I have a 2001 XKR (51PLATE), all of the gauges apart from the rev counter is giving false readings. Im doing approx. 70mph and the gauge is showing 130mph.
The fuel gauge Is showing approx 60miles of fuel in but the digital display is showing 300+
Temp gauge similar, any feedback on what the fault is or how to fix,
Thanks

 

You've more chance if this is moved to the right forum

 

Welcome to the forum kevjag65,

I've moved your question from General Tech Help to XK8/XKR forum. Members here with the same model will be able to help.

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Graham

 

Are you sure it's not reading in KM?

 

HI i've checked that ,for some reasone the car was parked up 1 to 2 weeks ,I don't use it that often, jumped in car 2 miles down the road gauges reading wrong ?

 

Bingo. Try fully charging the battery overnight and then try again.

 

battery fully charged done that ,gut instinct says clock cluster faulty maybe? but I don't want to go there if someone on here has had similar fault

 

You may well be right, have you tried the hard reset?

 

Thanks for the advice will check it out after xmas

 

This could happen if your battery died and you recharged or jump started. The gauges are stepper motors controlled by a computer. The data registers which contain the zero position and the scaling factors that control the movement of the gauges can be corrupted by low battery voltage.

A hard reset, or simply disconnecting your battery for about a minute, then reconnecting, it will allow the system to reinitialize and should solve the problem.

 

Thanks for the info I;ve tried the battery disconnecting it still the same ,next thing hard reset ,?

 

I've bit the bullet and bought a new battery (the other one was tested and showing as ok) however the car is still playing up- the gauges are all over the place- false readings. It's ok when it's cold but changes after 2-3 miles. It is charging fine. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated (or anywhere I can send the clocks to be tested),many thanks

 

Grab electrical guide from workshop manual (free download) and look hard hoping for ideas about bad ... wiring? something else? ...