Tach Gone Bad
#1
Tach Gone Bad
ok this could very well be a dumb question but bare with me
what exactly is your tach reading off of? the reason i ask is, about 4 months ago my tach slowly started to read low at idle, now sitting at idle it reads like it has no power to it, but a tap of the skinny one it will bounces a little bit. Driving down the road it reads MAYBE 200rpm, throw it to the floor it shoots up like a bat outa hell and tops out at about 4500rpm.
sometimes when its warmer out tho it will read slightly closer to reality, but put it to the floor...same deal.... everything else is fine with the truck, runs good, shifts alright, its just driving nuts, go to look down at it and it doesnt work!
any ideas on what would cause this? and how much to fix it?
what exactly is your tach reading off of? the reason i ask is, about 4 months ago my tach slowly started to read low at idle, now sitting at idle it reads like it has no power to it, but a tap of the skinny one it will bounces a little bit. Driving down the road it reads MAYBE 200rpm, throw it to the floor it shoots up like a bat outa hell and tops out at about 4500rpm.
sometimes when its warmer out tho it will read slightly closer to reality, but put it to the floor...same deal.... everything else is fine with the truck, runs good, shifts alright, its just driving nuts, go to look down at it and it doesnt work!
any ideas on what would cause this? and how much to fix it?
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dontneedtostroke (03-07-2009)
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i thought the tach got its signal through the ecm which in turn got its readings from the crankshaft then the camshaft. But anyways this is a problem with the 06's. Not as bad as your case though, they usually just bounce around not completely die but you should start looking into getting a new cluster... They said this fixes it 99% of the time and if its still under warranty go to the dealer and they will cover it. Good luck
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dontneedtostroke (03-11-2009)
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yeah, well if i have to get a new cluster im going to have to pay for it cause i am 250 miles over my warranty. it would have been ok if they would have looked at it when i made the appointment at the dealership, BUT for some reason they were closed that day and i had to leave for a 2000 mile trip later that day, and guess what... YEP i went over
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yeah, well if i have to get a new cluster im going to have to pay for it cause i am 250 miles over my warranty. it would have been ok if they would have looked at it when i made the appointment at the dealership, BUT for some reason they were closed that day and i had to leave for a 2000 mile trip later that day, and guess what... YEP i went over