'92 Volvo 240 sedan electrical mystery

Joined: May 19, 2008 Posts: 1

The factory radio/cassette player was recently replaced with a new Pioneer unit. I now have an apparent grounding problem that is driving me crazy. My fuel gauge now always shows dead empty when I know I have a full tank. When I turn my headlight switch on, I have no instrument cluster lights except the turn signal/emergency signal indicators, which just stay on. The high beam indicator works, but only when the headlight hi-beams are actually OFF. The speedometer doesn't work, the factory clock stops, the temp gauge is dead. However, in daytime driving, those 3 items work, though the fuel gauge stays dead all the time.

I'm not a D-I-Y'er, so a friend of mine who is experienced in installing aftermarket sound systems did it for me. He's at a dead end at trying to troubleshoot this problem, even with my Bentley manual. ANY suggestions, advice, guidance, etc., are encouraged and welcome.

THANK YOU!

External Since: Feb 23, 2004 Posts: 2

You may want to check that the ground wire to the instrument panel has a
good connection to chassis, including the wire itself and both end
connectors.
Best of luck!

Jack

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> The factory radio/cassette player was recently replaced with a new
> Pioneer unit. I now have an apparent grounding problem that is driving
> me crazy. My fuel gauge now always shows dead empty when I know I have
> a full tank. When I turn my headlight switch on, I have no instrument
> cluster lights except the turn signal/emergency signal indicators,
> which just stay on. The high beam indicator works, but only when the
> headlight hi-beams are actually OFF. The speedometer doesn't work, the
> factory clock stops, the temp gauge is dead. However, in daytime
> driving, those 3 items work, though the fuel gauge stays dead all the
> time.
>
> I'm not a D-I-Y'er, so a friend of mine who is experienced in
> installing aftermarket sound systems did it for me. He's at a dead end
> at trying to troubleshoot this problem, even with my Bentley manual.
> ANY suggestions, advice, guidance, etc., are encouraged and welcome.
>
> THANK YOU!
>
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