The old guy is like a great surgeon! How many clusters died in his hands until he found the real sens of "not too much" and "gentle push"... Wonderful and scary movie! Unique!
That would be my father, he has been doing Chevrolet cluster repairs for many years! Finally he's passing the information along to me! Thank you for your comment!
extremely helpful video. finally a solution to my gas gauge problem. Had two mechanics change the sending unit without success. I cant wait for weekend so i can do this repair and then change the light bulbs to LED!!!
I tried this and it worked. Thank you so much. I’ve been having a check engine light and my fuel gauge was always stuck at full. I did your method and cleared the check engine light, gas gauge has been going down🙌🏾. Thank u so much my friend🙌🏾
Awesome! I can't wait to do the light upgrade to Ultra Blue, I found them on Amazon. I will do both fixes at the same time thanks to you help. Just awesome video keep them coming. I have a 2004 Pathy SE. Thank you.
Well done! I would strongly urge anyone doing this repair on the cluster to make sure you have a can of Deoxit-5 contact cleaner at the ready for cleaning all your multipin plugs and bulb sockets. There will probably be 20+ years of oxidization on any metal contacts and you sure don't want to have to pull the cluster again after reinstalling.
This is exactly what I needed! I just stumbled into this video because I was trying to figure out how to get the needles back to home from working on something else. Now my fuel gauge works again! Thanks so much! I have an 03 Pathfinder.
The issue with the cluster was not the resister itself, it was the poor soldering that was the issue. So yes, just heat up the old solder on all 4 resisters, and re-flow with new solder. Sorry for the late reply, hope you got it figured out!
Thanks for the video. I have 3 resistors at 120 and 1 at 130. Is the one at 130 an issue? The gas gauge on my cluster has the same exact issue. Thank you
I would say to re flow all 4 registers on the cluster. The 130 ohms doesn't seem to be too much of a problem compared to what this one showed. But definitely give it a try! Also, after you have re flown the resisters to drive the vehicle to see if the low fuel light comes on before you put the dash back together. Best of luck! One more note: Sometimes this isn't the main problem causing the low fuel light not to come on. Again, going off from your readings, I would suggest looking at the fuel sending unit inside the gas tank. That could also cause an issue. Best of luck!
@24lponce Sounds good, this is going off from what I know personally. Reflowing the resisters did drop the ohms, the fuel gauge has been working properly since the fix. If you have any questions feel free to post again! And if you do remember, I'd love to hear back from you if soldering on the resisters solved the problem! But you should tell the difference right away once you reconnect the sockets to the board. Best of luck!
I had a very similar issue. The Nissan dealership replaced my fuel pump and now it’s stuck at a little less than half a tank even though I’ve filled it completely. Same fix, do you think?
Thank you for sharing. Fixed 03 Pathfinder with gauge always reading FULL unless connector removed from sending unit. Resistance measurement correct from cluster connector M24 pins 17 to 31. So... has to be gauge issue. How did you find these resistor being the cause? Did you find a cluster schematic somewhere? I was planning on following traces on the board from each connector pin (17 and 31) to layout the control circuit. Well done! Thank You!
@timelessautohouse5944 Hey there! I re Sauldered the existing resistors that were on the cluster. There's 4 of them! The problem was the connection joints between each resistor and the circuit board were bad. Meaning a "loose" joint. Nothing was replaced! Just re flowed the Saulder to make the joint strong again! Hope this helps!
The old guy is like a great surgeon! How many clusters died in his hands until he found the real sens of "not too much" and "gentle push"... Wonderful and scary movie! Unique!
That would be my father, he has been doing Chevrolet cluster repairs for many years! Finally he's passing the information along to me! Thank you for your comment!
extremely helpful video. finally a solution to my gas gauge problem. Had two mechanics change the sending unit without success. I cant wait for weekend so i can do this repair and then change the light bulbs to LED!!!
Did you fix your car?
I tried this and it worked. Thank you so much. I’ve been having a check engine light and my fuel gauge was always stuck at full. I did your method and cleared the check engine light, gas gauge has been going down🙌🏾. Thank u so much my friend🙌🏾
Glad to hear our video worked for you! Thank you for the comment!
Awesome! I can't wait to do the light upgrade to Ultra Blue, I found them on Amazon. I will do both fixes at the same time thanks to you help. Just awesome video keep them coming.
I have a 2004 Pathy SE. Thank you.
Well done! I would strongly urge anyone doing this repair on the cluster to make sure you have a can of Deoxit-5 contact cleaner at the ready for cleaning all your multipin plugs and bulb sockets. There will probably be 20+ years of oxidization on any metal contacts and you sure don't want to have to pull the cluster again after reinstalling.
This is exactly what I needed! I just stumbled into this video because I was trying to figure out how to get the needles back to home from working on something else. Now my fuel gauge works again! Thanks so much! I have an 03 Pathfinder.
Glad to hear our video helped you out! Thank you for your comment!
Do I have to remove the resistor that is not working or is it just melt the older solder and and solder over it?
The issue with the cluster was not the resister itself, it was the poor soldering that was the issue. So yes, just heat up the old solder on all 4 resisters, and re-flow with new solder. Sorry for the late reply, hope you got it figured out!
is this common issue with pathfinder? i have 2004 nissan pathfinder chinnok edition. my fuel gauge was never hit empty,and its always in full position
From reading the forums I would say this is a common problem with the older pathfinders. Sorry for the late reply.
I did the resistance test and each resistor is 130 ome's is that ok or do i need different resistors
Thanks for the video. I have 3 resistors at 120 and 1 at 130. Is the one at 130 an issue?
The gas gauge on my cluster has the same exact issue. Thank you
I would say to re flow all 4 registers on the cluster. The 130 ohms doesn't seem to be too much of a problem compared to what this one showed. But definitely give it a try! Also, after you have re flown the resisters to drive the vehicle to see if the low fuel light comes on before you put the dash back together. Best of luck! One more note: Sometimes this isn't the main problem causing the low fuel light not to come on. Again, going off from your readings, I would suggest looking at the fuel sending unit inside the gas tank. That could also cause an issue. Best of luck!
@@Ps3mn1 Thank you so much. The fuel sending unit was replaced a few weeks ago, so I don't think that's the problem. Will try the resistors 🤞
@24lponce Sounds good, this is going off from what I know personally. Reflowing the resisters did drop the ohms, the fuel gauge has been working properly since the fix. If you have any questions feel free to post again! And if you do remember, I'd love to hear back from you if soldering on the resisters solved the problem! But you should tell the difference right away once you reconnect the sockets to the board. Best of luck!
@@Ps3mn1mine also has 3 resistors at 120 and one at 130 .. did you fix the problem with the resolder and reflow on that one ?
@@24lponcemine also has 3 resistors at 120 and one at 130 .. did you fix the problem with the resolder and reflow on that one ?
I had a very similar issue. The Nissan dealership replaced my fuel pump and now it’s stuck at a little less than half a tank even though I’ve filled it completely. Same fix, do you think?
btw I also have an 03 pathfinder and my interior looks completely different. Wild
Thank you for sharing. Fixed 03 Pathfinder with gauge always reading FULL unless connector removed from sending unit. Resistance measurement correct from cluster connector M24 pins 17 to 31. So... has to be gauge issue. How did you find these resistor being the cause? Did you find a cluster schematic somewhere? I was planning on following traces on the board from each connector pin (17 and 31) to layout the control circuit. Well done! Thank You!
Did you re-Saulder the same resistor or did you get a new one?
@timelessautohouse5944 Hey there! I re Sauldered the existing resistors that were on the cluster. There's 4 of them! The problem was the connection joints between each resistor and the circuit board were bad. Meaning a "loose" joint. Nothing was replaced! Just re flowed the Saulder to make the joint strong again! Hope this helps!
@ yes it does thank you!!
@@timelessautohouse5944 Perfect! I also recommend replacing your cluster bulbs while you have the cluster torn out! The bulb size is T5!
Works perfect
Great job! Your video helped a lot.
Glad to hear our video helped you out! Thank you!
Thank You
Awasome! need to do this on my neighbors 04 I sold him!
Hi Sir what year of the pathfinder?
R50, so 1996-2004