OK, I'm convinced. After reading this thread i am going out right now to yank out the instrument clutser and have a look at the solder joints. Been there often enough for other electrical issues, I can do it in my sleep now. I've been driving it with the speedo, temp, fuel gauges and airbag light jumping around and truning on and off spastically, on occasion. Evreytime they acted up a good thwack on the front clear plastic of the gauge panel has done the trick.

Time to fix it and maybe it will also correct an intermittant fuel pump related problem that has recently developed in my '99 SOHC 1st GEN.

Keeping my fingers crossed.

 

Here is a picture ... as good as I could get closeup ... of what cracked solder joints look like.

 

My gauges don't work at all. When I turn my car on, the gas gauge goes up, but all the rest stay at the bottom.

My driver side headlight and turn signal stay lit too, as well as the left turn signal light on my clustergauge. Would all that be related to the solder points as well?

 

Most of it would be. The turn signal staying lit, is probably a sticky multifunction switch.

 

i have the same prob speedo and odo work sometimes gonna try to bend posts thanx

 

Could this be related to my RPM gauge randomly jumping up when driving or could it be a bad speedo gear?

 

dont bend them, re-solder them on the back of the board.

 

i did it successfully and will do anyones for $20 complete, local or mail it to me will trade work for parts call me we,ll work out somthing i need a lot of 95-99 parts 810-922-2702 i am john

 

I doubt anyone takes you up on that offer, seeing how you can get a soldering gun for cheaper But good luck on your quest!

What parts do you need?

 

i just finished fixing this problem with my neon its a little complicated to explain but it did fix it.

first take out the guage cluster and take of the black particle board sortof gasket material and if you look at it youll see pins sticking out the back end of it in groups of for the pins are surrouned by little tabs if you pinch those tabs to give a better conncetion that should fix it if not then it could be a lose wire or a problem with the sensor but if its a sensor then you check engine light will be on and tell you