Entire Instrument Cluster Flashing - Gauges Spastic

[Seadweller]

Before I go any further with this, is there any way to determine if it's the cluster, or something else electrically with the car?

[thstone]

Originally Posted by Seadweller

Before I go any further with this, is there any way to determine if it's the cluster, or something else electrically with the car?

Yes, if you have electronics tech skills. If not, there isn't an easy way to test the cluster itself.

I keep a spare cluster for exactly this purpose. And so I have a spare if one fails.

[Seadweller]

Originally Posted by thstone

Yes, if you have electronics tech skills. If not, there isn't an easy way to test the cluster itself.

I keep a spare cluster for exactly this purpose. And so I have a spare if one fails.

My electrical skills are rudimentary, particularly when it comes to troubleshooting. If I knew which pins to use in the connectors to test voltage, at least I could rule out whether the issue was somewhere in the car, or in the cluster itself. If figure if I'm getting the proper voltage at the connectors, it would have to be the cluster.

Now I see why the call it a cluster.