Digital dash problem gas gauge wont work

Asked by Helper123 May 16, 2017 at 06:25 PM about the 2000 Cadillac DeVille Sedan FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Gas gauge will appear sometimes and other times
it will black out plus the car does not overheat but
it says check cooling system seems fine gas cages
the real problem now it just blinks out and stays
out and we'll come on occasionally

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Instrument clusters in many vehicle makes can develop issues due to fatigued internal components. Many have ribbon cables that delaminate and separate connections on the internal cluster board. I would first check the condition of the power source/fuse to see what voltage is coming through feeding to the cluster. You might luck out and find a loose connection to the cluster itself and re-seat the connector. Some clusters have external mini light bulbs on back of the cluster that can cause issue as well. That would require pulling the cluster. Good Luck!

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