2002 Buick Century car speedometer goes off and on by itsel

2002 BUICK CENTURY
120,000 MILES • V8 • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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JIMELH1
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My buick century custom's speedometer, fuel gauges flicker on and off by itself and stays off for a number of days and then if i hit a bump or something it will snap back to normal. Also when this happens all my service lights will come on and stay on. like service engine, auto lock, etc. But I am not sure if this a mechancial issue or something to do with the electrical system. So therefore, it is long periods of time where i don't know how fast I am going or how much gas I have in the tank or the temp of the engine. I also noticed that the miles don't change on the vechicle when this happens.
Oct 7, 2010 at 8:47 AM
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GMTECH
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You more than likely have a bad instrument panel cluster, some of the solders are likely broken. It is also possible to have a bad connection on the back, but most likely is the cluster.
Nov 3, 2010 at 7:49 PM