How To Repair any No Power On GM Chevy Cluster Yourself Save Money

In this video we will show you how to troubleshoot any no power issue on any Fix for GM gauge cluster 03 Silverado PNRD123 light GMC Chevy Pontiac Saturn Oldsmobile Cadillac down to a component level and how to reduce the chances of this problem coming back anytime soon. This is how I fixed my gauge cluster in my 2003 Silverado. It was having intermittent power cut out and the shift indicator light was fading and cutting out.
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Warranty: Lifetime
Interchange Part Number: 15114649, 15190826, 15182146, 15135668, 15103567, 15114645, 15114647, 15114650, 15190493, 15182147, 15182142, 15177468, 15133719, 15133718, 15114665, 15190824, 15135669, 15190827, 1511465215182146, 15135668, 15103567, 15114645, 15114647, 15114650, 15190493, 15182147, 15182142, 15177468, 15133719, 15133718, 15114665, 15190824, 15135669, 15190827, 15114652
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[@EasternWACoyoteSlayer]

You saved me $200 thank you! Found a loose 240 and fixed my cluster that wouldn’t power up. Thank you thank you

[@captainobvious2062]

You're the exact guy I need to talk to. I saw people on KZbin adding LED lights to their instrument cluster. Mine work just fine before I did what I'm about to tell you. Long story short I put 120 volt LED Christmas lights in my instrument cluster. As soon as I plugged it in all the lights blew. After that all gauges stopped working my PRNDL does not work or my odometer my blinkers work fine and my engine light has no trouble coming on. I went through and I checked the grounds I even read them with a larger gauge wire because I'm running a power inverter. I checked every fuse possible. I'm pretty sure I re soldered every joint however there was one little resistor that was floating around inside I think I saw it in the right way as well as in the right spot. I'd be more than happy to email you photos of of the board side of my cluster if you think you can figure it out. Because I'm all about doing my own work on my vehicle

[@wd7685]

Thanks my cluster had the exact ones loose. All fixed now!

[@josesoto9099]

Fixed my cluster thanks to you and your video stay blessed brother

[@ToddPerkins]

thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!!! great video and showing what is wrong and how to fix it

[@davidrizo4324]

Just now fixed mine. It had the same problem with the resistor coming loose. I resoldered them and bam working again!!

[@PrecisionConnections]

That's it Man

[@jeffescortlx]

Telling people to just use random resistors is careless and comes across as unprofessional. The correct 24 ohm replacement SMD resistors can be purchased for pennies at component supply retailers like mouser, digi-key or Newark.

[@mike7958]

I seriously hope no one actually takes this guy seriously. But then again, maybe this is the video everyone watches right before they screw their cluster up and send it to us. Proprietary 24 ohm SMD resistors....LMAO!

[@daddybear7062]

Shut the hell up

[@marvloss121]

Thanks for the video was chasing my tail this put me on the right track and found a broken Sodder

[@podunkpennsylvania292]

need to use FLUX man .a smaller tip on the old solder iron would also be a good Idea Using a 1/4 watt resistor is a bit too much as well. If you look around at other broken electronic stuff you can find SMD parts you can strip off I have a box full of boards I pull SMD from

[@ltorres9877]

Nice, this one video did it.. I had already looked at several and tried their methods, but this one worked..

[@robnowicki5713]

You are so friggin awsome found my fix right away thanks so much

[@jasonmoore9252]

The two watt metal oxide resistor he used looks like 22 ohms instead of 24, will this make a difference? Why chance it when if you don't have the correct 24 ohm resistor you can parallel two 47 ohm resistors which effectively gives you 23.5 which is closer. If you are like me you may even measure all your 5% resistors and find two that are on the high side of the tolerance and I bet you can get 24 ohms. This is in a pinch if you don't want to wait to order the SMD parts from the proper place. Another thing I noticed, (I'm not sure if I was understanding him correctly) was he said two were in parallel and he replaced both with just one? In this case you would want half the resistance if the two 24 in were in | | and use a 12 ohm instead. 1/((1/R1)+(1/R2)+(1/R3)...) to figure out parallel resistance. Again any number of resistors in parallel can get you exactly 12 ohms if you don't have a 12 ohm resistor on hand.

[@TheBoxFort759]

I found this helpful, thank you. I still can't find the loose connection on mine though.

[@Reviewerguy1228]

What is the part number for the power resistor? What is the tolerance?

[@rickvazquez8127]

This video was really helpful. Thank you.

[@JoseloPezoa]

nice work? did you ever hear about silver migration on this instrument clusters? if so can you make a video on this please ,thanks.

[@tojoyou]

Can these also cause the start on the key nit work. Ifn goes on but wont turn the starter A remote switch does start the 2001 yukon. Also the trans mission doesnt shift down unless you do it manually. And i think it only goes down to 2nd..

[@mikehilton6071]

same exact issue! but all SMD were in place reflowed the solder, but still no power! any other options?

[@AndrewRathburn]

Thank you so much for this video. I looked around for any loose chips and one fell off from a small wiggle. Soldered it back on and my instrument panel works again.

[@tojoyou]

The dash gayges mostly dont work. All but volt and oil are dead

[@clip_commander4876]

Great video!! Most informative one I've seen so far.. I got a good one for ya. Im working on a 2005 chevy 1500 cluster (changing back lighting) and for some odd reason, I lost power to all gauges as well as PRNDL and the message board. Its like im missing a main input somewhere. Any ideas on where to hunt?

[@vamoneygroup]

Me too

[@abbytransport948]

2004 Chevy Silverado, gauge cluster will not get bright enough with the dimmer switch, but the radio and ac lights light up nice and bright, but the gauge cluster stays too dim for night driving. Any help would be great.

[@victorsanchez314]

Do you no what I can do to my cluster? None of my lights light up and I recently installed leds. I made sure I had the polarity done right.

[@apuckett1971]

Nice video all my resistors are on the board and I resoldered all of them but still no light on DIC

[@PrecisionConnections]

Allen Puckett check your voltage regulator 5 pin ic with a voltmeter

[@PrecisionConnections]

Check for continuity it might be only held on the board by the SMD paste and not connected electrically by solder

[@MrCamarokid83]

My Silverado cluster will only work if I hold the trip button down? Any ideas?

[@donatotaa3713]

Do you fix my 2003 Hummer clusters I try to re solder it but I puck up the pads and some are cut traces how much you charge thank you

[@joshgray2024]

Lol 1..you def need to know resistor and ohm etc..and also who uses a solder pen like that. Ur gonna burn the board and resistor. U hold it and drive solder to it slowly

[@Austinthecarter17]

Anyone know what the red components to the upper right of the speedometer stepper motor are?

[@Natasha-jm4nd]

Hi, what is that you are using to power it on... Tweezers? Lol it's hard to tell... Thank you so much for this video. It was so helpful.

[@PrecisionConnections]

lol

[@thefish322]

Thank you sir

[@AMStationEngineer]

This video is incorrect on so many levels; the advice/guidance rendered in this video worked, only because a resistor was open, and soldered connections from the manufacturer contained one, or more "cold joints"/incomplete connections, a fairly common malady due to the 'RoHS compliant no-lead solder, and no-clean flux' used when the board was 'flowed' . "These" connections become intermittent with both temperature changes ("thermally" intermittent), or movement, ("mechanically" intermittent). He got "lucky", period.

[@westbymontana406]

were can i buy the smd resitors from

[@mogyver69]

great video

[@JorgeDiaz-uc4ol]

Hi I need your help, what’s the exact name of those red “resistors “ next to the 240 smd? And what’s the volume or capacity?? Thanks I’ll appreciate that

[@PrecisionConnections]

Those are 5 volts zener diodes

[@michellehope4536]

Interesting to know good video. How easy is it to learn all this stuff.

[@PrecisionConnections]

it's not that Hard to learn

[@tonypurofoy9809]

You should have changed stepper motors

[@zacburns3594]

Hey im having the same problem what if i cant find anything broke is there some way i can reset the hole system

[@deankay4434]

+Zac Burns I you get the printed circuit board out, get an powered eye piece like a strong magnifying glass. Now look for discolored soldered joint, cold soldered or broken connections where there is a visible ring around it. The "SMD" is short for "Surface mount Device" that by law, the use of lead in solder is reduced, but flux for cleaning & help remove oxidation, they actually use "Hot Air" tools that are precise & expensive to attach these components. Part numbers on each can be researched online by "Datasheet" that will show different manufactures, white paper drawing of part, size, component name, electrical information, including the time & temp these can be exposed to over time of soldering, as to not cause damage to the parts. Looking is the first step as I used the lease of an old projector for years, but Drs. used them and jewelers do as well. They can range from $20 - $2k. ASE Master Tech since 1978 / Retired

[@zacburns3594]

Ok i will give it another shot thanks for your imput

[@jeffspencer5418]

Dean Kay how can I find out which pins do what? I’ve had my cluster out a couple times but have yet to find the problem but I’d like to be able to power it up while I’m looking.

[@deankay4434]

The best you can do, is to understand how to use a good digital multimeter and become comfortable with how to use it and know what you are seeing. If you are good with a DMM, start with a visual inspection, then check power and ground on the vehicle side & fuses. Look for aftermarket devices installed on the IPC circuit. Now start on the IPC printed circuit board components, DMM and “TEE” pins from fabric stores. Use these to isolate each resistor, capacitors for correct value & point of attachment. Look for loose solder joints due to heat, cold soldered joints on each part & both sides of board. There are excellent videos that show how to check “SMD’s” while on the pcb. Follow the copper circuit lines where they exit under the green varnish type coating as they too can be fixed if damaged by soldering a wire across them. Don’t forget the cross front to rear with solder thru holes to complete a circuit as well. There are ID charts online to help you know the part as well as some printed circuit boards have symbols or words silk-screened on them to help ID parts or diode direction. Hope this helps as learning electronics for me started 40 years ago with a book then doing it. Also spare parts can be had for cheap by getting the same year/model IPC from a local bone yard. Best of luck.

[@deankay4434]

RED is B+, PNK is key hot and BLK and BLK/WHT can both be grounds. These are tiny pins so using “TEE” pins from a fabric store will help connect but do NOT spread female terminals. Give me year, make and model as I have schematics up to 2004. Many newer models have same wires as these have 1 wire for class2 serial data while the PCM supplies ground for check engine light also.

[@toddhaines7956]

And when that huge resistor vibrates and then shorts out on the components next to it? I'm sure that customer will be back haha! Those resistors are not proprietary. Have it professionally rebuilt with a lifetime warranty: www.gmgaugerepair.com/chevrolet-instrument-cluster-repair/digital-gauge-cluster/

[@TheElratsay]

Gracias!!!!! Lo logre

[@mikec7728]

Where can I buy those 240 resistors? I'm missing two, but they're gone. Need to buy 2 more. Thx

[@PrecisionConnections]

You can just salvage them from old electronics or search the web for them.

[@mikec7728]

PrecisionConnections Thank you, and thank you for the video, very informative.

[@PrecisionConnections]

No problem, that's a common value that you can find in virtually anything!

[@mikec7728]

PrecisionConnections can I find those resistors in house hold stuff too, or only 12v electronics??

[@mikec7728]

PrecisionConnections I have an old keyboard and mouse I was going to try and source from, but I worried they're the wrong ones. Thx again

[@deborahanderson4211]

Hi new subbie! where are you located?

[@tojoyou]

All died at the same time

[@PrecisionConnections]

you wont find them in keyboards. Try old radios TV's medium to high powered electronics or automotive electronics.

[@dfwclusterrepair9559]

Lmao you have no idea what your talking about 😂🤣😂🤣

[@mike7958]

You got that right

[@scancomputer1234]

Is it really necessary to put music to your videos? It´s just annoying and its hard to hear you. Big respect for your knowledge though...

[@WisdomVendor1]

You really should educate yourself a lot more on how electronics work before you start trying to teach the theory behind it or make ridiculous analogies.

[@adamwrong7791]

Discolorated lmao