Overhead console issue - temp/compass not working

First time poster here but have "lurked" from time to time for a while.

I have a 2007 Tacoma with the temperature gauge/electronic compass over head center. This cluster also has sunglasses holder and the two over head lights.

The temperature gauge/electronic compass no longer lights up. No amount of pressing the button (this cycles it from std. to metric to off) will turn this display back on. For a week or so it worked intermittently. No it's a total no go.

Anyone have any experience with this? How to trouble shoot, good source of replacement parts, etc.?

Thanks in advance!

-Kevin

 

Use your search button. Temp/Compass Fix

 

Thanks all! Apologies for not searching first! Will give this soldering thing a go... I have the technology...

 

It's super easy...I did it the other day, and it took all of 5 minutes.

 

I think the search button should be sent in an email to every new member as a widjet for their computer..................and I can admit that I was once new as well and it would have helped me out as well...............

 

^^ or maybe how to search for the search option

 

Wow. Only 7 posts to get off topic. We are improving gentlemen!

 

I did the fix last year, took like 10 minutes from start to finish. No problems since.

 

Mission accomplished gentleman. It was pretty easy. I will share with the 3 other Tacoma owners I work with... theirs may fail next!

Now I need a new windshield (rock crack)... been one damn thing after another this week...

-Kevin

 

Mine just went out.. funny that I actually found this post when just doing search..

Q: Why does this happen??

 

Thanks for the tip. As you said both 510's were completley off luckily they were easy to locate. Within 15 minutes it was taken apart re-soldered and put back together and works fine. Thanks for saving me 900.00!

 

Mine had a bad solder joint on one of the two “510” capacitors. I verified that by touching it and burning my finger.

a quick solder job and it’s good as new.