# Instrument Panel Problem

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/instrument-panel-problem/38131>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** lesabre, buick\
**Created:** [October 15, 2009, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/instrument-panel-problem/38131 "2009-10-15T13:57:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Retread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f14d63/32.png) [@Retread](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Retread)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/instrument-panel-problem/38131/1 "2009-10-15T13:57:18Z")

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I have a 2000 Buick LeSabre…the odometer gage works, but often dissolves into chinese or garbled readouts…then it comes back. I can live with it…but I have heard that it can be something simple like a ground wire somewhere…Dealer is talking big money…no dealer solution suggestions?

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**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/instrument-panel-problem/38131/2 "2009-10-15T14:41:24Z")

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Yes its true that all circuits need a ground path but there really are problems in circuits with perfectly good ground paths, what I am getting at is the “check the grounds” gets used all to much.