Instrument Cluster not working properly

Can you get a video or picture of what the cluster is doing when the lights are flashing? That is going to help us figure out what may be happening.

Also, can you let us know what happened prior to this happening? Was the vehicle in an accident? A part replaced and then this started.

Next, we need to check to make sure the battery is fully charged. I am not sure if the slow crank or hesitation is related to the cluster issue so let's test the battery and go from there. Here is a guide that will help with this:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/car-battery-load-test

If the battery checks out, then we need to scan for codes and find out what we have as I am sure there would be some codes with this issue.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/checking-a-service-engine-soon-or-check-engine-light-on-or-flashing

Lastly this could just be an issue with the cluster so we need to go through all this and see if we find anything that points us in a different direction but if not then we can dig into a cluster issue.

Okay. I don't want to jump straight to a cluster issue so do you have a parts store around you that can test the battery and alternator for us?

If they pass then we can confidently move on but the taking a while to start has me a little nervous that we could overlook the battery issue.

Has this been happening since before the battery was replaced? I understand and agree that it isn't then battery but if this just started then 2 months is plenty of time for a battery to fail if there is a draw on the vehicle.

However, the next thing after that to check is power on both sides of fuse 5 and 7.

When you showed the dash in the video, was that of the clock? If so, it was not working either?

If that is the case, we need to also check the ground as the cluster and clock share the same ground GVB-5 which is in the right (passenger side) kick panel. I attached a location view of this.