# 05 dodge caravan instrument panel die

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/05-dodge-caravan-instrument-panel-die/28281>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** caravan, dodge\
**Created:** [March 25, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/05-dodge-caravan-instrument-panel-die/28281 "2009-03-25T03:54:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![takeapic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@takeapic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/takeapic)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/05-dodge-caravan-instrument-panel-die/28281/1 "2009-03-25T03:54:33Z")

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My 05 dodge caravan instrument panel just die. No light, speedometer, gas gauge and others just not working, all stay at zero… No light, no turn signal etc… Where do I start? Somewhere in the internet discussed that it may be bad bcm?

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**Author:** ![Cougar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cougar/32/21348_2.png) [@Cougar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cougar)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/05-dodge-caravan-instrument-panel-die/28281/2 "2009-03-25T13:24:21Z")

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First off check the fuses for any blown ones. If they are ok then I would suspect a connector to the panel has come loose. You most likely would have to pull out the cluster to check that.

The BCM does control a lot of the things on the panel but hopefully it is ok and there is just a connector problem.

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**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/05-dodge-caravan-instrument-panel-die/28281/3 "2009-03-25T15:02:32Z")

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Most likely a bad ground on the printed circuit board on the panel. Usually, just re-flowing the solder joints fixes it.

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**Author:** ![takeapic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@takeapic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/takeapic)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/05-dodge-caravan-instrument-panel-die/28281/4 "2009-03-25T18:07:47Z")

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Yes, a fuse was blown. I replaced it and it works for now. Thanks so much. I am glad it is simple this time.