Try rotating your key when its off untill everything in the car turn off, but don't actually start it. The point right before it starts. This does the same thing as pulling the fuse basically as it robs the power to it to start the car. You need to replace the cluster as this also happened in my 2005 Chevy Cavalier.
To replace you have to remove the dash entirely. Here is how.
The entire dash is held on with about 10-15 screws.
Open both doors and pop off the platic covers normally hiden when the doors are closed. Remove the screws from both sides here.
Then open the glove box. There are 2 screws that hold on a metal bracket, remove them.
On the top-middle of the dash there is a vent to defrost your windshield.One screw holds it on, remove it (phillips I believe).Then remove the screws under the vent so that the dash can be completly removed.
The top part of the dash a 5" strip closest the to windshield will have to be removed frist. By simply pulling it up from the sides.
The entire dash can then be removed fairly easy by pulling it apart from the housing for the odometer and across the entire dash.
The housing that is around your odometer can then be removed by simply removing a few screws across the top and under the radio. You will have to disconnect the wireing harness for the light adjuster left of the blinker on the dash. to remove this part. (I had a little trouble getting this out so I had to take apart the plastic housing for the ignition. 3 bolts slightly bigger then the ones on the dash under neath.)
The instrument cluster if held on by a few bolts/screws and wireing harnesses. Not hard to change once you get to it.
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