[wludavid]

I had finally started feeling pretty confident in my e30's reliability, so I was driving somewhere for work on monday that was about 2 hours away. I was almost there when I drove over some railroad tracks going a little faster than I should have. Just as I got to the other side of the tracks, I notice my tachometer dropping. Thinking my car had died, I pushed on the gas and was a little surprised to feel it surge. Then I noticed that my fuel, coolant, and mileage gauges had also dropped to their "off" positions. And since my odometer had already stopped working, I had to chuckle. The only things functioning on my gauge cluster right now are the speedometer and the ABS light which has been on for months (which incidently, I need to have repaired before it can pass inspection in Virginia, so I guess I'll take it apart and fix it all at once).

I suspect the jar from the railroad tracks knocked loose the common ground to the cluster, so they all failed at once, but I wanted to post to see if anyone else has run into this problem.