General Maintenance & Repairs - 2000 ss my gauges quit working!

Help , I decided to take the 2000 ss camaro out on christmas day after sitting in the garage. When I started it and backed it out of the garage I noticed that all of the idiot lights came on, and the gas gauge dropped to empty and the car seemed to be running rich. So I shut it off and restarted it and everthing worked for a couple of seconds the it happened again and when it did the engine tone changed and idled slower. I shut it off and restarted it a few times and the same thing happened. I haven't used it in a little while but never had a problem like this before. The car is a 2000 camaro ss conv. I bought it 3 years ago totaled and it took about a year to repair it had about 24k on it then now has about 32k. I think this may be a bad ground. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

probably a bad PCM. it happened to me

Check G110, it is the ground wire attached to the back of the driver's side head. That is one of the grounds for the instrument panel cluster. Check all of your grounds first then go from their. Good luck!

could that ground have anything to do with my stock tack (RPM) gauge not working?

help and suggestions PLZ

could that ground have anything to do with my stock tack (RPM) gauge not working?

help and suggestions PLZ

You can check it but i think you would have more problems than that.Get access to a scan tool preferably a Gm tech 2. Check for DTC's starting with "U" these are network DTC's. These are on the class 2 data line which communicate with the instrument panel cluster. So you might have a communication problem or a bad instrument panel cluster. If you need more help when you diagnose it let me know:nod:

You can check it but i think you would have more problems than that.Get access to a scan tool preferably a Gm tech 2. Check for DTC's starting with "U" these are network DTC's. These are on the class 2 data line which communicate with the instrument panel cluster. So you might have a communication problem or a bad instrument panel cluster. If you need more help when you diagnose it let me know:nod:

alright man, thanx a bunch. this problem has been bugging the hell out of me! ya my buddy has an OBD2 reader that i can borrow

Im not sure if an obd2 code reader can read "U" codes but it doesnt hurt to try.

are there any places that will scan for free? like an autoparts store?

Well i think autozone scans for free but i don't know what they scan with. A dealership depending on their labor rate, would probably charge you around a $50-$60 for a 30 min diagnosis. I guess you would at least know whats wrong with it if you brought it to the dealer its just going to cost you.

thanx alot man

what sensor controls the stock tach? what all could i check to narrow down why my stock tach isnt working?

Thanks I will give it a try, the hard part is fitting my hand back there. These cars are great just hard to work on. Nice black SS !