[Mid-life Camarisis]

I had a strange issue a few months ago. One day, I started the car and the tach stayed at zero. I drove around, got on the highway, shifted through to 6th, and the tach was still at zero.

Then I arrived, parked, shut off ignition. When I next started the car, the tach was working normally again.

This issue has not appeared again so far. Should I be worried? Has anyone else experienced such issue?

[bishopts]

Very strange. I would lean toward the cluster being the problem but kinda hard to say if it isn't doing it anymore.

[The Maverick]

Originally Posted by Mid-life Camarisis

I had a strange issue a few months ago. One day, I started the car and the tach stayed at zero. I drove around, got on the highway, shifted through to 6th, and the tach was still at zero.

Then I arrived, parked, shut off ignition. When I next started the car, the tach was working normally again.

This issue has not appeared again so far. Should I be worried? Has anyone else experienced such issue?

I had that happen twice with my 2016 1LT V6 automatic. It would have been between 7,000-46,000 miles. The occasions were some months apart. It appeared to be a rare intermittent event that wasn't worth chasing down since it "fixed itself" twice (although during the first drive I was thinking what troubleshooting and cost I might be incurring). Same as you, next time I drove the car, the tach worked normally.

[Taco-Giz]

Happened to me a few times. I noticed it occurred when I had slow cranking issue, and I shift into Drive too quickly before the dashboard fully powers up.

Since then, I’ve replaced the starter, battery, and I now always wait for the tachometer self-test to complete. I haven’t had the issue since..