2005 frieghtliner columbia gauge cluster

Huh?
The gauges are sometimes working then not?
Or not working at all?
What engine?

Martin

 

Some times yes, some times no, they do not work.

Dds60. 13 spd, atc abs.

Talked with rebel127, disconnected my abs controller under the 5th wheel, no luck.

Last hour, gages worked fine. The 120 miles before that, on and off. Only the engine gages. Truck runs just fine. Cruise works no issues. No problem with jake.

 

when guys post a problem and then find a solution, it would be a good idea to share what the found to be the problem to help others who may encounter similar problems in the future

 

Don't think this particular gremlin has a single fix. So many thing feed into the data links it makes me scared. I don't have the diagrams or troubleshooting manuals to deal with this one.

 

i was addressing the original posters, MN

i have no knowledge of anything about clusters, if anything, i would love to swap mine for a O/O cluster and get rid of my 5gauge cluster

 

IIRC it is fed from the engine ECM, so check the connection at the firewall. If you want to get real picky, you can disconnect the plug on both ends and ohm out each wire to find the bad one too.
What do you mean by "engine gauges"? Fuel level is still working OK, as well as tranny and diff temps?

Martin

 

Fuel gage works fine. All the air pressure works fine.

Only other gages i have are speedo, tach, oil pressure, water temp and volts. This list is the only ones not working

 

columbia dashboard use J1587/1708 datalink only. so you got bad datalink wiring ore bad power supply wiring


Freightliner is the real shaker, but wires are very good, anyway I saw broken wires and broken boards. So what roads do you drive on? on our roads shakers fall apart inside cab

 

Is the gauge wiring not on the large plug from the ecm to the firewall Pablo?
Good place for corrosion on some rigs over here....

Martin

 

I'll edit this later for the actual code numbers.

I have three active codes, Trans, a/c and engine.


Yesterday it did not start acting up until AFTER I got to an area with an outside temp over 50°f. I tried using my AC yesterday and it wouldn't work. I I. Last summer when I bought the truck, it needed to be charged.

Today, when I got back to temps under 50, the dash came back to life. Been working fine since.

I was reading this morning on tree, someone had similar issues with their ac/gages not working.

I'll get the AC looked at yet this week.