August 6, 200421 yr OK all.....here is a real screwy one: Pulled out of a store today, after driving around plenty with no issues, to notice that my tranny did not shift out of first (was in drive). I then noticed that the tach was at zero (engine running fine) and temp gage was at cold (engine hot) and light around auto tranny indicator out. I could not drive above 20 mph and limped home. The car would take off from a stop great and with great power BUT it was tough keeping it at 20 and would work best stopping and re-starting to get momentum to coast a ways. The following does NOT work: Trunk light, power windows, sunroof, A/C,heat, fan, tach, temp gage, radiator fan, passive seat belts (retracted after noticing problem but will not return again). Just about everything else works. The shop manual schematics seem to indicate that the AT control - where ever that is - may be at the center of the problem due to the items not working. I'm going to look at fuses around that but a quick look at the see through ones had no blown ones. Any help would be great!!! What a hobby my car is becoming....
August 6, 200421 yr Author OK..Who decided to call a little 10 amp fuse "Meter" and have it control power windows, dash indicators and transmission shifting!?! At least it was easy but boy did this fuse leave the car crippled.
August 6, 200421 yr well the combination meter has the speed sensor in it......so yeah it's fairly important......but to control all that other stuff too....wow.
August 7, 200421 yr Author Where is the combination meter? I think there might more behind this than just one blown fuse. It blew again tonight almost exactly 24 hours later. Need to buy a supply of 10A fuses and wait/watch. No codes are being thrown. Anyone have the Meter fuse blow like this?
August 8, 200421 yr combination meter is the thing where your speedo and gauges are.....aka gauge cluster.
August 10, 200421 yr Author Well I didn't blow any fuses over the weekend (cause I didn't drive) but this evening I blew the fuse twice within 10 minutes. The only funny thing other than the fuse blow was the Power light on the dash blinked about 6 times, then I rev'ed the engine and it stopped blinking. Anyone see this type of thing related to the gage cluster?
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