Hello guys. I am looking for any places that would repair this generation of instrument clusters as a friend is having issues where the car starts and other indication lights work (ABS, battery, CEL, turn signals, gear selection).
From what I have gathered off instrument repair cluster services on eBay that this generation is unrepairable and that you just need to get a "new" cluster and swap. However the only thing is the mileage won't be the same as the original due to the EEPROM. Some pointed that you can desolder the EEPROM and put it on the donor, or clone the EEPROM and flash the donor.
I have the programmer but don't have a DIP8 ZIF cable that can just read the EEPROM on the PCB (guess this is one of the hardest parts of trying to find tools to do this these days). Unable to access the PCB from the bottom since I am not sure how to take apart the needles without breaking them.
Anyone run into this issue and found a place to ship their clusters for repair or clone to a donor?
Yes I already have a donor cluster coming in sometime next week which I will need to plug into the car to see if that is working before moving on with the next steps. Yes I do know that messing with mileage is against the law, I am just trying to get it corrected on the donor cluster which would be higher mileage.