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john_coach001
Explorer II
May 12, 2026
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2003 newmar freightliner speedometer stopped working

Hello, I’m looking for some advice. I recently purchased a 2003 Newmar motorhome built on a Freightliner chassis, and all of the gauges are not working. The previous owner told me they all stopped ...
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john_coach001
Explorer II
May 25, 2026

My apologies. They told me they replaced the stepper motor inside the front air gauge and also repaired some bad solder joints inside the message center.

That’s the information I was given, so I’m not exactly sure what was causing everything to stop working, but those are the repairs they said they performed. They also replaced both capacitors inside the message center.

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StirCrazy
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May 26, 2026

ok great.  some bad quality solder joints and some blowen capaciters, that will do it every time 🤣

glade its all fixed up for you.  its rare to find a shop that will actualy get that involved, most would just replace the message center and charge you big bucks.  

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