Burnt instrument panel on backside
Had something similar on our '08 Sebring. It didn't get to the fried and die state. I pulled the cluster because I could smell some plastic stinking. Looked to me this connector was getting a bit warm by it's discoloring.
Looking at the cluster a sticker on it indicated it was change out a 20k.
These are smaller pins and than the OP's. I was thinking possibly poor connections were possible with the connection.
So I bent the pins out in the back of the cluster to attempt better contact.
Drove it to LA and back not too long afterwards. We traded it at about 80k and no more issues.
Had something similar on our '08 Sebring. It didn't get to the fried and die state. I pulled the cluster because I could smell some plastic stinking. Looked to me this connector was getting a bit warm by it's discoloring.
Looking at the cluster a sticker on it indicated it was change out a 20k.
These are smaller pins and than the OP's. I was thinking possibly poor connections were possible with the connection.
So I bent the pins out in the back of the cluster to attempt better contact.
Drove it to LA and back not too long afterwards. We traded it at about 80k and no more issues.