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Old May 5, 2009 | 04:39 PM
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so i am on my way home last night stopped in traffic and look down to see my volts guaged pegged at zero! i freak and start looking at my other guages and my rpms are reading zero too... so i hold the brakes and the hit the gas to find the engine is still running. then a few min later when i am going down the road i notice that the speedo doesn't work either... and the fuel guage, the oil pressure guage, and the coolant temp guage are all pegged at max instead of zero... so i pulled over and hooked up my obd-II and the data stream showed everything was fine so i am guessing a ground in the dash somewhere... anyone have any ideas on where to look? thanks
 
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Old May 5, 2009 | 06:30 PM
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Yes, the grounds are notorious for going bad on these gauges. Take out the gauge cluster and check the ground wires. If you see a bad spot, take some sandpaper to the metal.

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