Failed Dash Cluster

[PDX_Doug]

Anyone heard of this one?

Yesterday, while entering the freeway in my '04 Titan LE CC, I lost all instruments - including the speedo - on the dash, except for the tach. About half the idiot lights came on at the same time. I pulled over and tried restarting the truck a couple of times, but they would not come back.

About 3 hours later, I went out to the truck and started it up. Everything came up fine for 10 seconds, then dead again. I repeated this procedure numerous times. Each time I started the truck I would get 10 seconds.

This morning, driving it to work, everything worked for 16 minutes, then went dead again. It would seem to be in some way heat related from what I am seeing.

Now the flip side. Two weeks ago we purchased a new travel trailer (the reason for the truck!). We have pulled it - albeit for short distances - three times so far, with no problems. The failure yesterday happened on the way home from moving it from an uncovered space in the storage lot, to a covered spot in the same lot. The trailer was not connected to the truck when the failure occured.

Now the truck is at the dealer, and they are moving towards blaming the failure on the trailer or brake controller (Prodigy). I have a friend that is a GM mechanic, and he asssures me that the odds of the failure being related to the trailer and/or controller is very slim at best.

Have any of you other Titan owners had this problem? I can just see this ending badly. All parties blaming the other, and me stuck in the middle.

Any advise or related info would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Doug

[adjmcloon]

I assume you just tied your Prodigy into the supplied trailer brake harness?

If so, I don't know how the Prodigy could have caused the issue. Sounds like the dealership is trying to give you the shaft.

I'd fight this for all it was worth if I were you!