on a 97 dakota sport with a 4cycle 5 speed tran . The gauges all stopped working,, and the shift light check engine light and anything else that lights up when the key is engaged to start position is on all the time ,,when i shut it off the gas gage will go up andshow the amount of gas, the oil gage will shot up for a second and the same with the other gauges,, I have checked every fuse in the vehicle that i could find and nothing wrong ,, with the battery disconnected i have unplug ever sensor and wire i could find and replug them back in to make sure all conections where good and still nothing..

i have since searched the internet and also have came up with nothing ,, someone please help

 

check the wiring behind the gauge cluster.
theres a module that might've gone bad also, i forget what its called though....

 

batman a module ive ask every place possible <Please tell me more about module and where can i get one

 

i don't know what its called, i've never had a problem,
but it's most likely a dealer item.
can you get a code scan?

 

the problem with a code scan is i can't drive the truck ,, its not taged and insured yet.

 

moe in wichita ks
years ago mopars had a voltage reg that pluged into the dash panel, it made 5 vlots to run the gauges. it was cheeply made and would stick close which would run the gauges to full scale or it would stay open causing the gauges to show nothing. they are easy to replace, it just plugs into the circuit board. i dont know when they stoped using them, if they did.

 

thanks moe...i'll check that out

 

its hard to beleive know body knows what is causeing my gauges not to work

 

Afraid I can't help, but we have what sounds like the same problem with a '99 V6 Dakota Sport.About a week ago,when my husband started the truck all of the idiot lights came on and nothing on the instrument panel worked.Sounds exactly as you described it. He took it to a dodge dealer and they wanted $1000 to fix it - they said the instrument panel would have to be replaced. That's just too much, so he took the panel out and took it to a shop that said they might be able to repair it. But they said they couldn't get it to "fail"... whatever that means. So then he went to a junkyard that had a used instrument panel and tried that. No joy. So he's driving it as is for now... with all the idiot lights on and no speedometer or gas gauge or anything else working.

If youfind a solution, I'd love to hear it!

Thanks.

Gail B