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All gauges and digital odometer not working. help pls./

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Old 09-04-2005, 08:24 AM
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All gauges and digital odometer not working. help pls./

all of my gauges, and my digital odometer are not working. they just decided to go and die one day. everything else still works, that includes the lights, and the little signals, like the ses light, brake, turn signals, o/d, and cruise stuff. it's really annoying to drive without knowing how fast i'm going, so i drive really slow.

anyone know what's going on?? i tried searching. if anything, is it possible to get a drawing of the electrical wiring of the car??
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Old 09-04-2005, 08:28 AM
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have you checked the fuses?
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Old 09-04-2005, 10:17 AM
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i had the same problem, for some reason the tail light fuse is connected to the gauges, at least on my car
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Old 09-04-2005, 12:50 PM
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i figured it out. i dl'ed the fsm, and checked the voltages and ground at the gauge cluster. i am getting the voltage necessary to make the gauges work. so i took the gauge cluster apart, and i inspected the connectors. there was a bit of grime buildup around the traces on the circuit board. dunno where that came from, but i cleaned it up with some iso alchohol and it works fine now. thanks guys.
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Old 09-04-2005, 02:51 PM
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good to hear.

the tail fuse would be connected to the backlighting, because its all power from the MFS, when you turn on the park lamps...
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Old 09-04-2005, 08:23 PM
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Good job. I just messed up with my car and some how the signal lights, hazard lights no longer working. I did replace the fuses but couldn't solve the problem. Too bad I can't start a new thread
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Old 09-05-2005, 08:20 AM
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ehhh, it went dead again. what a pain. anyone else with a solution?
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Any one know how to install a Trans Gauge I know i'm alittle bit off topic but if some one can link me to the right place to get the writ up on this
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I would say clean them again...
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and make sure theyre making good contact, that the terminals arent deformed...
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