Odd "Glitch" with panel - 1997 Vista
So was doing some minor work today on the vista, had it started up and idling for about 1 hour.
Turned it off, waited 30 minutes, and cranked it up again. However, this time the gauges were either at zero or unresponsive - the battery and fuel gauge were at zero and never moved, the RPM was accurate, but the speedometer was sitting at 15 while not moving. Temp seemed right, air pressure did as well.
I turned it off, waited a few seconds, and then turned it to run but not start. Normally the gauges will go to zero, then all the way to max, wait a second, and then go to either zero or the current value. This time they didn't do that cycle, just went to the weird inaccurate values.
About 5 minutes of letting it idle, turning it off and back on, with and without engine start. Right as I was about to come on here and see what it was, I gave the dashboard the old tappin' and the gauges went back to accurate immediately. Turned it off, back on, and the correct cycle happened - zero, max, back to zero/accurate value.
Working perfectly again now.
But - is this common? Anyone elses gauges take a little tap to make them spool to the right value? Or is this something i want to take into a shop or look at myself, possibly a sign of a larger problem?
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