My digital dash is all F**ked up. Speedometer is out of wak, can't read odometer, and cant get rid of the message board. also, it does not light up at night. When i got this car, the stereo was missing. Is this problem somehow connected to the stereo? If I were to install one, would it possibly fix itself? I have heard somewhere before that all the wiring somehow is all connected through the stereo...any suggestions?

 

I doubt hooking up a stereo would fix anything. The LCD panels are back lit just like any other gauge cluster, so it could be just the lights burned out, or the fuse. Do any of the interior lights work (with the headlights on), such as the HVAC back light, or shift indicator backlight (if it's an auto)? If they're all out, I'd check the fuse, otherwise the lights on the back of the cluster. Is the speedometer display garbled? If so, it may be bad.

 

Any updates on this? I have a digital dash in a TA that I am restoring and don't even know if it works. So anything you find out about yours may help me in the near future.

Thanks

 

i have an 88 gta with the digital dash, the wiring is in no way connected to the stereo, now if u have the steering wheel controls like I do then there is some stereo wiring going into the wheel. If you are having problems with the digital dash you may have a loose connection somewhere or a shorted out panel.

 

i plan on checking it out today...been busy lately. thanks for the input, i'll check the fuses. i've had a problem with with the steering column (was broken into) and had it replaced (no more stereo controls ). turn signals don't work...what the hell do i do if its fried?
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interior lights do work, and the only things that seems to work on the cluster is the RPM gauge. i had stereo controls, but replaced the whole steering column with one that has no stereo controls. wtf is garbled? if you mean that it is constantly changing (i.e. 28 to 34 to 22 to 45) than sure.

 

You could have something wrong with the VSS. I'm not sure if your car would have an electronic VSS though. In the Camaros, 82-89 are cable driven and 90-92 are electronic. If it is electric, you can hook up a Tech 1 (GM OBD1 Scan Tool) and read from the VSS and see if it matches what the speedo shows.

 

By garbled I mean just random segments displaying, not actually forming any numbers out of them, like this:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qdULEgJT8kw

If it's at least showing numbers, it may just be the vehicle speed sensor.

 

yank that digital dash out,and replace it with an analog dash.
Thats what I did anyway.
Those things can be a major headache and very expensive to repair.
If you choose to do the swap I mentioned,let me be the first to warn you to get a complete int. harness from a non-digidash car.(Trust me!)
Take a look at my photobucket album,and you'll get an idea of whats involved.

 

thanks for the responses everyone...we had torn it apart and came across with multiple things...all the fuses are ok. Most of the bulbs were out for one...and it looks like that I need a new speedometer sensor which is why mine is going haywire. As for the odometer, still nothing yet, i have to dig a little deeper.

sorry i didn't respond sooner, a friend and I replaced quite a few things while we were at it. one of them being the heater core...that sucked...
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wow, i don't have a problem quite like that...thankfully

 

as long as you only drive from dusk til dawn,no problem at all LOL!

 

from what i know a few years back when i was more involved with my car i remember that if a certain fuse burned out, the odometer would go dead AND the speedometer would read in kilometers only. now if i remember correctly try looking in the other fuse panel the one located to the left of the radio console if you cant find it, open the ignition and follow the sound of the chime. it shares the fuse block. chek that fuse out. good luck.

 

Does anyone know what the gta digiatal spedo tops out at?

 

i believe it can read 200mph BUT who knows what the vss can put out??

 

I figured that too but i heard somwhere it stops at 85mph and keeps flashing lmao?

 

I don't think so. I think I've had mine above 85 before.

 

No flashing at all, mines never did it before and i have gone so far up to 123..Dont want to loose my license

 

right... I just remembered where I would have exceeded the 85mph for sure... at the drag strip. No blinking.

 

thanks guys i was just curious cuz if it did i would of been like wtf? haha i apreciate the help