Technical '99 Brava HSX 16V - Fuel & temp gauges, speedo and rev counter all dead

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Technical '99 Brava HSX 16V - Fuel & temp gauges, speedo and rev counter all dead

Merlin1972

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Hi everyone, I'm sure this has been posted before so apologies if you've already answered this question before. Background - I have a 1999 Brava HSX 1600 16v which was recently in a small prang. Damage was cosmetic so not relevant to this problem however the car was taken to a bodyshop for assessment. As it's still mobile I picked it up yesterday but failed to notice until later that the dials on the instrument panel no longer work but all the lights work correctly. I tried taking out some of the fuses and pushing them back in again, I've checked that all the obvious connectors behind the panel next to the steering column are well seated. None of these measures seem to have helped. I'm sure this has happened before and re-seating all the fuses seemed to fix it. So I'm wondering, is there something that the guys at the bodyshop could have done or is there another loose connection somewhere? Any guidance would be much appreciated! Thanks, R
 
Hi my 1999 Bravo hgt does this every now and then. it is a common thing on Bravas or bravo more so if you have the digital display in the middle all i do is take of the negative on the battery and put it back on and it comes back on again. no one know's why it does it.
Hope this helps
 
Mine did the same as thread starter and ^^ the above.BUT they had completely died.I had to charge my (old) battery a few times and they never worked.Even putting a BN battery on it never solved it,I tested the dials power supply pin at a garge (as i didnt have a tester) and it wasnt working.Ended up buying new dials,everything works spot on and i have lost 20k miles :)

Mike
 
Sorry Mickey, I should have said thanks Craig! I disconnected the negative terminal for a couple of minutes then reconnected - job done.

Sorry for the delay in responding.
 
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