What the hell is wrong with my car?

[SexyCelica]

Heres the story...I was driving south from the turnpike at around 80ish mph. I hit a little bump in the road and i start to notice that whenever i hit one my speedometer jumps from 80 to 60 then back to 80. I figured it was ok since i had took out my gauges the day before and maybe the needles were lose all something. Then all of a sudden it seemed like my car shifted from 4th gear to 2nd!! And i drive an auto too!! I looked at the shifter and it was still on drive with overdrive on. After that the check engine light goes on and i pull over. Seems like nothings wrong and the drive home was ok. Can someone please help me out with this? I getting worried about my trans, but i think it might be because of my gauge cluster? Any help is greatfully appreciated.

[SexyCelica]

Heres everything i did yesterday to the car if it helps...
1.) Wash and wax
2.) Disabled the DRL
3.) Took out my indiglos

[santana2]

Well when something scews up I usually redo what I just did. Check all you did or replace with factory stuff and redo. Usually works for me. Good luck bud

[SexyCelica]

I guess i'll have to try to recalibrating the gauges AGAIN..Think i should take it to the dealer....i called them about a needle that i broke once and they said i had to get the entire cluster, so i'm not sure if they'll cover this

[The Game]

I think you'll get charged, so one posted before that they did. I found it easy to recalibrate the needles, but they might be 100RPM off

[Chris25NJ]

Make sure the guage cluster plugs are fully in. Also double check to make sure the wires you spliced are still connected and not exposed.

[LaW]

here is what I have determined, you drive Christ's hoopty, you should trade that in for God's chariot.... problem solved

[Orion Pax]

You drive an auto GT. That's what's wrong. :chuckles:

[BoonyBoun]

Law....Christ and God are the same person. Christ is the lord in the flesh.

[SexyCelica]

Had to be an auto...it a familly car too....I drove a 5spd civic before though. It might be the gauges maybe, i remember they kept turning on and off unless i had pushed it all the way into the housing, so i'll try that tonight. BTW whats up with all this chariot stuff?

[Orion Pax]

Originally posted by SexyCelica
Had to be an auto...it a familly car too....I drove a 5spd civic before though. It might be the gauges maybe, i remember they kept turning on and off unless i had pushed it all the way into the housing, so i'll try that tonight. BTW whats up with all this chariot stuff?

Heh. Don't take the auto GT jokes seriously. ;)

God's chariot is just a little in-joke.

[SilverGlow]

SexyCelica, when ur gauges are unplugged the overdrive shuts off (among other things like A/C and Auto-ON Headlights). It seems to me there might be a loose connection (you didn't plug the guages in well, one of the connectors were broke, etc). When you hit a bump the connection might be lost, causing the guages to lose connection for a moment and making the needles jump like u said. Also, the check engine light came on for me right after pluggin my guages back in, but went away after a couple drives. Losing the connection momentarily on a bump would probably have the same effect.

[SexyCelica]

yah...i pulled apart the gauges and i didn't even have to snap the connectors out, they just fell right out, so i snapped then back on. Everythings working ok now, i just have to calibrate the speedometer again.