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Dec 10, 2007 | 01:26 PM

sloburnz28

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PLEASE HELP! electrical problem

I started up my car the other day, and the tach, temp, and fuel gauges do not work. Also the check gauges, service vehicle, and air bag lights came on, The car does not want to idle either. I checked the fuses, and nothing seems loose. If anyone knows what this could be please let me know. Thanks!

Dec 10, 2007 | 03:03 PM

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get your battery checked. has the car been sitting?!

Dec 10, 2007 | 06:19 PM

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the car has been sitting, and the battery is good.

Dec 10, 2007 | 06:26 PM

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check your grounds.

Dec 10, 2007 | 06:51 PM

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all grounds look good.

Dec 10, 2007 | 07:04 PM

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Whenever I do major maintenance I check all ground, clean my batter connections, fuses, and relays. I had a problem once with my car dying when I was driving and I let it sit until I could get to it after a week. I turned out that my fuse box was dirty. I removed all fuses and sprayed some electrical cleaner in the fuse box and let it sit for a good amount of time while it dried. All the dirt wasn't letting one of my fuses get a good connection. Also if you've done any installs or have any wires spliced/tapped check to make sure they aren't damaged.

Dec 10, 2007 | 07:14 PM

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ill give that a try once, i just have no idea what it could be because i havent done anything to it since about 2000 miles ago. just went to take it out the other day and everything happened.

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Dec 10, 2007 | 11:27 PM

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WO a tech 2 you are just taking a guess.

Dec 11, 2007 | 06:40 PM

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yes i checked the battery, and it is good. I'm thinking it could be the ground on back of the head.

Dec 11, 2007 | 06:48 PM

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call an exorcist

Dec 11, 2007 | 06:56 PM

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im thinking about it. lol!

Dec 12, 2007 | 06:53 PM

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the ground on the head seems good, anyone have any other ideas.

Dec 23, 2007 | 02:55 PM

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I reset the pcm, I took it around the block and every thing worked. Then a few hours later i went to try again, and same thing. Nothing worked, this time it wouldent even start so i'm thinking maybe the pcm could possibly be bad.