# Intermittent dash guages **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [August 9, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermittent-dash-guages/17878 "2008-08-09T14:55:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HICKIE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ec9cab/32.png) [@HICKIE](https://community.cartalk.com/u/HICKIE)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermittent-dash-guages/17878/1 "2008-08-09T14:55:33Z")
1998 DODGE CARAVAN–DASH GUAGES WILL SOMETIMES NOT WORK. THIS DOES NOT AFFECT HOW VAN RUNS–EVERYTHING WORKS BUT GUAGES. AFTER SEVERAL STARTS GUAGES MAY WORK FOR A FEW DAYS AND THEN QUIT AGAIN. HELP !! ---
**Author:** ![Manolito](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/manolito/32/3070_2.png) [@Manolito](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Manolito)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermittent-dash-guages/17878/2 "2008-08-09T16:27:05Z")
I know nothing of Caravans, but on most cars, if dash cluster is intermittent, first thing to do is pull the cluster and check the ground connection(s). ---
**Author:** ![Cougar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cougar/32/21348_2.png) [@Cougar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cougar)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermittent-dash-guages/17878/3 "2008-08-09T16:44:11Z")
Since the fuse to this area supplies power to other important things it would seem the fuse connection isn’t the problem. I would check the pink power wire connection to the cluster and see if there is an intermittent connection there. ---
**Author:** ![galant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/77aa72/32.png) [@galant](https://community.cartalk.com/u/galant)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/intermittent-dash-guages/17878/4 "2008-08-09T17:46:22Z")
Check on [allpar.com](http://allpar.com) forums. They talk about an IOD fuse that you remove and could fix the problem. 2nd culprit is the soldering behind the cluster and they have pics and instructions on how to fix it.