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Old Nov 30, 2016 | 06:17 PM
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So I recently got my cluster back after having some work done to it. (Recalibration, new resistors) I install some LED bulbs into the cluster also but a year or so ago, I installed some Blue LEDs onto the odometer to make it blue instead of factory red. Haven't had a single issue until today. I decided to put a tune on my car to take advantage of a few extra horses. Well, as soon as it was done installing the tune, my odometer starts flickering like crazy. Weird thing is, whenever the parking lights or lights in general are on that dim the odometer, it stops flickering. It only flickers like it does whenever it brightens up. I tried the obviously thing and uninstalled the tune thinking maybe, somehow it sent some random voltage to the odometer bulbs but alas, it still does it after I put it back to factory tune. Anybody have/had this issue? Or have a way to figure out what's causing this? Could the bulbs somehow be shorting out or anything at all? I talked to somebody who say that it could be something wrong with the cluster itself but what..? Any help would greatly be appreciated.
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Old Dec 1, 2016 | 01:21 PM
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Anybody with electrical knowledge? LED knowledge?
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Old Dec 14, 2016 | 05:20 PM
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sounds like a power issue, maybe one of the capacitors needs replacing.
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Old Dec 17, 2016 | 12:31 PM
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I think I resolved it. I just soldered some new LEDs onto it and it seems to be working fine now. Thanks though!
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