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Wind_River
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Mar 17, 2019

Instrument cluster 2003 GMC 2500HD Duramax

The instrument cluster on this truck is acting strange. Odometer reading is blank, tach is showing less rpm than it should. Is there a fix you know of short of taking it to the dealer for an expensive fix?
  • Known issue with trucks of that vintage. You are most likely looking at an exchange cluster (or one from a wrecker's yard).
  • Google this term............

    gm truck instrument cluster repair

    You will get dozens of hits. No idea if any of them are any good, I am sure most are. Don't quit looking after the first screen, at the bottom Goooooooogle keep clicking next, there are LOTS of repair places.

    Charles
  • I know GM had issues with stepper motors in their dash clusters that cause the gauges to stick or not read correctly. The odometer issue is most likely a bad solder joint. You can source a cluster from a salvage yard but may run into the same issue...it's a gamble with used electronics. There are many companies that do repair/return of your cluster and offer instructions on how to remove your cluster. Those cluster services are much cheaper than a trip to a dealer.
  • My 2004 Silverado did this a couple years after i bought it. Removed it and sent it out to a repair place (don't remember the name anymore). They installed all new gauges and sent it back to me. I reinstalled it and a month later started doing the same thing!
    I removed it, gave it to my son who is in electronics. He resoldered the edge connector pins where the harness plugs onto the board--problem fixed!
    So if you want to repair it yourself you might look there.
  • I had mine done by a local outfit in an area up here called maple ridge 150.00cdn, they will do by mail, but I drove it over and picked up a day or two later, all new steppers and lighting

    Vancouverclusterrepair
  • I bought new stepper motors for mine off of ebay and followed a YouTube video for the de-solder/re-solder procedure. Not too difficult if you have done a fair amount of soldering over the years. Just be careful not to knock any of the little light connections loose when you handle the instrument panel during the procedure. I knocked one loose and had to re-solder it as well.??