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Old Aug 21, 2007 | 08:02 PM
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truck has been having issues with the tach lately and i was wondering if anyone knew whats causing it and how to fix it.

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and no i didnt throw the truck in nuetral and coast down a hill
other than that the truck runs fine its just annoying
if i turn the truck off and let it sit for a few minutes the tach works fine again
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Old Aug 23, 2007 | 11:58 AM
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You need a new cluster. Depending on the dealership, price can differ. Ours runs $395 and about $147 for replace and program. Ext-warranty covers clusters if you have one.
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Old Aug 23, 2007 | 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Gran Patron
You need a new cluster. Depending on the dealership, price can differ. Ours runs $395 and about $147 for replace and program. Ext-warranty covers clusters if you have one.
Holy Moly Those prices right there is why no one wants to take anything to a dealership. That is some crazy markup.
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Old Aug 23, 2007 | 04:00 PM
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cool i have extended warranty now lets see if they give me **** like they did last time i needed work done. the warranty is thru a toyota dealership since i bought the truck from their used car lot. thanks for the info its been driving me crazy. do i need to show them the pictures or will they just know what the problem is? like i said it doesnt always do it and i know when i bring to them they will say theres nothing wrong.
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Old Aug 23, 2007 | 04:15 PM
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In case you did not want to take it in....

https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...ghlight=speedo
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Old Aug 23, 2007 | 11:25 PM
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well ive seen the milege acting up but not rpm,

i have no clue
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Old Aug 24, 2007 | 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by 03silveradoLS
cool i have extended warranty now lets see if they give me **** like they did last time i needed work done. the warranty is thru a toyota dealership since i bought the truck from their used car lot. thanks for the info its been driving me crazy. do i need to show them the pictures or will they just know what the problem is? like i said it doesnt always do it and i know when i bring to them they will say theres nothing wrong.
Yeah, I know what you mean if it aint doing it they wont do nothing. But hey just tell'em its' acting up and you have pictures. They should take care of you.
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Old Aug 24, 2007 | 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by truckmann
Holy Moly Those prices right there is why no one wants to take anything to a dealership. That is some crazy markup.
The dealer gets buys them for $220 a piece, that 's $175 profit. You gotta make some money off it cuase I know they wont sell it at cost.
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