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What could cause the rpm gauge not to work on a 2004 silverado 1500 4.8 V8 to stop working?

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Answered 2007-04-20 11:43:42

Bad stepper motor in instrument cluster. Very common problem. Search for "speedometer whizard" in Google.

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