Yeah tell me about it...

Now back to my problem...
Well, I did check the fuse box under the hood, and all the fuses were fine, but even before I checked them, I had downloaded the service manual for the 4th gen and realized that there is no seperate fuse for this gauge panel, just a fuse for all of the gauges and interior lights, so I know they are all fine, cause the interior lights and the main gauge cluster work fine...

So, it's not the fuses, but thanks for the suggestion... I mainly wanted to know if there is a specific problem with these sub-gauge assemblies, like a known bad contact or something...
Just so I can be informed before I rip the entire dash apart and have to troubleshoot every potential problem myself, which is gonna take some time that I don't have.