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Anonymous Posted on Feb 07, 2011

Was driving down the road and the tac started jumping then dropped to zero then the speedometer dropped aswell got freaked and parked it but neither gauge is working at the moment and i am not sure whats up

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The two gauges work off two different sensors. The tac runs off the crank sensor. the speedometer runs off the speed sensor. Since your car still runs..ie the crank sensor is still good. I would guess that your Instrument panel has shorted. This is just a guess because there are other factors, like wiring that would have to be checked. It is still safe to drive, just watch how fast you are going compared to traffic.

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