Dash cluster power?

jeep973 · 12-02-2006, 08:59 AM

Last night I stopped to fill up with gas. When I got back in the Jeep and started it, I had no gauges. The lights on the dash work, but there is no tach. speedo, oil, gas. The odometer is also black. ANY IDEAS ON WHAT HAPPENED.

Is it a possible short somewhere? I have noticed that my intermitten wipers are not working anymore. The wipers also won't return "home" when they are shut off, they stop where they are. Can this be a cause?

**Rocky529** · 12-02-2006, 09:18 AM

Remove the cluster and clean the connections and apply dielectric grease.

yell2000 · 12-02-2006, 09:23 AM

Common thing... freaked me out when it first happened.

Just pull the cluster and lightly rub/move the tabs in the connector without bending them.

Did it to mine once and the problem has not come back in almost 2 years.

daveg13 · 12-02-2006, 10:03 AM

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f9/fix-your-tjs-dead-gauges-write-up-179282/

jeep973 · 12-02-2006, 10:44 AM

Great info, thanks for the help, I'm headed out to work on it now.

2fastlx · 12-02-2006, 12:05 PM

i just pounded the top of the dash with my fist, haven't had it happen since. If it happens again I'll take it apart and fix it right.

milford623 · 02-24-2007, 02:02 PM

i had the same problem wiht my 99TJ...did it intermidently and then no power to gauges all togetther.....i read the posts and chose the lazy route and just tapped on dash above gauges 2 times....everything works...im sure it is a bandaid however im too busy to take apart and clean...Thanks

RangerDoug · 02-24-2007, 02:57 PM

It's a common problem. I've always used the pound the dash technique over the past few years but since I just removed the instrument cluster to install LED's in place of the the bulbs, I took time to tweak the connections a bit.

12-02-2006, 09:23 AM	#3
yell2000 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Berlin, Wisconsin Posts: 124 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	Common thing... freaked me out when it first happened. Just pull the cluster and lightly rub/move the tabs in the connector without bending them. Did it to mine once and the problem has not come back in almost 2 years. __________________ 2008 JK Unlimited Rubicon 1978 CJ-5 2000 TJ Sport 4.0 2002 KJ Limited Now that I have the garage... gotta fill it!

12-02-2006, 12:05 PM	#6
2fastlx Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: CO Posts: 375 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	i just pounded the top of the dash with my fist, haven't had it happen since. If it happens again I'll take it apart and fix it right. __________________ [CENTER][COLOR="Green"]Colorado Jeep Club Member #44[/COLOR][/CENTER] [QUOTE]I couldn't really understand what you were saying or asking, but I think you need a bigger hammer.[/QUOTE]