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Old 05-24-2005, 06:19 PM
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My instrument cluster keeps blowing fuses, replace and works a thousand miles or 5 miles and goes again. Any ideas for a quick fix?
 
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How do you know is the cluster??
 
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Old 05-25-2005, 12:52 AM
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only to find out what causes the high current first. maybe short circuit?

was it the fuse no.10 or 14?
 
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Old 05-25-2005, 10:33 AM
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#10, all gauges go to zero. clock works, but nothing else. It may go a month or so and work fine, then, it goes out.
 
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Old 05-25-2005, 10:35 AM
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#10 fuse, the instrument cluster fuse blows and all gauges to to zero.
 
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Old 06-30-2005, 07:13 PM
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It turns out the fuses were blowing due a short in the third brake light. 3 hrs. and 160.00 took care of it.
 
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Im currently having the same problem ..except my fuses are not blown out. what else could cause this problem? #10 fuse and 14 are still intact. IS there another area where fuses are keep besides in the engine bay? and trunk?
 
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Well I dont know what just happened... checked all fuses ,they are fine , moved door lock switch on driver side door , put windows down and all of a sudden my cluster started to work agian.
 
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Old 05-05-2006, 10:10 AM
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My mechanic found a short in the 3rd tail light (trunk lid) that was the problem. He fixed that .75 for the wire and $263 in time to trace the problem. Hope that helps.
 
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