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Tachometer Not Working

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by PhdNPrerunners, Apr 30, 2012.

  1. Apr 30, 2012 at 1:44 PM
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    PhdNPrerunners

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    I am looking at purchasing a 97 tacoma but the tach is not working. The speedometer is working but I did noticed that the cruise light was not working. What do you guys think it could be? Thanks
     
  2. Apr 30, 2012 at 1:46 PM
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    saundern

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    Could it be anything else besides the fuse?
     
  4. Apr 30, 2012 at 2:42 PM
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    I think me and my buddy were talking about something like this yesturday, im not quite sure, but I think he said that a chipped tooth on the crank gear can cause your tach to not work.
     
  5. Apr 30, 2012 at 4:42 PM
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    If the cruise light is not coming on could be a bad cruise ecm. If it was blinking you have a fault.

    So for the tach not working it could be a fuse or the lead coming from the Ecm is bad. Or the motor in the tach itself has gone bad(in the cluster itself). ( yes the motors do go bad).

    You dont have a check engine light on do you?
     
  6. Jan 5, 2016 at 10:28 AM
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    I also recently got a 2016 Tacoma trd my tach is also not working and if it does work it's sticking it just started today speedo seems to work fine it goes to dealership Thursday
     

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