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    Speedometer stuck after installing battery!

    Like the title says, today morning, I changed my battery on my 1999 Z28, and when I started my car afterwards, I noticed that the needle on the speedometer is stuck allll the way to the right, way past the 150mph mark... and is just resting there. I tried driving the car around for a few minutes, knocking on the clear panel of the gauge cluster (always fixed a stuck fuel gauge lol), and disconnecting a reconnecting the battery without any success. I'm puzzled as to why the hell a simple battery change would cause something like this, everything else seems to be just fine and normal except for that darn speedometer.

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    Speedometer stuck after new battery!

    Like the title says, today morning, I changed my battery on my 1999 Z28, and when I started my car afterwards, I noticed that the needle on the speedometer is stuck allll the way to the right, way past the 150mph mark... and is just resting there. I tried driving the car around for a few minutes, knocking on the clear panel of the gauge cluster (always fixed a stuck fuel gauge lol), and disconnecting a reconnecting the battery without any success. I'm puzzled as to why the hell a simple battery change would cause something like this, everything else seems to be just fine and normal except for that darn speedometer.

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    give it 50 miles

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    My fuel gauge did the same thing after welding my SFC. I even had the battery disconnected. Long story short, I gave the underside of the dash a whack with the palm of my hand and it was enough of a jolt to free the needle. It was jammed on a raised portion that separates the gauges.

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    could be a fuse...chek it out, had da same problem as you...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Danger731 View Post
    give it 50 miles
    have you had the same problem before?

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    Does it go back down when you disconnect the battery?

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    any resolution yet BAM?

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    try pulling the PWR ACCY fuse out and putting in again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bamxbam View Post
    have you had the same problem before?
    Been a while but think so on my 95 Z, that was 10 years ago

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    have you had any luck i just had same thing happen but i unhooked battery to remove pcm and hooked all back up and this happened how did you fix it please?

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    pewter
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    i am wondering same thing my did this today when i removed battery power and unhooked pcm wtf is going on what did i do wrong .

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    BUMP! I replaced a battery in my 2002 SS and have the same issue - anyone know how to resolve it?
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