weird thing happens with my gauges.

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gijosiahh

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Richmond VA

• Mar 15, 2007

• #1

This happens every once in a while...not very often at all maybe once every few months. But anyways.. i'll be driving then all of a sudden my Speedometer will drop to zero, my RPMs will drop to zero, the Airbag light comes on, and the odometer reads "no bus". nothing feels different when this happens. its weird. anybody know what this means and why it happens?

stock 2001 sport
auto tranny

 

krelja

NAXJA Forum User

Location

New Jersey

• Mar 15, 2007

• #2

its a loose connection behind the cluster. I had it happen and I took the dash apart cleaned the connection and put it back together all has been well. When it happens again just smack the dash a few different ways and viola they will be working again good luck

 

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XJ9888

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Colorado

• Mar 16, 2007

• #3

Same thing happens to my 98. The only thing that is different is that the cluster, control head and all other interior lights went out. My thinking is that the loose connection created some extra resistance and it popped the fuse. Anyone else have these symptoms?

 

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trailgator

NAXJA Forum User

Location

victoria b.c

• Mar 16, 2007

• #4

I had a 99 classic that did that, but at least once every time I drove it. Was this a common problem with these years ?

 

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evil dead

NAXJA Forum User

Location

williams lake b.c. canada

• Mar 16, 2007

• #5

the speedo in my 91 is hit or miss if it works at all

 

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Blaine B.

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Northwest Indiana

• Mar 16, 2007

• #6

Check the connection on the firewall. Disconnect those plugs, clean the contacts.....if not that, check connections behind the dash and gauge cluster.

 

scoobyxj

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NAXJA Member

Location

Coshocton, OH

• Mar 16, 2007

• #7

Try looking through some of these for answers to you problem.

http://www.naxja.org/forum/search.php?searchid=1470082

 

johnnyc

NAXJA Forum User

NAXJA Member

Location

La Habra, CA

• Mar 16, 2007

• #8

Also check the braided ground strap that goes from the firewall to the engine block. Make sure the connections are tight and that the braid has not deteriorated.

 

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Gaius

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Beaverton, OR

• Mar 16, 2007

• #9

Both of my 98s (XJ and TJ) do it. I use the patented "smack the dash" technique. It's the plugs behind the cluster.

 

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Blaine B.

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Northwest Indiana

• Mar 16, 2007

• #10

It's not really difficult or time consuming toget behind the gauge cluster.