Gauges not working

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What should I check first? All the gauge aren't working except for my engine temp, that's the only one that does work. My mileage is frozen my speedometer is on zero as well as my tach. My gas is stuck on 3/4 of a tank. My oil is all the way up my battery is all the way down. They were working fine then all the sudden I went out to my car, turned it on to find this. It's been about a week. Any help???
 

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under the hood as well? And by "all" did you literally check them all or just the ones that you thought had to do with this circuit according to the manual? When I suspect a fuse I just start in the top left of the fuse box and start working my way accross until EVERY fuse has been checked or until I find the bad one. If/when I do find a bad one it is always entertaining to see what the manual says that fuse was dealing with as it normally has nothing to do with the problem I had.


I think during the design phase they tap power from all kinds of different circuits and by the time the write the manual there is too much that has happened.
 
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ttocs said:
under the hood as well? And by "all" did you literally check them all or just the ones that you thought had to do with this circuit according to the manual? When I suspect a fuse I just start in the top left of the fuse box and start working my way accross until EVERY fuse has been checked or until I find the bad one. If/when I do find a bad one it is always entertaining to see what the manual says that fuse was dealing with as it normally has nothing to do with the problem I had.


I think during the design phase they tap power from all kinds of different circuits and by the time the write the manual there is too much that has happened.
I checked everyone lol. Under the hood too. At first I checked just the one the manual said but I checked everyone of them after that, multiple times. I may just buy a whole new cluster. But I can't imagine all of them going bad at once except one?( the motors in the gauges I mean)
 
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Anyone think it could just be the whole cluster. Should I just replace mine?
 

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Gregsn95 said:
Anyone think it could just be the whole cluster. Should I just replace mine?

I doubt they'd all go out at once like that. Check the wires on the back, might have a loose connector.
 
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duh09 said:
Gregsn95 said:
Anyone think it could just be the whole cluster. Should I just replace mine?

I doubt they'd all go out at once like that. Check the wires on the back, might have a loose connector.
I just took it apart the two connectors were in fine but I took them both off and put them back on and still nothing??? Could it be some wires in the bundle? I noticed on connector is white and one is black. Should they be different colors?
 
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CanaryGT said:
Yup Different Colors... You havent touched your needles have you?
no I haven't. Anything you can think of before I put it back together? Anything I should check? I haven't taken apart the gauge cluster, just took it off the car and checked the connectors
 

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See if anyone is close to you? Maybe plug somebody's cluster into your car and see what happens. If it works, get a new cluster. If not, time to track the gremlins.
 

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