It used to be fairly simple and straight forward to repair a vehicle: Get the new part, take out the old part, put in the new part. Now, you need to add this step: Get computer to tell the vehicle's onboard computer that part has been changed.
Our previous TV was a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 4x4. About 18 months after we took it home and started making payments, we received a note stating that there was a recall due to a problem with the fuel gauge. Having already been under the dash, I noticed that there was only a single multi-pin connector on the back of the instrument cluster. My simple minds thinks "Easy peasy, lemon squeezey. In and out in about 10 minutes at the dealership." Nope, not that simple. Ten minutes to replace the instrument cluster, nearly 45 minutes for the laptop and the vehicle to agree to talk to one another and then another 10 minutes before the vehicle computer would accept the information about the new instrument cluster. And don't think about asking the computer guy what the problem is. His laptop isn't much more helpful that any other Windows based program with regard to what's happening.
With this in mind, I will refrain from saying that maybe you could find a replacement at the salvage yard. Chances are that you'll need to tell the onboard computer that you replaced the part with a new part.
Cheers!
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