DudaEnergy
Well-known member
About a month ago at the beginning of my drive to work, all of my gauges randomly lost power. Speedometer, tachometer, fuel level, etc... I drove it for about 5 minutes and it felt like there was more friction than usual (kinda like the brakes lightly applied)
I stopped finally, turned the car off and back on, no fix. Then turned it off and removed the key, opened the door, checked fuses and it was working all fine again after that. I did notice the airbag light was on at this point. and it has been on ever since.
It happened again rarely at first, but has become common now for almost every drive. The get around is the key needs to come out of the ignition and it will run the gauges again. If I keep driving it, it will eventually come back on on its own also.
My EGT gauge which I obviously wired myself does get power. and my P3 Gauge still has power but remains frozen rather than providing values coming from the engine.
Any hint to where I should start looking? ECU trouble maybe? I wonder if a failed airbag sensor could cause this? I'll probably start by ripping out the fuse for the airbag.
I stopped finally, turned the car off and back on, no fix. Then turned it off and removed the key, opened the door, checked fuses and it was working all fine again after that. I did notice the airbag light was on at this point. and it has been on ever since.
It happened again rarely at first, but has become common now for almost every drive. The get around is the key needs to come out of the ignition and it will run the gauges again. If I keep driving it, it will eventually come back on on its own also.
My EGT gauge which I obviously wired myself does get power. and my P3 Gauge still has power but remains frozen rather than providing values coming from the engine.
Any hint to where I should start looking? ECU trouble maybe? I wonder if a failed airbag sensor could cause this? I'll probably start by ripping out the fuse for the airbag.