# Instrument panel blackout!

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/instrument-panel-blackout/37931>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** plymouth, voyager\
**Created:** [October 11, 2009, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/instrument-panel-blackout/37931 "2009-10-11T13:00:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Bill627](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/57b2e6/32.png) [@Bill627](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bill627)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/instrument-panel-blackout/37931/1 "2009-10-11T13:00:35Z")

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Every so often - whenever it feels like it - the instrument panel on the dash loses all power: all the gauges bottom out and lose their lighting. Anybody have ideas on why this is? (1998 Plymouth Voyager, 110K mi.)

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**Author:** ![Beadsandbeads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@Beadsandbeads](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beadsandbeads)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/instrument-panel-blackout/37931/2 "2009-10-11T21:35:19Z")

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You probably have a bad ground connection to the instrument panel.