Vauxhall Frontera Mk2 instrument cluster removal, clean contacts, replace.

[@DavidWhite-rf1ki]

Awesome video. I've got this problem on my DTI and your video is going to make me more confident in repairing mine. Well done.

[@TheInfoworks]

Thanks for the appreciation, subscribed? Cheers, Andy

[@VitorMadeira]

Precious video. I'm just like you: Like to keep my cars for all the time as much as I can. Thank you Mr. Andy. And, as always, greetings from Portugal.

[@TheInfoworks]

Thanks for your comment, good health, cheers

[@spotter113]

Thx for describing how to remove the dash and instrument cluster. Guess you spared me for the time consuming jobb it might have been figuring out this by myself. Seems like i had the very same cluster problems in my Frontera, model 2000 made by Opel. Now all intstruments works fine cuz i got a brilliant idea. I removed and renewed all the fuses, both in the engine bay and fuse box in the dash. All instruments came to live again like magic. Most of the fuses, old as the car, had a layer of oxidation. No wonder the cluster did not work. Before the fuse change the cluster only worked while the park/headlights were on and after driving some distance.

[@TheInfoworks]

Hi, good tip and thanks for the info, just another of those things to check. Cheers

[@neilobusk]

Motor vehicles are always a bottomless pit of money,time and effort.... but unfortunatley a necessity and it always start to rain half way through a job.. keep em goin Andy neil

[@TheInfoworks]

That's the way I look at it, but better to repair and reuse than to be replacing the whole thing every few years. Cheers

[@KRendur0]

This video was very helpfull thank you but where can you get the lightpulbs for the dashboard i cant find any thank you

[@emanuele8510]

thank you. You helped me a lot, you are a great man

[@VitorMadeira]

Great tips. Thank you so very much. Greetings from Portugal.

[@TheInfoworks]

Cheers

[@thornwarbler]

And the old truck rumbles on great stuff. Loving the gear 'stick' i hope that came from correctly managed woodlands under the forest stewardship scheme :-)

[@TheInfoworks]

The flatbillies this old truck carries on. The gear lever extension is a bit of Hazel just pilot drilled and wound on there, all to give greater leverage to account for general weakness. Cheers

[@nibbit1969]

Any idea why my digital indicator is not bright enough? the rest is working fine i'ts just the mileage indicator.. thnx in advance!

[@TheInfoworks]

Hi, I cannot remember the exact details but there are bulbs on the back of the unit. Quite a while since I had my Frontera. I miss it but could no longer drive a manual. Cheers

[@nibbit1969]

@@TheInfoworks Sorry to read..I will take it out today and see what I find! I hope its a bulb. But sinds its digitale I'm not sure...

[@nibbit1969]

@@TheInfoworks Fixed it! did just the way in you're video. chanched 1 bulb, and it works again took me less then 1 hour!! thanks again!

[@TheInfoworks]

@@nibbit1969 Splendid news, I assume you are a subscriber, cheers

[@nibbit1969]

@@TheInfoworks yep!@ now i am! hahaha!

[@recall2880]

Hi Andy, have you ever had to get a new key for your Frontera? I’m struggling to get anyone to make me one. Even Vauxhall say they don’t do them anymore and local locksmiths are telling me it uses an id48 chip. Different to any other Vauxhall. Is it because it’s a rebadged Isuzu and has an Isuzu immobiliser. Totally stuck and losing the plot with it

[@TheInfoworks]

Hi, no I haven't, so if it's a problem with a lost or broken key and it's impossible to get a replacement,you may have to go "old school" and disconnect all the security stuff. Cheers

[@recall2880]

@@TheInfoworks Old skool is best! That’s a note to everyone on here though. Look after your frontera keys! Have a good day Andy. Love your videos

[@nibbit1969]

Do yoy have youre key know? i got a new one made, and no problem at all!

[@recall2880]

@@nibbit1969 Never did get one. Where did you get yours?

[@nibbit1969]

@@recall2880 local store over here. easy

[@jacobunderhill4865]

Where did you send it off for re manufacturing?

[@TheInfoworks]

Sorry, I no longer have the paperwork, cheers

[@Bashi88]

I have a 1999 Frontera Sport 2.2i and I can't get the gauges to work. Only the four gauges aren't working. I have soldered the contact surfaces to the connectors. Also bended the connector surfaces out to get bettee contact. Today I soldered the resistors as someone found that helpful. No change. When I reconnect the cluster the rev gauge moves one centimeter forwards. After couple tries it had moved to 3000 rpm already. Earthing has been checked and reinforced. Previously the panel worked sometimes but very randomly. Sometimes the readings were not correct. Now all four gauges are dead, everything else is working. What to try next??

[@TheInfoworks]

Hi. I can only tell you what I experienced. I assume your 1999 is a Frontera B (Mk2). First the fuel gauge and then the trip stopped working. What ever I did I could not get the gauges to be reliable, so I got hold of another set, but the fuel gauge was all over the place. In ther end, after lots of messing about I had my original refurbished. The video is really about how to get the unit out. If you have success I would love to hear about it. Subscribed? Cheers, Andy

[@Bashi88]

Andy Reynolds Yes actually I subscribed as soon as I saw this video, this helped me a lot to start investigating! And yes it's Frontera B. It seems that whatever I do the worse it gets. Even if I really know electrics and how to fix things etc. Maybe I also have to find a second set or just pay for repair. This car is not very common here in Finland... Cheers!

[@TheInfoworks]

Hi. There's one on Ebay at the moment. Search this:2000 Vauxhall Frontera - Speedo / Instrument Cluster / Clocks Warranty - 5059173. It's £36, buy it now. Cheers

[@Bashi88]

I also changed the stepper motors one by one as they were quite cheap to buy... No change. They still "work" because they move one centimeter forwards every time I reconnect the power to the panel. Maybe someone can find this information useful and just go and buy a new set :D I will try to rewire the 12V from somewhere else and also make earthing again, after that I might just have to buy new one....

[@TheInfoworks]

Hi, I gave up and had mine remanufactured about 3 years ago, now all is well, supposed to be guarenteed for the duration of ownership, yeh as if. Cheers

[@ThomasMottershaw]

Thanks for this video! Big help

[@TheInfoworks]

Cheers

Full ReHeat - soldering iron and working :) Thx

[@spikeydapikey1483]

Very helpful mate, cheers!

[@TheInfoworks]

That's grand, subscribed? Cheers, Andy

[@spikeydapikey1483]

Yup, subbed yesterday. Just gonna do this soon, as the alternator has gave up, but it seems a bulb may cause this, so before getting a new alternator, I'm gonna check the bulb first!

[@DavidWhite-rf1ki]

I have subscribed to your channel.

[@TheInfoworks]

Grand, just loaded another Uncle Harold's workshop video. Cheers

[@bluedreamer29]

Mas vídeos opel frontera please

[@TheInfoworks]

Yes, when I need to do something on mine. CHeers

[@bluedreamer29]

+Andy Reynolds I got a problem on the egr valvule and cant solve :(

[@TheInfoworks]

Ah, a diesel, mine is petrol / gas. Is the ERG stuck or coked up? Cheers

[@bluedreamer29]

+Andy Reynolds I Dont understand wth you mean :(