[jonnyjin14]

Hi Everyone:

Vehicle: 2010 Chevy Malibu 2010 LT 2.4L
Time: Wednesday, Oct 20, 2022, 05:45 AM
Condition: 33F

Problem description:

• The car’s instrument panel is dead except for security and checking lights
• Gear selector lights are not worked

Troubleshooting:
I checked the fuse box next to the passenger seat after 2 hours of driving. Everything is fine in the fuse box.
I replugged the cluster relay, then the instrument panel back to work. After 18 hours(Friday, Oct 21, 02:00 AM, 36F), the instrumental panel cluster dies again.
The instrument panel didn't come back to work this time, although I replugged the cluster relay.
It seems like the instrument panel won’t work well if the temperature is cold.

Questions:

• How much does it costs to fix? The mechanic shop suggests replacing the whole cluster, which will charge me around 800-1000 bucks( Is that a fair price?).
• Is there any cheap way to fix it?

Thank you,
Jin

 

[DrivenDaily]

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[jonnyjin14]

See if this helps:

FRETTING CORROSION: Service Traction Control/ ESC (See...

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• Thank you for replying.
• It seems I'm not the only one with the dead cluster issue.
• The problems in these two forums are pretty similar to my situation:

please help!!! instrument panel/cluster dead

failure of the instrument panel cluster

Shnawaz, can you tell me more about replacing the panel. Did it work after you replaced it or is it necessary to program it with the TECH2? You say that you replaced it and everything was normal but it needed to be programmed with the VIN??? Thanks for the help. The only solution worked for...

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Jin