Why would my speedometer and fuel gauge just bounce back and forth at the top?
Asked by mariov May 31, 2013 at 07:53 PM about the 1998 Cadillac Seville SLS FWD
Question type: Maintenance & Repair
I had to jump start my 1998 cadillac sls and when I did the dashboard lights would not
turn on and the needles for the speedometer and the fuel gauge will just bounce back and
forth at the top of the gauge my temp gauge is also doing this What could be the
problem?
9 Answers
migration_judge_roy answered 11 years ago
I'm going to go ahead and say it's your ground connection to the chassis/frame from you battery is corroded and needs to be wirebrushed~
low voltage would cause issues like this. has it stopped doing it now that is back running and the battery charged.
It still continues to do this even after I jump started it and shut the car off any advice?
might be a issue within the instrument cluster if its still doing it when the vehicle is running im not sure though.
migration_judge_roy answered 11 years ago
not proper grounding...if you took the instruments out of the panel and bench tested them, they'd be fine, 'cause what you have is an intermittent ground condition...like I say, get the battery seein' the frame and chassis and clean power will solve this riddle~
reverend1735 answered 11 years ago
Usually to have an instrument cluster sent back for repair you are looking at about $300. See if you can find a local electronics shop that installs remote car starters, security systems, sound systems , ect... and see if they can take a look at it before sending it back. At our shop we do a lot of clusters for local car lots and dealerships if the vehicle is out of warranty. Usually it's just as simple as replacing the stepper motors for the gauges that you're having an issue with
reverend1735 answered 11 years ago
it just hit me that if there are some cold soldier points at the resistors on the cluster... that could cause that as well... that's another pretty common issue with them,
migration_judge_roy answered 11 years ago
there is always pickNpull for considerably less~
migration_judge_roy answered 11 years ago
thank your for your positive reflections---20 points....wow..gonna challenge my associate Tom, which I dont want to do~but thank you, your support is always appreciated~
