Has anyone completely disassembled the instrument cluster? Specifically, I was wondering if anyone had taken apart the gauge cluster to remove the bulb from the TPMS indicator after changing wheels and not replacing TPMS.

Ivoidwarranties, this sounds like something you might have done.

 

Sorry BB, I'm not there yet. Remember I'm 14 or 15 months behind you in mods. Hell, it's not even my car. I spent most of the day playing with the front half shaft of a lowered 4x4 truck if that tells you anything.

I'm thinking that getting to the instrument cluster is getting pretty deep on a G37. I can do a C5 Corvette in a half hour but never attempted the G37 yet? I'm sure you have the shop manual but if you don't, shoot me a pm.

 

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hope someone responds, cus im in need of this too, for a squeak/rattle

 

actually, i'm sure once u get the cluster out, it's not too bad to disassemble it...most clusters have a front/back piece to it...which is just clipped on....once u pull the back piece off, u'll see the circuit board....most old cars have bulbs which were attached to the circuit board with some sort of twist base (u can twist and remove the bulb)....but newer vehicles have LED's soldiered onto the board....

the easiest way isn't to remove the bulb, but to lift up the "face" of the cluster (where all the numbers are, etc), and put some electrical tape behind the word "TPMS"....

i've never disassembled one...yet....but if it's a bulb, u can pull it out, if it's an led, then use electrical tape...

 

sounds like a cluster ****!

 

I'm hoping it's like the older one I have experience with where you just remove a bulb, but the soldered in LED makes more sense as it's cheaper and will last the life of the car. I'll get around to it eventually. I posted to see if maybe anyone could confirm how to do it and difficulty level. If I do it first, I'll post a DIY and if anyone else does it first, post up please.

 

how long would the TPMS light last if it keeps blinking? would it eventually burn out? lol

 

If it's a LED, it will last much longer than the car.

 

well here's wut im trying to remove, so im assuming u need to do this in order to get to the cluster, https://www.myg37.com/forums/d-i-y-i...dash-area.html

hope all goes well, im counting on u!

 

That's exactly what I'd need to remove. I don't know when I'll get around to doing it, but when I do I'll post pics and disassembly/reassemble instructions. All I want to do is make my TPMS light go off without reinstalling the useless sensors.

 

Isn’t it easier to get wheels that support TPMS? I’m sure the selection is extensive.

And I must disagree that the sensors are useless. As one who was going home at freeway speed one summer day when the light went on, I was able to limp home to have a nail in a tire repaired before I had a blowout and killed myself. After all, it was these kinds of fatal blowouts years ago that prompted the TPMS requirement.

 

wait TPMS is a requirement on all cars? i thought it was just a nifty feature car manufacturer's included?

 

^ it is required by law

Following enactment of the TREAD Act in 2005, 20% of every OEM's U.S. fleet had to comply by August 2006 and 70% by August 2007, after which all light vehicles had to meet the code. All OEMs have achieved compliance, NHTSA reports.

European countries to begin rolling out the standard in 2012, with 100% compliance by 2014.

 

I have to disagree about its degree of usefulness Checkov. Particularly since I have low profile tires, I check them daily, several time a day visually. I check with a gauge at least every couple of days if not daily. When ours do indicate a low pressure situation, they don't tell you until it's at least 8 PSI low. I have 35/30 series tires. Trust me, I will FEEL and see it before it gets that low. That's almost flat on my tires. Then when it does indicate a low tire, it doesn't tell me which tire is low or how low. My wife just got a new company car, an 09 Impala. I think it's the base model. It has real time tire pressures for all 4 wheels indicated in the driver information display and it's a crappy GM product. You can monitor pressures increasing as you speed up and the tires get hotter.

A 43K luxury grand touring car only gets a light telling us that one tire is low??? Near worthless to me. I'll put some back in when they give me more useful information.

 

My light is on, it doesn't bother me at all.