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latinasal7 · 03-29-2008, 10:09 PM

sometimes it seems recently when i start my car the electrical stuff in the dash board doesnt turn on or work....like the gas meter is like posesed and keeps going up and down, the needle of the rpm and spped doesnt seems to work and the car millage says its 0....what is wrong??????? please I cant seem to figure it out????? i already checked the battery but it still doesnt work and this only seems to happen when its extremely hot outside!!!! is there any advice?????

w203 · 03-29-2008, 10:52 PM

~~guy gives help to girl with 01 celica gt~~

is it just the gauge or are the radio the same way?

latinasal7 · 03-30-2008, 01:50 PM

no the raido is fine but sometimes i press a button and it doesnt do what the button does.... for example i hit the CD button and it goes to the tape...or when i hit one of my preset buttons like 1, 2, 3 etc....it goes to rewind the tape or something random......everything eletrical doesnt work on the dashboard...well expect it says i have gas but the measure of gas is not right and goes up and down by alot ...but my car starts fine and runs well....do you know what could it be ????????????

w203 · 03-30-2008, 06:13 PM

your car is possessed

did you start off by checking to see that the fuses are good? was your car recently flooded?

i would try swapping the gauge with someone with the same car to see that it works

bobbyex · 03-31-2008, 03:32 PM

maybe some of your wires have melted and are touching. i'd have a technician look at it cause they will be able to identify where your problem is. sounds like damaged electrical components.

tankd0g · 03-31-2008, 11:04 PM

It might be possessed, by a rodent. Has it been sitting or stored in an old garage? Inspect in the engine bay and under the dash for any signs that something might have been chewing on stuff.

TVietor · 04-01-2008, 04:35 PM

Make sure you have a good ground from the battery to the body of the car. I've seen lots of gauges act funny when they're not properly gounded. Exact same thing happened to a friend of mine's truck. All the gauges and electrical things went screwy, when looking under the hood one day I noticed that someone cut the ground from the battery to the body, fixed that and everything was better. Just a thought.

catric69 · 04-07-2008, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by latinasal7

sometimes it seems recently when i start my car the electrical stuff in the dash board doesnt turn on or work....like the gas meter is like posesed and keeps going up and down, the needle of the rpm and spped doesnt seems to work and the car millage says its 0....what is wrong??????? please I cant seem to figure it out????? i already checked the battery but it still doesnt work and this only seems to happen when its extremely hot outside!!!! is there any advice?????

Conejo Brothers located at NW57 Ave & W Flager does electrical work. I don't know if they are still located there, but I would recommend them. They fixed a electrical problem that I had with my S-10. Good luck!

Eric.

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