Mechanical Instrument Cluster (MIC)

MECHANICAL INSTRUMENT CLUSTER (MIC)
The MIC is available in 4 different versions. Two of the versions are Canadian clusters. There is a highline and a low line cluster available. The difference is the addition of a tachometer in the highline. In order to accomplish this, the fuel level gauge is reduced in size and oil pressure gauge is relocated. The cluster positions it's gauges with bus messages received from the PCM. The odometer is a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). The cluster will provide bus bias and the PCM provides termination.

The MIC has an internal diagnostic routing that can be accessed by pushing and holding the trip odometer while rotating the key to the on position. The cluster will then place all the gauges at their calibration points and will light all the CCD driven tell-tales. It will also light all the segments of the LCD display for a visual verification check.

The MIC can verify communications with the PCM, ID the module, or change the country code by using options 1, 3, or 9 on the DRB III(R) under the MIC menu. If there are faults found during the diagnostic routine, the cluster will report them on the LCD odometer display. For further information about the diagnostic routine and the explanation of the faults, please refer to Instrument Panel, Testing and Inspection.