i dont know when it started doing this but the needle jus goes back and forth all the time even when not moving.. does anyone else have this prob??????

 

does it sound like your engine is reving up and down or is it just the needle???

 

its just the needle

 

Are you sure it's just the needle? Listen carefully to your engine as it does that.
Any perceived vibration?

 

I had an infinity g20 that would do this. Sometimes it would work fine, sometimes it would go crazy (my girlfriend at the time described it as a wigi board) and sometimes it didn't work at all. Apparently this was a common problem with these cars and it was the tach itself so i bought a new (used) instrument cluster off of ebay and swapped it out. I owned the car for about another year and a half with no more problems.

Just to clarify my needle would shoot from 0 rpm all the way to the other side (9000 RPM) and back like crazy.

 

i have a cluster from a 98 GXE for $25 shipped if u wanna give it a try

 

i have the same problem with my tach

 

Tried tightening the TAM screw on the back of the cluster?

 

i had the same problem. bought a used cluster off the org and swapped the tach. problem solved. anybody want to buy a cluster w/o a tach

 

thats the same thing mine is doing

 

I would snag that cluster from scubasteve or you could try pmohr's suggestion but for $25 i would snag the cluster before it's gone. I am sure you could always sell it later if pmohr's suggestion took care of the problem

 

would the 98 GXE cluster work on my 96 GXE? I have the Exact same problem :/

 

I believe it would but dont take my word for it. I bet the dealership could tell you or you could check at courtesy nissan to see if the part numbers are the same...

 

probably not I think 98 99 the digital cluster.

 

My tach is ok but there is no tach signal, does anyone know? Please help.

 

my tach does that occassionally. at times it goes nuts and wiggles everywhere, or it doesnt move at all, or it flings itself all the way up to max rpms then back again. and no the engine doesnt rev up or shut off when this happens just the needle being retarded hahaha