Posted: May 30 2011 at 11:42am | IP Logged

After reading in a different forum from people with the same problem with '98 Frontys, I think I fixed it.  Dave posted " check your electrical connection to the inst. cluster or the grounds for it. "  That sounded better than "you need a new instrument cluster circuit board from the dealership." 

So I got under my dash last night with a mini maglite and poked around at all the wiring from the fuse box to the I/P.  Really knocked around the harnesses, then pulled a Fonzie on top of the dash above the gauges, knocked them around.  Problem has not shown up after repeatedly turning the truck on and off, the odometer is reading true and so are the other gauges.  So sounds like a connection somewhere. 

Posted: Jun 05 2011 at 9:29pm | IP Logged

frontierguy wrote: You may want to remove the cluster and tighten all the screws on the printed circuit board.

Just did this thanks.  The screws were tiny and had lock washers but none were very tight.

Posted: Jan 31 2012 at 7:00am | IP Logged

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