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Old May 15, 2013 | 09:37 AM
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No Dashboard Instruments

My sport trac has just started having a very strange problem. When I start the truck none of the gages on the dashboard work... not the indicators or the RPM or the spedometer. The gas gage will visably move higher when I brake and lower when I accellerate.

But a few min after I start driving everything pops on.

What could be causing this?
 
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Old May 15, 2013 | 05:50 PM
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Extra info....

Today the speedometer and tachometer started sticking... so I was on the interstate thinking I was doing 60 until I realzed I would not be passing people at 60....
 
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Old May 16, 2013 | 04:42 AM
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Because the symptoms are erratic, I can only suggest a poor ground for the gauges.
 
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Old May 21, 2013 | 06:44 PM
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My thought is to remove all of your instrument modules and clean all of the contacts. While you're in there, check to see if there are any burn marks, as if something shorted. Chances are, as oneowner83 said, you have a bad ground. Start with the easiest and progress to the hardest, like the computer module.
 
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