Speedometer Needle Stuck

[mdoyle]

The needles in these clusters are driven by tiny servo motors, once they go bad no amount of key cycling is going to fix them- they have to be replaced.

I bought a couple off eBay for around $12 bucks and did the repair myself. The trickiest part for most is going to be desoldering the old motors and soldering in the new ones. It's not impossible and you can pick up the tools at Radio Shack.

Even though I marked the needle positions before disassembling the cluster, I used a GPS on the highway to set the speedo needle exactly. The Federalies around here are sticklers

If you can get warranty coverage, do it; but if they try to gig you for a couple hundred or worse then grab the motors off eBay (they come with good instructions) and fix it yourself.

[Ex0tica]

Hi all found a guy on eBay that cleans, replaces all bulbs and servos for $170. Has done over 4000 of em with 100% record. Thinkin of trying him out.

[coach3rd]

Mine stopped working at 60plusk miles and I went to the dealer who wanted $700 to fix it. After speaking with the service manager they still would not admit this is common and wanted the $700. I bought a GPS for the MPH. That is the only thing that wasnt working in my gauge cluster. You would think a speedometer should last on a truck like this. I had a 78 corolla with 200k miles or more and the speedo was still working.

[mbdougl]

Thanks RCKSTR,
Your little trick fixed mine and it has been working ever since! Maybe if a Chinese Company buys hummer we will get better quality parts

[mbdougl]

My speedometer problem has come back , will this one work in my 03? Is it hard to replace?

http://www.amazon.com/Dorman-599-319...15819&sr=1-672

[mbdougl]

I replaced the instrument cluster with an exchange unit from Digital Dash Solutions, It only took 15 minutes and it works great!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/03-04-05-2003-2004-2005-H2-HUMMER-SPEEDOMETER-CLUSTER-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQitemZ350196172403QQptZMotorsQ5f CarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories