Instrument Cluster Issue

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Chucky44

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Hi guys,

I had some instrument cluster flickering issue and long story short the dealership ended replacing it twice. The last one they put in was last week. This morning after hockey practice I got in the truck and started the truck and noticed that my wipers were going, which I thought that was odd. I checked the wiper switch and it was off, then I noticed there was nothing displayed on my instrument cluster, basically it was dead. I then turned off the truck and tried to put it into the ON position to see if it would recover and it didn't. Then I figured my only solution at that point before having the truck towed would be to check every instrument cluster fuse. So i checked them all (about 4-5 of them), pulled them out and put them back. None of them were broken. When that was done I went back into the truck and it just said "remote start aborted door ajar" something like that. I put the key into the ignition and everything was back to normal, cluster came back.

Obviously I am going to bring the truck back into the dealership since I have the warranty on it, but I was just wondering if anybody else experience this issue before or knows that the issue could be? I'm assuming it would be the computer or device controlling the cluster. I am not a mechanic but I just wanted to know your opinion on it. Thanks.
 

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Hi guys,

I had some instrument cluster flickering issue and long story short the dealership ended replacing it twice. The last one they put in was last week. This morning after hockey practice I got in the truck and started the truck and noticed that my wipers were going, which I thought that was odd. I checked the wiper switch and it was off, then I noticed there was nothing displayed on my instrument cluster, basically it was dead. I then turned off the truck and tried to put it into the ON position to see if it would recover and it didn't. Then I figured my only solution at that point before having the truck towed would be to check every instrument cluster fuse. So i checked them all (about 4-5 of them), pulled them out and put them back. None of them were broken. When that was done I went back into the truck and it just said "remote start aborted door ajar" something like that. I put the key into the ignition and everything was back to normal, cluster came back.

Obviously I am going to bring the truck back into the dealership since I have the warranty on it, but I was just wondering if anybody else experience this issue before or knows that the issue could be? I'm assuming it would be the computer or device controlling the cluster. I am not a mechanic but I just wanted to know your opinion on it. Thanks.

Hi Chucky44,

Sorry to hear about this! I'd be happy to follow up with your dealership for you if needed, just PM our page with your VIN and let me know.

Andrea
Ram Social Care Specialist
 
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