2000 Toyota Camry Tachometer Stoped Working

AHAPNK

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2000 TOYOTA CAMRY
4 CYL
FWD
AUTOMATIC
72,000 MILES

This morning my Tachometer stoped working and reads 0 RPM. All other gauges seem to be working fine. No other problems seem apparrent. What could be the problem and how can I fix it?

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009 AT 7:24 PM

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STEVEW84

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Is your check engine light on or are there any codes?

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Monday, August 3rd, 2009 AT 6:25 PM

AHAPNK

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There is no check engine light nor any other anomalies that I can find other than the Tachometer just seemed to quit working suddenly.

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Monday, August 3rd, 2009 AT 10:45 PM

STEVEW84

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Well seeing as how engine speed is measured by the crankshaft sensor and you said that there is no CEL and no driveability problems I would probably say that you have a bad cluster. However, you need to make sure that you are getting a signal to the instrument cluster itself. I would make sure you are getting a ground at pin #5(brown) and get a scope and make sure you are getting a signal from pin#8(brown-orange). If you had a diagnostic scanner you should be able to do it with that. Also, do you have any trouble codes?

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Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 AT 7:09 AM