3stars1sun

My gauge cluster for my 98 SC300 is alteady starting to fail. Climate control lights are half lit. Radio lights are totally out. It seems that Tanin Auto is the go to shop for these kind of issues. But I don't want to deal with the hassle of uninstalling and shipping all my parts. I missed out when they came to SD a few weeks ago. Is there any local business that you guys can recommend as alternative?

KahnBB6

iTrader: (5)

If you needed your engine ECU's capacitors replaced and traces repaired an alternative to Tanin Auto Electronix in southern California is Driftmotion. I've used both Tanin and Driftmotion for ECU capacitor repair. I've also had luck in the past sending my HVAC control unit out to an ebay repair service to have the worn out LCD screen replaced (although now in hindsight I'd go to Tanin for that).

For the gauge cluster, however, after people's experiences with the awful Lextech Lighting company, I'd recommend staying with Tanin Auto. They have excellent customer service and they know exactly what they are doing with our dash clusters. Anyway, any place that would repair or rebuild your SC's dash cluster will still require you to remove it.

They key when shipping to/from a California address with something like your gauge cluster is to never, ever use an overnight shipping service, especially Fedex Overnight (never use Fedex Overnight service... ever), always insure for replacement value and require a direct adult signature or the direct signature of the recipient (you) when it is sent back to you. Do this for both sending to and have Tanin ship it back to you the same way. Regular Fedex (non-Overnight) is probably still the most reliable shipper for something like a dash cluster or ECU. Just not "Fedex Overnight".

3stars1sun

TaninAuto

We come here at least every month and we are in San Diego. Please reach out via phone, email, etc to get your problems documented so we can determine pricing and scheduling.

We do repair 97+ SC clusters. What specifically is failing?

3stars1sun

TaninAuto

The gas gauge usually takes a long time to climb on all cars. Also the 97+ clusters don't have lights or bulbs like prior years. They use fluorescent tubes.

Are you comparing a before and after? Did you notice the gas gauge move faster at some point and now it's not? Were the lights brighter at some point and now they no longer are?

Temperature swings will affect fluorescent lighting sometimes since they are gas filled tubes as opposed to standard lighting. It's colder now in So Cal so the lights in the cluster may be dimmer.

The climate control and radio we can take care of no problem. The cluster needs more analysis.