'd have to buy at a dealer.

MikeNH Senior Enthusiast

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This was a pretty common issue and GM extended the warranty to 7 years/70000 miles on the cluster for repair. If you have a good relationship with the dealer they may still cover it if it's past that. A junkyard cluster should plug in and function, but mileage will be off. The best thing to do if you can afford the downtime is to send it to one of the ebay rebuilders.

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My instrument cluster in my truck no longer works!! Well most gauges anyway! Can I get one from a wrecked vehicle and is it plug and play? I dont have much money like most people, im still paying for this truck, so i can't afford anything i'd have to buy at a dealer.

 

mikeNH is correct. The problem is with the stepper motors in the cluster. I had the same problem myself AFTER 70,000 miles, pulled it and sent it to a rebuilder I found on Ebay who replaced the steppers with newer units for about $75 including return shipping. Removal is pretty simple, and if you google 'GMC instrument cluster' you can find videos to walk you through the process.

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Mine went out at around 75k miles. If you are between 70k and 80k miles a new cluster is covered under warranty and you have to pay labor. They put mine in and programed it for $50.

Stevens03 Senior Enthusiast

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You can replace for a "factory" used one for around $100 or less. But this is an opportunity if you want to replace with an escalade style or similar that includes the transmission gauge. Cost for a new one is around $260 with mileage/hour meter transfer and it takes about 10 minutes to swap.

 

Steven

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You can replace the cluster stepper motors yourself with some soldering. The stepper motors are around 7 bucks on ebay. I did the tach and speedo when I had my 03 Sierra.

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ewhuff

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I did the same thing. If you know somw basic soldering skills its a quick $30-$40 fix (I replaced all of mine at once just in case any of the others were about to go out). Found the complete set on ebay as well. Hope this helps.

 

 

EH

 

You can replace the cluster stepper motors yourself with some soldering. The stepper motors are around 7 bucks on ebay. I did the tach and speedo when I had my 03 Sierra.

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