Gauge Cluster Troubleshooting

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What happens here

After leaving the gas station, the GMC Yukon XL's entire gauge cluster suddenly loses power, displaying nothing except the check engine light. The driver initially attempts to resolve the issue by physically hitting the dashboard, followed by disconnecting and reconnecting the vehicle's battery. When these preliminary methods fail to restore the cluster, he calls a friend for expert advice. His friend suggests that a common problem for 2003 Yukons is a faulty solder joint in the gauge cluster, recommending a temporary fix: to firmly press or hit the 'trip' button on the cluster while the key is turned. The driver attempts this, tapping the plastic screen with his hand, and the gauge cluster immediately turns back on.

Goal: Restore power to the vehicle's gauge cluster

Tools and materials

Red GMC Yukon XL GMC — The vehicle with the faulty gauge cluster
Smartphone iPhone — Calling a friend for technical advice

What they say

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and see what it does we should probably still stop and get spark plugs yeah we need to do that i bet that dang butterfly sorted out the fuse box i'm kidding well that didn't do anything i bet it's a fuse it says uh yeah 10 amp fuses for the gauge cluster let's see if they're busted so weird why why are you doing this uncle rob you're doing all kinds of weird stuff to me call one of my friends from back in pittsburgh uh he knows these things pretty well hopefully he answers the phone i got a random question for you that i think you probably know the answer to what would cause my gauge cluster in a 2003 yukon to just lose power completely like it has nothing like is there a fuse for that that blows out push the button what the what push the trip button pretty hard oh the the button on the cluster yeah while the keys turned yeah well uh well i'll disconnect the battery cable so i'll have to put those back on battery's back hooked up when i key it on nothing lights up but the engine light so i'll push this i'm pushing the trip button [Music] the engine light shuts off when i turn the truck on and the trip button doesn't do anything i looked at a few fuses well that's great so i guess i got no cluster for the rest of the week [Music] it'll come back yeah [Music] i don't like rage because there is a chance like you can hit it too hard don't don't rage hit it because i could mess it up yeah okay i won't do that i'll just give it a little love tab if it starts off again of recording now i literally didn't have a camera on he's like if you hit a right bump it'll come back on so i just kind of bumped the screen with my hand a couple times and screened the plastic and it just turned back on so i don't know i guess uh i guess it is what it is we're starting to see some pretty big mountains now with snow on them it's freaking sick just cruising along i'm just gonna let this ride you guys there's some cool pull-off hey the converter locked again that means it's not hot anymore because when the dash thing

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