# 1996 Dodge Grand Caravan instrument cluster

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-dodge-grand-caravan-instrument-cluster/115334>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** dodge, grandcaravan\
**Created:** [April 9, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-dodge-grand-caravan-instrument-cluster/115334 "2018-04-09T16:53:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Brenda50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@Brenda50](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Brenda50)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-dodge-grand-caravan-instrument-cluster/115334/1 "2018-04-09T16:53:52Z")

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Instrument cluster comes on after van warms up .

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**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1996-dodge-grand-caravan-instrument-cluster/115334/2 "2018-04-10T14:05:55Z")

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> [@Brenda50](#):
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> Instrument cluster comes on after van warms up .

**How about _before_ it warms up?**

I happen to own a 1996 Dodge Caravan (bought it new). I was experiencing a problem with the cluster becoming intermittent and had temperature related issues. It was an aging issue, kind of like my intermittent sore hip and knee some mornings.

It was about a 20 minute very easy job to remove the cluster, reheat some solder joints (I could actually see cracked solder) on the back side and re-install it. **Voila! Problem solved!**  
_ **CSA** _🌴 🕶🌴