98 dodge nothing on dash works!!

[Grahambl]

Nothing on the dash is working. Went out and started it and nothing worked. No blown fuses (In cab or under hood). None of the gauges are working no A/C and the odometer is flashing. THe light and turn signals work, as does the radio. Any Ideas where to start looking?


Thanks
Brian

 

[holtzer1]

have it scanned, it could be a faulty cluster, body module, or central timer module, none of which you will know till its scanned.

 

[Billysgoat]

Hold the trip odometer down while turning the key on, this will initiate a self check of the dash cluster, all lights should come on one by one and all gauges should go from all the way over to the left to the opposite side by increments. This will tell you if the gauges themselves are working and that's it, but it is a neat little trick.

 

[holtzer1]

that will tell you if the "gauges" are working, it dont tell you if information is being sent across the BUSS.

 

[Billysgoat]

Yep, but it will at least eliminate the gauge cluster as a potential problem.

 

[holtzer1]

Yep, but it will at least eliminate the gauge cluster as a potential problem.

sort of, that will eliminate the gauges themselves being the problem, there are an ungodly amount of systems that flow through the cluster....the rest or just a small section of the cluster circitry could be bad...no way to tell without a scanner..oh well. gotta love technology.