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Gas and Temperature Gauge Fail
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Gas and Temperature Gauge Fail -
03-19-2007
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My 98 Malibu has been a very good car thus far. i bought it almost a year ago with 133000 and now its at about 140000. Drives great with no mechanical issues thus far (knock on wood), but there are a couple annoying issues. the biggest just happened today. My Fuel and Temperature Gauges just cut out at precisely the same time whilst I was stopped at an intersection. I turned off the car and restarted it to see if it would reset or something - no change. I suspected a fuse or a ground or something, so I looked in my manual at the fuse diagrams but i didn't see anything pertaining to the console gauges. I feel like it should be a quick fix, but I can only hope. I'm in high school, so I can't afford to have a dealer even look at the damn thing, but my dad is car-handy if we know the problem. Does anyone know the solution? Also, my fan speed control on the climate control panel only works at speeds 3,4,5. I read in this group's post that its a cheap, easy fix, but never says what it is. Any knowledge about this would be helpful. thnx -phil |
related to a resistor that is behind the instrument panel. It should
be a cheap and easy fix, but I have not done one on a malibu before.
Likewise, the problem with the blower motor sounds like a resistor
issue. Some of the malibu mechanics can add to this....
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My 98 Malibu has been a very good car thus far. i bought it almost a year ago with 133000 and now its at about 140000. Drives great with no mechanical issues thus far (knock on wood), but there are a couple annoying issues. the biggest just happened today. My Fuel and Temperature Gauges just cut out at precisely the same time whilst I was stopped at an intersection. I turned off the car and restarted it to see if it would reset or something - no change. I suspected a fuse or a ground or something, so I looked in my manual at the fuse diagrams but i didn't see anything pertaining to the console gauges. I feel like it should be a quick fix, but I can only hope. I'm in high school, so I can't afford to have a dealer even look at the damn thing, but my dad is car-handy if we know the problem. Does anyone know the solution? Also, my fan speed control on the climate control panel only works at speeds 3,4,5. I read in this group's post that its a cheap, easy fix, but never says what it is. Any knowledge about this would be helpful. thnx -phil |
A new one is $25-$30. Here's directions to replace it:
http://www.malibu02.netfirms.com/resistwalk.htm
Regards,
John
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"Phildo" <> wrote in message My 98 Malibu has been a very good car thus far. i bought it almost a year ago with 133000 and now its at about 140000. Drives great with no mechanical issues thus far (knock on wood), but there are a couple snip |
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know the solution? Also, my fan speed control on the climate control panel only works at speeds 3,4,5. I read in this group's post that its a cheap, easy fix, but never says what it is. Any knowledge about this would be helpful. thnx -phil (John) Fan failure on speeds 1 and 2 is caused by a bad fan motor resistor card. A new one is $25-$30. Here's directions to replace it: http://www.malibu02.netfirms.com/resistwalk.htm Regards, John Great article! But.... |
I don't understand this sentence.
I looked under my glove box. There is a
plastic panel there, I found two screws, can't
find five.
I might do this. But, it isn't such a big hassle,
and it might be that the fix won't last long, as
the part is a common failure.
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On Mar 19, 4:20 pm, "Phildo" <phil4... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote: My 98 Malibu has been a very good car thus far. i bought it almost a year ago with 133000 and now its at about 140000. Drives great with no mechanical issues thus far (knock on wood), but there are a couple annoying issues. the biggest just happened today. My Fuel and Temperature Gauges just cut out at precisely the same time whilst I was stopped at an intersection. I turned off the car and restarted it to see if it would reset or something - no change. I suspected a fuse or a ground or something, so I looked in my manual at the fuse diagrams but i didn't see anything pertaining to the console gauges. I feel like it should be a quick fix, but I can only hope. I'm in high school, so I can't afford to have a dealer even look at the damn thing, but my dad is car-handy if we know the problem. Does anyone know the solution? Also, my fan speed control on the climate control panel only works at speeds 3,4,5. I read in this group's post that its a cheap, easy fix, but never says what it is. Any knowledge about this would be helpful. thnx -phil I believe that your problem with the the fuel & temperature gauges are related to a resistor that is behind the instrument panel. It should be a cheap and easy fix, but I have not done one on a malibu before. Likewise, the problem with the blower motor sounds like a resistor issue. Some of the malibu mechanics can add to this.... |
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