1FastTA

Seems that everytime my car gets cold or i am first starting it up the whole gauge cluster goes nuts like the tach and speedo and fuel all bounce up to the very top and come back down and also my trip odm. also resets. Then the other night i had mine out and my serivce vehicle light comes on and stays on. then i turn the car off and go to work and i come back out after i got off and now its not on anymore but then my check gauges light comes on and i pull off and turn the car off and then turn it back on and it goes off. What is going on lol......

LSWannabe

OMG, this is about the six thousandth thread asking about the same thing.

USE THE SEARCH BUTTON!

To answer your question. I suggest you investigate your battery and all it's connections. Often that is the problem. I'm not sure what to tell you about the service/guages lights.

LSWannabe

Sorry for being harsh. It was not my intention.

Search button is your friend.

I'm thinking there's a possibility that it could all be battery/cable connection related. No way to tell for sure.(for me anyway)

1FastTA

Happens i do the same to newbies on other sites lol.

I was thinking i heard something about the clusters in the 99 TA's have been ******* up lately?

tcarswell

Happened to me , Replaced battery. Problem no more.

99BlackWS6

There is a bulletin for that ,it requires a new cluster if yours matches the affected unit.

Trip Odometer Resets to Zero (Exchange/Install Instrument Cluster) #99-08-49-009 - (Jul 23, 1999)
Trip Odometer Resets To Zero (Exchange/Install Instrument Cluster)
1999 Chevrolet Camaro

1999 Pontiac Firebird

Condition
Some customers may comment that the trip odometer resets to zero when starting the engine.

Cause
Ambient temperatures below 0° C (32° F), combined with low battery voltage, may cause the trip odometer memory to be erased when starting the vehicle.

Correction
To identify the instrument panel cluster part number, use the following procedure:

Install Tech 2 and from the main menu screen select F0: Diagnostics, press enter:
Select 1999, press enter.
Select Passenger Car, press enter.
Select F1: Body, press enter.
Select F, press enter.
Select the Proper nameplate, press enter.
Select the Engine, press enter.
Select F1: Instrument Panel Cluster, press enter.
Select F1: Data Display, press enter.
Select F0: Module Info. press enter.
The Tech 2 will now display the instrument panel cluster part number. If the part number is shown in the table below as the old part number, install a new part number exchange cluster which has had the new circuit board with the non-volatile memory chip installed. Order the cluster from your A/C Delco® Service Center. DO NOT ORDER A CLUSTER FROM GMSPO.

Parts Information
Vehicle
Old part number
New Part Number

Camaro
16232951
09380671

Camaro
16232941
09380651

Camaro
16232961
09380711

Camaro
16233011
09380691

Camaro
16233001
09380731

Firebird
16232952
09380692

Firebird
16232942
09380662

Firebird
16232932
09380652

1FastTA

^^^ Thank you man. Anyone know how much will one of the new clusters will run me im guessing it wont be very cheap at all lol

Phoenix 5.7

iTrader: (7)

mine did that (99), but it was a bad battery. the cold weather is havoc on a battery

Full-Force

iTrader: (11)

even with dead battery it shouldnt do that ... its a 99 f body cluster problem ... when the voltage drops below 85% and/or under 32*

ULTIMATEORANGESS

iTrader: (4)

my gauge cluster was replaced under warranty and its been fine ever since.



even when my battery died it never had this problem again after it was replaced.

1FastTA

I see i see. Where is our volatge meters suppose to be at normal operating temps? Mine seems to be kind of high?

cdw81

I just replaced my factory battery with a new Optima and my cluster problem went away..