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What would cause the console in my truck to not work properly?
For about three years, I've noticed that randomly, the battery gauge would be closer to the 8 than to the 18. When this happens my other gauges would not work correctly, though my head lights would work and when I turn the knob to turn my console lights off, my speedometer would start working, though the others wouldn't. Lately I've noticed this to be happening more frequently, I think it's tied to the cooler temperature, because I've never noticed this problem during the warmer months.
1 Answer
- E-rockLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
The only thing that all of those gages and lights share in common is the ground wire from the cluster to the chassis/body. Without knowing what you're driving, it's impossible to tell you where to look, but it should be fairly obvious if you can pull the cluster out as a whole. The various gages share a common cluster ground, but have different variable-voltage inputs, so for something to affect all of them at once points to a grounding issue. You probably just need to clean the connection at one end or the other.
