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Nick00800   POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Ridgefield, Washington, Usa |
posted 08-29-2019 10:47 AM
    
Does anyone have any recommendations on where to take a prowler in the Portland, OR/Vancouver, WA area for routine maintenance and the dredged gauges not work issue? I am not a huge fan of dealership service but will go there if that is the best option. |
Simonsez                    POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Evansville, IN, US |
posted 08-29-2019 10:53 AM
Nick. I just use the local Chrysler Dealership for routine maintenance. I have had good luck over the years. |
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ClayD From:Bennett, CO, US |
posted 08-29-2019 11:25 AM
What are your gauges doing/not doing? |
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Nick00800 POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Ridgefield, Washington, Usa |
posted 08-29-2019 10:23 PM
All gauges but tach and voltage stop working and air bag light turns on. When the car sits for a while (usually overnight) all gauges work again on start. I go for a drive and the gauges work fine until I stop and turn the engine off. When I turn the car back on the gauges dont work again. If I leave the car in on position (without engine running) the gauges never stop working (but I cant just leave keys in the car on all the time). The only other issue I have with car is the low tire pressure light is on because tpms have never been replaced. The low pressure light goes off when the gauges stop working and it is only the air bag light. I recently replaced the battery and it did not do anything. Based on threads here I this it is either 1) bad pcm 2) grounding issue 3) short in instrument cluster |
Tony Goertz   POA Site Supporter Administrating Kat Personal ScrapBook From:Lucan, Ontario, Canada |
posted 08-30-2019 06:17 AM
or.. #4.. capacitor on cluster circuit board. I just had 2 repaired $10 each. |
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Nick00800 POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Ridgefield, Washington, Usa |
posted 08-30-2019 01:12 PM
Thanks Tony. How did you determine bad capacitor? Pull the instruments and just look? |
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ClayD From:Bennett, CO, US |
posted 08-30-2019 02:02 PM
My gauges weren't working a while back. The dealer put it on their diagnostic machine and all the could say was the cluster was bad. Apparently they have no way of diagnosing the cluster itself. So I removed the cluster, opened it up and looked at it and a capacitor had leaked and failed. Replaced that capacitor and all is well. |
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Tony Goertz POA Site Supporter Administrating Kat Personal ScrapBook From:Lucan, Ontario, Canada |
posted 08-31-2019 06:13 PM
Here is the link to ClayD post from 2017. His fix worked for me !! http://www.prowleronline.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/005603.html I'm not sure what "size" cap was used as a replacement. It was not the same , but better … |
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Nick00800 POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Ridgefield, Washington, Usa |
posted 09-05-2019 06:17 PM
All, I took off the instrument cluster and it looks like I have a bad capacitor (see just to the right of D52. R79 may be bad too). Any ideas where I would be able to get new capacitors? Also if anyone that has done this can help a non-circuit board type guy with some directions that would be appreciated. I am a geotechnical[soil] engineer. I guess i should have been an electrical... |
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Tony Goertz POA Site Supporter Administrating Kat Personal ScrapBook From:Lucan, Ontario, Canada |
posted 09-05-2019 07:22 PM
Hi - I just happened to find a local guy that repaired old car tube radios. He knew nothing about new chips etc … but knew capacitors - he replaced mine with a "larger capacity" very common capacitor. He had lots of them in his shop. 5 minute job... He couldn't test the circuit board. PS - I did the self test on the cluster first and nothing worked. After new capacitor - self test showed everything working including the "PRNDL" and odometer test. To do self test - push trip reset button while turning key from lock position to unlock. ( not to run ) |
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Tony Goertz POA Site Supporter Administrating Kat Personal ScrapBook From:Lucan, Ontario, Canada |
posted 09-05-2019 07:38 PM
The cap on both of mine were spot C9 . In your pic it looks like the cap may have leaked on the R89 resistor as it is all black. Mine was replaced with 68uF 50V 105degC capacitor.
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ClayD From:Bennett, CO, US |
posted 09-05-2019 08:36 PM
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Nick00800: [B] All, I took off the instrument cluster and it looks like I have a bad capacitor (see just to the right of D52. R79 may be bad too). Any ideas where I would be able to get new capacitors? Also if anyone that has done this can help a non-circuit board type guy with some directions that would be appreciated. I am a geotechnical[soil] engineer. I guess i should have been an electrical... A speedometer shop may be able to fix that. |
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Nick00800 POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Ridgefield, Washington, Usa |
posted 09-06-2019 04:07 PM
Thanks all. I called the company at the link below and talked to him for a while. He said he has fixed multiple prowlers with this issue and it should be a quick job. He anticipated that he would have it fixed and mailed out within 24 to 48 hours of receiving it. Price is $195 + shipping rather than $350 + shipping at the prowler store. I will keep you posted. I may wait until the end of this month until the weather typically turns worse and get some last driving without gauges... |
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Nick00800 POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Ridgefield, Washington, Usa |
posted 09-27-2019 09:15 PM
Sent the cluster to the ebay link. It arrived on Wednesday and was fixed and sent back the same day with an email including the tracking number. I sent an email back to them to ask what the issue was and they said the power supply was malfunctioning and needed to get rebuilt. Supposed to get it Wednesday. I will reinstall and keep the fingers crossed that we have the problem solved. I will update. The total price for the service was $200 plus $60 shipping each way because going from Washington state to New Jersey. |
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Nick00800 POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Ridgefield, Washington, Usa |
posted 10-02-2019 10:49 PM
Received the cluster today and re-installed. Put it threw the motions that usually make it stop working and everything is good. Hoping we have solved the problem. At this point I would recommend these guys if anyone is having similar issues. The only thing that happened is the plastic outer piece was broken when I opened the box and I needed to super glue. The packaging itself seems well packaged so I think it is like a function of fedex. |
TLRandall POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:CALDWELL, TX, US |
posted 02-07-2021 05:16 PM
You guys are dead on!!! I have been trying for years to figure out what the issue was, and multiple dealers could not figure it out either. After seeing the picture posted earlier, I took my dash out again and sure enough, my photo here looks exactly like what was posted. Now to find the correct capacitor.
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Tony Goertz POA Site Supporter Administrating Kat Personal ScrapBook From:Lucan, Ontario, Canada |
posted 02-07-2021 05:39 PM
See the 'Sticky' post in Technical Support for details of suitable capacitor . |
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TLRandall POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:CALDWELL, TX, US |
posted 02-07-2021 07:00 PM
quote: It’s from the sticky post is how I found the picture to compare mine to! Thanks Tony for putting that up, I have looked at this instrument cluster almost a dozen times and until I saw the picture, I had never noticed the C9 capacitor leak. I was looking for the top to be bubbled up. |
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TLRandall POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:CALDWELL, TX, US |
posted 03-04-2021 09:48 PM
quote: Tony - I could not find the 50v with the same dimensions, but was able to locate the same 16v that is on the board now. I’ll give it a try and report back.
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TLRandall POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:CALDWELL, TX, US |
posted 03-05-2021 05:22 PM
Thanks for everybody’s help, it worked! Now I need to pull the dash from the yellow and do the same thing.
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garysss POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Baltimore, MD, United States |
posted 03-05-2021 07:20 PM
Good job Tom, thanks for update. |
ed monahan POA Lifetime Site Supporter Prowler Junkie Personal ScrapBook From:Cincinnati, Oh, USA |
posted 03-05-2021 10:23 PM
Great work. Needs a sticky??? |
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TLRandall POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:CALDWELL, TX, US |
posted 03-06-2021 12:20 AM
Thanks Gary & Ed. This is what the instrument cluster had been doing prior to the fix. Until I saw the picture in Tony’s sticky, I wasn’t really sure what it was that was causing this. Dealers were leaning towards a bad BCM, another said it was poor solder joints on the boards. I have been trying to figure these two cars out for years, since they both went bad within weeks of each other. Looked at the C9 once before, but I was looking for a bulged out top on the capacitor. Did not recognize the leaking from the bottom as the issue until I saw that post. Fixed for less than $3.
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Nick00800 POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Ridgefield, Washington, Usa |
posted 03-08-2021 11:19 PM
Glad it was the same issue as I had and you were able to fix it. It’s a much better driving experience when you know how fast you are going and if you have gas. |
2000SunCity POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Sun City, AZ, United States |
posted 03-03-2024 01:15 PM
I am a new owner and obviously new to this board. Let me just say that I am so impressed with the responses and sense of community. I have had no trouble with my guages but sure as anything it will happen now after reading these great suggestions. Thanks for your willingness to help. Tim |
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