07-16-2017, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Rugerman21
I thought I would go on a hunch and remove the Instrument cluster and did-assemble it. Sure enough the 2 LED's for the DCS error light and whatever light is to the right of it the LED's have been removed. I have to guess that was easier to do than for however to actually fix the reasons the light was on. The light was on due to the Transfer Case Actuator Gear being bad. $9.22 part off E-bay and less than 2 hours labor. My guess is the used car dealer I bought it from. That way they could show me the lack of error lights being lit. Damn that pisses me off. Cannot prove it was them but I doubt the people that owned the car for 11.5 years knew enough to take the Instrument cluster out and apart to remove that LED. Now I have to find a replacement LED to put back in. Anybody got the specs for that LED ?
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That sucks and is super shady! I'd be hella pissed. This is also why Carly was a decent investment even though their business model cheeses me off some (in-app purchases/upgrades). Plug it in on the test drive and see if there is any problems...
Don't forget to sync that actuator gear or you will have driveability issues and eventually re-failure of the gear. Ask me how I know.
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