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**** QUICK DISCLAIMER **** I'm a bit bored at work today.

I went down a rabbit hole today of instrument clusters. Until today I thought they were mostly the same except for stuff like trans temp gauges and cool fonts/chrome trim on Esky clusters. I was on FB looking at posts of a local cluster rebuilder's work when I noticed something I hadn't seen before, so I did some quick FB marketplace research and ran across something new that I really want (which is getting to be a pretty long list).

Did anyone else know that the 2006 clusters have a different P-R-N-D-3-2-1 indicator? My 2005 Denali has the robot LED font separate display for the gear indicator. I really like the 06-only indicator that isn't the separate LED display, and now I want one. That single light under the P R N D 3 2 1 is the hotness, in my humble opinion. I wonder if you could change that color from amber to something else...

I also noticed the 03 clusters are black and not the silvery color that's on the console and HVAC panel of the 05-06 Denalis. When looking through the Escalade vs Denali vs Tahoe thread, I also noticed that the earlier Denali clusters had the odometer and P-R-N-D--3-2-1 LED displays in a single double height spot instead of two separate spots like on the 03-05 versions.

The following cluster pics are not mine, but are different years of Denali clusters. I'll label the year they came from:

2003 Yukon Denali instrument cluster pics:
2003_denali_dash_cluster.jpg
2003_denali_dash_cluster_02.jpg

2005 Yukon Denali (my year, but not my truck) instrument cluster:
2005_denali_dash_cluster.jpg

And finally, the new object of my desires - the 2006 Yukon/Sierra Denali instrument cluster:
2006_denali_dash_cluster.jpg

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2006 Seems to be a break year for a lot of tech. My 2004 Envoy has a similar cluster to the 1st one. But my 2006 Saab has the underlined one of the later generation.

It was supposed to be 2005 as a general roll out for GM. But they had parts left over. So they used them, until they ran out.
 
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So what makes you like this one so much more? We have one in my daughter's 2005 Suburban 1500, and I have one in my 2006 Silverado 2500HD parts truck; so I could transplant it into my truck.
I think the amber indicator looks much cleaner, a lot less clunky
 
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Depending on the cluster feels on any given day, I just count how many notches I move the lever...
1 Down for reverse
2 more down to Drive
3 back up to Park

I don't even look anymore... Kind of like shifting a manual! LOL
That's what I'm doing now, my PRND321 doesn't illuminate - solder joints broken, from what I've read.

Without getting all philosophical, I think what makes cars look old and worn out is when you don't fix the little things that break. I've let a lot of stuff go on my Denali over the years that I'm just now starting to fix. Maybe I'll start a YouTube channel or something. Fixing stuff on these is pretty fun to do
 
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2006 Seems to be a break year for a lot of tech. My 2004 Envoy has a similar cluster to the 1st one. But my 2006 Saab has the underlined one of the later generation.

It was supposed to be 2005 as a general roll out for GM. But they had parts left over. So they used them, until they ran out.
I forgot all about the GM Saab era. My dad has an 04 Envoy, I should check to see what his looks like
 
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