2001 Frontier / Guages Inop

[fayetteam]

I have a 2001 frontier,3.3,2wd,automatic. The gauges go out sometimes mostly when it's hot. The gauges all bottom out and read at nothing, sometimes when this happens the truck will buck as if there is a fuel problem, I can turn the truck off and restart the truck and it will run properly with no bucking, sometimes I have to restart several times. Once restarted and running good the gauges are still not working, I can park the truck for 10 minutes start it up and it is if nothing happened everything is fine. The engine light never comes on during this process and I have unplugged and plugged the cluster. Could it be a transmission sensor? The truck worked fine for the last 2 weeks then started back again. Thanks Fayetteam

[Mountaineer]

I believe bad grounds can occasionally mess with your gauges, but I'm not sure if thats the problem.

[fayetteam]

I will continue searching for loose grounds,Thanks Mountaineer!!!

[OnlyOneDR]

There were intermittent problems with 98-01 clusters (all same backplane) doing just that. Most have had their clusters replaced to correct the problem.

[fayetteam]

Thanks OnlyOneDR; There is a place near here in Atlanta (Speedometer Service).They repair/exchange radios,body computers,clusters etc, I will contact them and price the cluster.