# Gauges dont work

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/gauges-dont-work/55628>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** pontiac\
**Created:** [September 26, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gauges-dont-work/55628 "2010-09-26T22:42:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![hd05hog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@hd05hog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hd05hog)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gauges-dont-work/55628/1 "2010-09-26T22:42:42Z")

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all of my gauges just stopped working and warning lights are on what may have caused this?

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gauges-dont-work/55628/2 "2010-09-26T22:56:52Z")

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Maybe nothing more than a bad ground/ground wire.

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**Author:** ![hd05hog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@hd05hog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hd05hog)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 12:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gauges-dont-work/55628/3 "2010-09-27T00:05:19Z")

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where might this ground wire be located?

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2010, 10:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gauges-dont-work/55628/4 "2010-09-27T10:07:39Z")

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```
That is the tough part, It may be under the dash, or many other places. Often they can be found by looking, but a real shop manual will tell you where they are.

It is possible that if you tell use what year Grand Am you have someone here may be able to help. Also if there were different models for that year, let us know what model you have.
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**Author:** ![hd05hog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@hd05hog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hd05hog)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/gauges-dont-work/55628/5 "2010-09-28T20:13:26Z")

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it is a 1997 grand am gt