dashboard gauges stop working while driving

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STICSTAC
I have a 2000 Nissan Sentra, gxe, 114K, 1.6 engine.

THIS PROBLEM started about 4months ago and was very irratic, sometimes it won't happened for weeks and now it happens almost everytime I drive.

While driving the gauges stop working the gas gauge shows more gas then i have, the temp gauge sometimes drops to zero or stays wheere it is. The speedometer and Tach stay at the speed and revs I am driving at, or they drop to zero.

When I turn off the cars approx. 15 mins. everything is working again. No otheer problems as for as I know exists. thanks for the help.

sticstsac :(
Oct 24, 2007 at 10:06 AM
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[quote:5596d99869="sticstac"]I have a 2000 Nissan Sentra, gxe, 114K, 1.6 engine.

THIS PROBLEM started about 4months ago and was very irratic, sometimes it won't happened for weeks and now it happens almost everytime I drive.

While driving the gauges stop working the gas gauge shows more gas then i have, the temp gauge sometimes drops to zero or stays wheere it is. The speedometer and Tach stay at the speed and revs I am driving at, or they drop to zero.

When I turn off the cars approx. 15 mins. everything is working again. No otheer problems as for as I know exists. thanks for the help.

sticstsac :([/quote:5596d99869]


Hello !!

remove the dashboard and check all the connectors in the back..
could be a loose connection..

let us know!
Oct 24, 2007 at 2:47 PM
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