98 Grand Am Guages out of control

[ben442]

I have a 98 Grand Am whos gauges are lighting up like a christmas tree. I have checked the fuses, battery and alterantor at autozone and have met with no success, the car starts and runs good if not for the guages which are out of control. Anyone out there who has had this problem?

[GTP Dad]

Try the body control module. BCM it usually controls things like guages lights and etc. You may have gotten it early before it affected other systems.

[ben442]

Originally Posted by GTP Dad

Try the body control module. BCM it usually controls things like guages lights and etc. You may have gotten it early before it affected other systems.

Thanks, I will try that.
ben442

[wagam99]

I have the same problem. mine is a99 grand am se and what it does is; when I start the car the needles go all the way to the rigt and then return back to the left then the car drives normal . is this whats happening with yours?

[ben442]

Actually, ,ime keep going back and forth non stop.All the warning lights light up.

Ben442

[corey2225]

i have a 96 grand am and a 2000 on the 96 the gauges dont work it did the sane thing your doing i was told it might be the insturment cluster mines been broke almost 2 years i just go by the gas mileage . and for the person with the 99 my 2000 gauges does the same thing yours doing had it check at dealer and it suppose to do that

[brocsbar]

I had a similar problem with a car I was working on in my shop. All the guages would jump around and after extensive searching I found that the airbag module under the passenger seat was getting wet for years from the bad water problem on many grand am/prix. And after a while the car wouldn't even start cause the module was shorting and the car tought someone was stealing it.It can be disconnected and everything should work normal again except you Won't HAVE AIRBAGS!