Why Gauge Sweep?

Serper3

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• Jan 22, 2008

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Hi, guys,
quick question,
i have a 01 gt, mods in sig.
for some reason, when the car is cold, and i start it up.. all of the guages do a full sweep, meaning they all go all the way to the right and then back to the original places...
its kinda cool, the sti;s do this, but is somethings wrong? or, whats going on?
thansk a bunch!:SNSign:

 

Serper3

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k, sorry guys i did another search and found out its because its an 01, and i have a stock battery and its dieing...
mods- if you want to delete the post please feel free to...
thanks!

 

mustang50v8

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i actually think it would bee cool if it did this everytime you start the car....just cause it looks cool.


however my gauges are somewhat weird, although i dont know if its my car or a mustang thing. after i turn on the car the gauges take about 15-20 seconds to come on. this didnt happen on my 94 i dont know about the 04

 

Serper3

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lol yea, this actually happens everyonce in a while too and i am pretty sure its related to my batter going out...
i think the way the sti's do it is cool but since the stang isnt really supposed to be doing it, it isnt timed and stuff like it should be to make it cool... it also kinda was freaking me out because i thought it might mean something was wrong with my car...

 

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'03GTinFLA

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Mine started doing the sweep also. I guess I know why but I really don't want to change it. I like the sweep.

 

Mustang5L5

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Sweep is a good sign the battery is slowly dying

 

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SilverBullet00

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my moms 04 grand am does this everytime you start the car...

 

Mustang5L5

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But that's a different car. It might be doing that because it's supposed to.



The Mustang is not supposed to sweep gauges. It only does so on a gauge cluster reset which is a sign of ittermitent power loss.

 

crzyhrse99

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SilverBullet00 said:

my moms 04 grand am does this everytime you start the car...

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The grand am is supposed to do the sweep, my grand prix does it also.

+1 for the sweep as an indication of a week battery, mine was doing that about a month or two before it went out.