The dealership won't repair your ipc, they will get a new one. Cost $600-$700.
I did mine for less than $50, and included pencil soldering iron. I would think that if you could change oil, you could do this. Previous posts have instructions. If you don't want to do it yourself, bb engineering does a great job, for very reasonable $. They can be found in the previous posts on this thread.

 

Getting Ready to Head outside to see if I can take mine out... Wish me luck!!!

 

i replaced my stepper motors when all my gauges went haywire. Very easy. I reset my pointers a little different. I left the pointers off and plugged the cluster back into the wiring harness, started the car and shut it off after10 seconds. This set all the stepper motors at zero. brought cluster back inside and mounted all pointers at zero. Worked great. Good time to replace any burnt out cluster lights at this time since they are also soldered in. Was able to replace the burnt out bulb in my heat temp selector. It can be done.

 

My wifes trailblazer has the same faulty stepper motors. I replaced them and the leds at the same time. Only thing with the trailblazer gauge cluster is the face is bluer and the lights are yellower to get the white color that shines threw. Is it the same color with the monte carlos?

 

Since it would be a good idea to change the bulbs. What is the part number for the soldered in bulbs in the cluster?

 

Radio Shack #272-1154 and they are $2.19 each.

 

What about the bulbs for the HVAC? Those have blue covers on some of the bulbs that are too big for the radio shack bulbs.

 

Anyone ever used these guys?

https://www.myairbags.com/gmclusters...FQLrKgod_V8alg

 

I was going to use them as they are the best deal with light included but figured I might as well do it myself soo if I ever come across this problem again:p

 

I purchessed my motors,and is there a certain wire i should use to solder them back on with,or will any work? thanks!