Speedo, Petrol and Revs gauge froze?

Hi,

The Speedo, Petrol and Rev Count gauges have all froze in my mum's car and the garage has no idea what has actually happened and how to solve it

I'm posting on the off chance someone has experienced this before and knows what the problem is?

Reply 1

username234673

Car make? Car model?

What do you mean by freeze? As in, they're all stuck at 0 or all somewhere in the middle?

Reply 2

Joanna-Marie :)

Original post by mikeyd85

Car make? Car model?

What do you mean by freeze? As in, they're all stuck at 0 or all somewhere in the middle?

It's a Citroen Saxo.

Speedo isn't working and is at 0. Revs and Petrol stuck in the middle, not moving.

Reply 3

Kre

Sounds like an electrical wiring fault to me. I had a similar fault in my old car where the wiring was lose and the gauges would sometimes all drop to 0.

Reply 4

username234673

Original post by Joanna-Marie :)

It's a Citroen Saxo.

Speedo isn't working and is at 0. Revs and Petrol stuck in the middle, not moving.

Speedo sounds loose. Do the other two respond when there's ignition (do they go back to 0 when the car is off)?

Reply 5

Joanna-Marie :)

Original post by Kre

Sounds like an electrical wiring fault to me. I had a similar fault in my old car where the wiring was lose and the gauges would sometimes all drop to 0.

Yeah, we've contacted the eletrics guy but he's not come across the problem before and things it might need a whole new dash board .. is that what your car needed?

Original post by mikeyd85

Speedo sounds loose. Do the other two respond when there's ignition (do they go back to 0 when the car is off)?

They are stuck at the level even with the ignition off .. no movement whatsoever

Reply 6

Zyyz

Google it someone is bound to have had that problem with that car

Try disconnecting the battery for 10 mins then re-connecting it.

One solution which may work

(edited 10 years ago)

Reply 7

username234673

Original post by Joanna-Marie :)

Yeah, we've contacted the eletrics guy but he's not come across the problem before and things it might need a whole new dash board .. is that what your car needed?

They are stuck at the level even with the ignition off .. no movement whatsoever

that's odd to say the least.

Plenty of breakers on eBay selling Saxo dashes for less than 50 quid. Might be worth buying one then getting the garage to fit it / get a Haynes manual and fix yourself.

Reply 8

Zyyz

Original post by mikeyd85

that's odd to say the least.

Plenty of breakers on eBay selling Saxo dashes for less than 50 quid. Might be worth buying one then getting the garage to fit it / get a Haynes manual and fix yourself.

I wouldn't have thought it would be the dash, it will be the wiring

Reply 9

username234673

Original post by Zyyz

I wouldn't have thought it would be the dash, it will be the wiring

Hope so. I've just never seen a Speedo get stuck before. Wiring tends to just kill it no? Perhaps a short?

Reply 10

JC.

Original post by mikeyd85

Speedo sounds loose. Do the other two respond when there's ignition (do they go back to 0 when the car is off)?

I wouldn't have thought a car that age would have a speedo cable. It's more likely to be electronic.

Reply 11

Joanna-Marie :)

Original post by Zyyz

Google it someone is bound to have had that problem with that car

Try disconnecting the battery for 10 mins then re-connecting it.

One solution which may work

Genius! It worked .. at least for now! :tongue:

Can't believe the garage didn't think of it! Thanks alot :smile:

Original post by mikeyd85

that's odd to say the least.

Plenty of breakers on eBay selling Saxo dashes for less than 50 quid. Might be worth buying one then getting the garage to fit it / get a Haynes manual and fix yourself.

Fixed for now - although if it does it again to eBay it is!

Reply 12

Kre

Original post by Joanna-Marie :)

Genius! It worked .. at least for now! :tongue:

Can't believe the garage didn't think of it! Thanks alot :smile:

Fixed for now - although if it does it again to eBay it is!

Well at least it's fixed for now. :smile:

I was just about to reply to you that buying a whole new dash would have been a waste of money!

Reply 13

Zyyz

Original post by Joanna-Marie :)

Genius! It worked .. at least for now! :tongue:

Can't believe the garage didn't think of it! Thanks alot :smile:

Fixed for now - although if it does it again to eBay it is!

Haha no problem :smile:

Reply 14

Kyskutis99

Hi just try and disconnect battery for few minutes it should sort your problem .

Reply 15

Nuffles

Might be worth hooking it up to a code reader and see if there's anything stored on the ECU. If resetting it by disconnecting the battery fixed it then it was most likely an issue within the cluster or ECU, rather than loose wiring. If it's dropped a code then it might help you to stop it from happening again.

Reply 16

samba

Original post by Nuffles

Post is from 2013 lol

Reply 17

Nuffles

Original post by samba

Post is from 2013 lol

Why do people keep on reviving ancient posts for crying out loud! I just scan through the first page on motoring and see if there's anything interesting. I never check the post dates :frown:

Reply 18

shaymarriott

Original post by Nuffles

Why do people keep on reviving ancient posts for crying out loud! I just scan through the first page on motoring and see if there's anything interesting. I never check the post dates :frown:

Snap.

Reply 19

InArduisFouette

it's a french car with wiring issues ...

there;'s only one thing worse than french car for wiring issues, and that's a french van where the wiring has been hacked about by either English or french yokels as part of a specialist conversion