First of all, thank you for your kind help.
The Rpm and gear selector of my guage cluster from the car decided to stop working. It's a digital cluster for gx81 Mark 2 (image for reference attached below). Upon initial diagnosis I found that one of the power transistor 2SC2334L had blown with a significant crack. Since the aforementioned transistor is not available in my country, I was thinking of replacing it with the MJE15032.

Is it a suitable replacement. Once again thank you for your valuable insights.

 

Incase anyone wants to lookup the datasheet of the two transistors. I am attaching the PDF for your convenience. Cheers.

 

Is it a suitable replacement.

It looks like you found an acceptable substitute. Good job.

It also seems that the auto manufacturer over specified the part.

 

It looks like you found an acceptable substitute. Good job.

It also seems that the auto manufacturer over specified the part.

Thank you. Will replace it in a bit, hope everything goes well.

 

Will replace it in a bit, hope everything goes well.

The damaged transistor could be a symptom of some other problem. Without schematics, that would be difficult to determine. Hopefully you won't end up having to disassemble your instrument cluster again.

 

When a thingy pops, you always need to ask yourself "Why did the thingy pop?" Thingys don't usually pop for no reason. Many times the thingamajig failed and caused the thingy to pop. So if you just replace the thingy then it will most likely pop again. So the moral of the story is check to see why the thingy popped.

 

When a thingy pops, you always need to ask yourself "Why did the thingy pop?" Thingys don't usually pop for no reason. Many times the thingamajig failed and caused the thingy to pop. So if you just replace the thingy then it will most likely pop again. So the moral of the story is check to see why the thingy popped.

I totally agree with you, in my case the thingy was about 30 years old. Regardless, will perform the necessary checks before installing it into the car.

 

I totally agree with you, in my case the thingy was about 30 years old. Regardless, will perform the necessary checks before installing it into the car.

Well, it's a bit disturbing to hear that old thingy's pop. I am a lot older than your popped thingy. But I think I'll be ok, I've had my shot's and I wear a mask and I stay the *bleep* away from humans. I prefer cats and thingys.

 

Update. I replaced both transistors from the circuit. I also checked the voltages in the car. After connecting the guage, the transistor which replaces the burnt one got very hot, to the point of burning out. I'm stumped, any idea what might be causing it.

 

any idea what might be causing it

There's no way for any of us to even attempt guesses unless you can trace the circuitry around the transistor that's getting hot and make a partial schematic. That's going to be a challenge with a multi-layer board, particularly if any blind vias were used.