I just had this exact problem with the odometer display on my 1999 GMC Sierra and have some good information that may help someone out. The pin on the LCD board referred to in your video as the common pin is actually positive DC voltage that powers the LCD. This pin feeds three power resistors in parallel so this probably carries significant current. The resistors were ok but I could see they had been running hot since the circuit board around the resistors was turning dark. Once I lifted the LCD circuit board up I saw right away the pin had de-soldered from the circuit board. You won't see this, nor can you re-solder it, without lifting the board from the white plastic support. I re-soldered the pin and that took care of the problem. One other thing I want to mention is the circuit board with all the lamps and the LCD does not just lift off. It has to be carefully pried off of the connector pins that go to the gauges. Once you get it free there is a small harness that feeds the driver info display that can be unplugged so you can check the LCD. I didn't use any grease on any of the connectors. Relatively easy fix.

I have a 99 Sierra with the same problem. Pulled the cluster, took a look, and sprayed the plug with WD40 and blew it out. Plugged it all back together and it works just like new. Thanks for the Help!

as a heavy equip tech for thirty yrs, who don't know squat about cars. I thank you. youre explanation was clear concise and on point. took it apart raised led (IT PIVOTS) found . lookinking at bottom row right side second from left. sorry did not get pin #/ a what appeared a hollow pin, and we know that aint right" pushed it up alittle bit from back side. used a fine wire solder dental pick heated on gas stove magnify glass lots o light (im old),. and gave it a little love. reinstalled and checked. all good. the reason im posting is feedback is important, in my world we have a sys called call trac. symptom cause and fix. ,,,,saves a lotta guys a lotta time and a lotta money so thanks keep posting

THANK YOU ERIC...!!! Mine been out since end of last year. You just helped save a 3 time war veteran a couple of benjamins cause I was about to spend 200 bucks for some company online that fixes the cluster. I followed every step of your video after work today and its working like a charm again. Now i have the money I need to get my SUV windows tinted. All smiles!

Intermittent blower motor issue and "solution" for me. I have had the same problem for years (2000 Silverado). Here's what I do: Turn on the truck and the AC fan. Under the dash, directly below the center of the glovebox, there is a wiring harness. Slip your hand up from the floorboard behind the A/C ducting. Wiggle the wires. Blower comes back on. I've done that for about 8 years now. I should find the loose wire and actually fix it, but I'm lazy. Really. I'm very lazy. I'm so lazy that I mostly ignore the problem except when my wife is in the car. I've taught her how to find the wire, and she does it.

Why make a video like this and not show the part when you bend it around to check for a good/bad connection?

I followed the instructions. All of the circuits were soldered. I used WD 40 instead of white grease and my mileage is now visible again. I was able to avoid a $600. 00 replacement of the cluster board.Thanks Eric!!!!!

Thanks Eric. You saved me a bunch of money and two trips to the dealer. Took about 20 minutes to fix. Used a spray can of electronics air to clean everything out and it all works like a charm.

It has been a year and 1 month since I fixed mine and it has not happened again. Thanks for the comment and I'm glad my video helped you!

Thanks for the video and instruction. I've been fighting this issue for awhile on my 1999 Silverado 2500, intermittent illumination and then completely out, just as you described. The fix is easy. Saved me time and money. Much appreciated.

You're the man! I have a very trustworthy shop I go to and they said they could shop the display off for about $250 since they said they didn't know what to do about it. I took the display out, cleaned the connections and tightened one pin and the display works perfectly now! Took me about 20 minutes from start to finish!!!

same issue that I had. It has been a year and 1 month since I fixed mine and it has never happened again. Thanks for the comment and im glad my video helped!

I had same problem(no light for odometer or gear shift) I followed the video and now it works. I had to put a dab of solder on the pin you described. Thanks great video.

Great video! Just repaired my 2001 Suburban 1500 gear shift indicator display. I had the same issue. The display would work on and off randomly. Then eventually stopped working all together. Also appreciate the 7mm socket size reference and pointing out the suspected soldier joint that typically has issue. I had to look really hard at the soldier joints to finally see the lack of soldier on the top pin. The vehicle mileage was never effected during my repair.

thanks man ill try that. mine hasn't worked in the last 4yrs. about 5 months ago it came on for no reason for about 3 days and showed that I had 257k on my truck and I was blown away! cant wait to see it in the morn.

yes thank you it worked i did not think it would,you have to take cluster out its quite easy,whole job takes 5 min

thank you so much buddy for showing me how to fix my odometer. you saved me money, so I appreciate that a lot !!

Thanks bud. you saved me a bit of money. I havent had an odometer for a long time. Now I do. much appreciated

I used air duster on the LED after removing the panel on my 01 chevy. Also on your blower motor check your clip between the truck and the blower motor. Mine had melted so I had to occasionally tap or kick the motor to make it go. Ultimately replaced it and hard wired the blower motor. But hell yeah on the advice for the cluster! Works like a charm now!

Thanks! I'm glad my video helped! Its been a year and 1 month since the fix and my display has not had any problems

I have a parasitic draw on that circuit, and my truck does the same thing. I am going to attempt this fix and check in!

Thanks for the video, I've the same problem you described. I have taken out the cluster before but didn't know what to do until now. Again thanks for video

Eric Thanks! you rock, followed your instructions to the letter, fixed my 2001 Suburban in about 15 minutes. Thanks again!

Thanks a Million! The exact pin you pointed to had a fractured solder joint.

Love the blue display, i think they are often a really bright green with a thick blue plastic filter in front. Looks much like the types used on vcr's and some dvd players, there are filiments that must have power applied, in the dark you can see a faint red glow on the horizontal wires, with no filter. Looks like you sorted it without selling a kidney for parts money :-)

Took apart like you did but put a space between the circuit board and base to close a small gap where the display and board meet. hope this helps too!

you can bend the screen to the left by picking up on the right side and bending the pins. Check all the pins and make sure they are soldered completely. I sprayed white grease on the blue connector and have not had an issue since then.

Happening in my 2004 Chevy Tahoe, very common problem but with the help of KZfaq and the Chevy forum, I can do it myself! YipeKaiyeah!

121214: you did a man size job there. i figured when you examined the solder, you would have found an intermittent solder (cracked-solder, cold-solder, or broken solder joint). if the problem happens again you might want to re-solder all suspect solder joints. Use a magnifying glass to help see the solder joints. Hope this helps

Yes, I'm going to guarantee you that #1 pin is your problem, it shouldn't move at all. You should be able to bend that board to the left with no problem. If a solder joint breaks when doing this then it should have been re-soldered anyway. Thanks for the comment!

Thanks man, this saved me a lot of money and a lot of worries.

Thanks man I put blue lights in and fixed that while I was at it happy to have my gears and miles back

Thanks a lot man I really appreciate the tip fixed my gmc 2500 4x4 cluster using your video

Shouldve seen the display in my dad's 03 duramax gmc. Started out just flashing at startup, then it would quit working till it warmed up, then it started doin all sorts of weird shit. It would go haywire, sometimes the odometer would work sometimes not, you would have to bang on it to get it working sometimes. Finally went out today, he had to order a new one.

Thanks.. Just exactly what I have. (Also fuel Guage does not work).. Hope I have the same success. Wish I had seen where you put the lithium grease.

mine recently started doing it again, sprayed some dielectric grease on the pins and back in action!

Thanks for the video. Helped out a lot on how to disassemble and fool with mine. Thanks again..

Okay i figured out how to lift the screen up. My top two pins are broke free from the solder. I am going to try and re solder it myself. Wish me luck.

so awesome sauce that you have this video! i have the same problem and i think by watching your video i can fix mine!!! thanks so much! evie

Awesome!! It worked!! Thank you!!

excellent video very well explained thank you Eric.

You cant flood a fuel injected engine. Unless you have converted over to a carb.

holy crap $600 to have it sent off? any shop worth their salt would have seen and fixed that solder joint if that was the only problem, at least that's what I would like to think! Sorry to hear that man!

Thanks the video helped out alot. I didnt notice that you could lift up the screen to check the soldering. I just took it apart and cleaned it. It is still going on and off randomly. Is it normal for the screen to be loose on the right side? I could move it up and down a little. also what kind of spray did you use to clean it? I just used Q tips and rubbing alcohol. thanks for the video and please respond :D

Hi there, I had a quick question about your notifcation at the end of the video stating you put white grease on the electrical connector before replacing the cluster back in the dash. Was this white lithium grease? or dielectric grease? I've only known dielectric to come in tubes not spray and i've never heard it refered to as white grease, it does in fact help insulate electrical connections but im not sure lithium would help. Just curious. Good job, i need to take a look at mine as well. -James

Hey Eric I got the same problem just reversed. my odometer is lit up but my back lights wont come on. I changed the fuses and still no luck. I have a video on my channel of the problem. Now I seen your video i might go ahead and change the switch panel.

I have a 2003 GMC Envoy and my display is intermittent. Do I have the same problem or do I need to send it to a repair guy? You make it look easy. I hope the Envoy is easy?

spider injector, I replaced awhile back and starts fine now

You said you're engine is flooded. It's most likely your fuel pressure regulator. Common problems on gm

@zx8401ztv yeah the display is actually green, its just my iPhone camera for some reason it shows up blue! haha. yeah that would have been a 2 day job at the dealership or at least $80 for a shop to look at it! thanks man

You shouldn't lose your mileage unless you put another cluster in

You mentioned about maybe a bearing or something for your fan speed and my fathers dodge dakota would only run on high speed and we replaced a motor resistor or something for 20 bucks and it fixed it. I don't know if that has anything to do with your problem but though id throw it out there

Very helpful video, thanks dude!

my lights are dim but they still work. I'll try the goop and and if that doest work, I'll just so soder it.

Hello, Very helpful Video. Is it still working? Mine just started going out. 99 Silverado. 240,000 miles I love this truck. Thanks

what was it with yours? was it that first pin? what do you do to fix it? Or did you also just clean the blue plug? I resoldered mine and it is still doing the same thing.

a lil grease and bam nice to know helped me 2 :3

Very helpful.

gotta love saving money!

I got fed up with mine, brought it to a shop and they sent it in to get fixed. Cost me 600 bucks. And most likely all it was was probably a solder joint :(

I'm just curious, so what exactly did you do? Looks like you just took it apart and put it back together so I'm guessing that it was a loose connection or your not real sure what you did either? I'm not trying to be be rude. I just didn't see your repair.

The orange wire behind the cluster needs 12v.

Great vid, thanks alot!!

whatever fuse the radio runs off was my cluster too on a 99 blazer

thanks for the help

there was a recall issued for the radio and instrument lights back in 06.don`t know if it is still valid.check with GM .

Hi, What does dielectric do? and You put the grease on the solder on the lcd display?

Very good

I have the same issue but it still displays my odometer but it doesn’t display the gears, it’s a 2005 Chevy Silverado 1500

did u have to reprogram your mileage, im worried about losing mine if i remove the cluster?

and the shift indictor light goes out in run position it is on until you turn the key to start postion

What's that beep at 0:38? Because I have that on my Grandmas 1999 (or 1998) Toyota Camry LE every time you turn off the Ignition.

Hi I have a 2001 Chevy Tahoe. And after I replaced the fuel pump. And connect the battery the dash intruments it doesn't work anymore. Some advises I really appreciated thnks

not being mechanically inclined, how difficult will this be (especially making sure everything goes back right)

let us know how it goes, sounds exactly like what happened to mine,

Is there a way that you can make it more shakey? I can almost see what is going on. If you drank some more Monsters and coffee I think you can make us all car sick... Thanks for saving me the price of admission to Six Flags....

hey iv got a truck just like this, same motor and short cab step side, just in like silver, i was wondering how many miles yours has on it and if you have had any transmission problems yet? cause my transmission isnt doing so good and its only got 114500 or so miles on my truck

This just happened on my 97 Safari

i have a 2000 Chevy Astro van the park indicator goes out when you start the vehicle and battery light and low fuel lights come on and no temperature gauge but oil and volt meter works fine the voltage gauge reads 14 volt and over head console go blank tried changing cluster and get the same problem can you tell me what to check to fix thanks

when you were driving the truck at first was it pulling like it wasnt changing gears

I know this is old video but I have had issue with 2002 Tahoe no odometer, but when you push dome override twice in dings and odometer will cut on but headlights and taillights cut out, press two more dings and lights come on and odometer goes out! WTF! any ideas?

Ok so my 02 silverado has no PRND lights. But it has the odometer lights. Also no tow light comes on. So before i rip my dash off. Are these ran by lights or something complete different. I have the check engine light the abs light and stuff. But seems as i am missing the park lights Over drive lights and prob a few more others i am forgetting. Amy help would ne great. Just bought this dam thing and already pissing me off😂

Ok so I have a 2005 Silverado 1500 hd with a similar issue except I can barely see the gear display, It is really dim and I just noticed it today, Could this be the same issue you had and showed how to fix in this video or something different?

what kind of grease did you use? lol my gear shifter went out recently on my silverado

So what happens if you have to replace the cluster with a new one? how do you verify miles?

My truck is doing the same thing. Do you think after the repair the mileage will be accurate?

hey i have a 2004 Chevy Suburban and my cluster shows everything but the Mileage i tried what you did and it is still not showing any other suggestions?

Did you say you greased something?

I put new stenper in everything works but the speedhaed doze not work what can it be now

Can someone help me? I had to repair my 2007 saturn ion redline clutch and clutch master cylinder, after fixing it I put everything back together and reconnected my battery and now most of the warning lights on the dashboard are on without the ignition key even being in the ignition. battery, high beams, seatbelt, brake, pretty much everything but the check engine light and the symbol with the car and lock inside of it. I removed the steering column and ignition completely and have unplugged any connectors that attach to the clutch pedal assembly and still the lights are on. Cher, directionals and headlights, high beams all work, interior lights all seem to work normally. ar was able to start while back toget

how do you switch from trip setting in the odometer to mile setting

Is that slider window aftermarket cause i have not seen a single nbs with a slider before

have you also had a problem with your gas gauge and temperature gauges mine have been out for a few months i also have this problem in your video any suggestions?

Nope, not pulling the dash out, I would screw everything up.

Hey Bro Do You Think You Can Show Me How To Install A Stereo On It?

Once you put the dielectric grease on the blue connector can you connect it rite away?

I have an '02 Suburban, and my problem is similar. The gear LCD and warning lights work fine, but the speedometer and all of the gage, and radio lights just stopped working (just the lights), after blinking on and off, sometimes. I think it's a common problem, and not the fuse. I'll play with the dimmer switch, and it might come back on. But last night, it wouldn't. People say the dimmer switches are bad, even new ones, and you have to run a jumper wire to the dimmer switch wire. Anyone have this issue? BTW, can you show what exact spray you used on the connector, and how?

I have a 2000 chevy express 1500 the shifter stay lock to 2 can't go back to park or anything I change the safety neutral switch is still remain the same ? Anybody has a suggestion what I can do next

thanks

what exactly did you put grease on?.