No dummy gauges in this truck...

[haider320]

In past vehicles, I have noticed the gauges, such as the oil pressure, engine temp, voltage, etc; would give a generic/base reading. They were dummy gauges and nothing more. I noticed at the stop light the other day my oil pressure was reading below 40 psi. As soon as I gave it gas, the gauge would show actual pressure and would continue climbing the more acceleration I gave. It actually works!!

Not that it matters to some but I thought it was pretty cool GM actually gave us working gauges that will give accurate readings.

[Carder09]

Weird, my 06 oil gauge, volt gauge, and temp gauge all fluctuate accordingly. Not sure what you are implying exactly....

[Northern Sierra]

in my 09 they always fluctuated too

[haider320]

Well, this is my first GM. I've always had Fords or Dodges, and my last truck, a Tacoma. None of them would show the oil pressure gauges actually move with throttle response.

[tanked_darren]

In past vehicles, I have noticed the gauges, such as the oil pressure, engine temp, voltage, etc; would give a generic/base reading. They were dummy gauges and nothing more. I noticed at the stop light the other day my oil pressure was reading below 40 psi. As soon as I gave it gas, the gauge would show actual pressure and would continue climbing the more acceleration I gave. It actually works!!

 

Not that it matters to some but I thought it was pretty cool GM actually gave us working gauges that will give accurate readings.

You know how much your gas gauge would move around if it was "accurate"?

 

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[mike94silverado]

GM trucks have always done that.... know what youre saying though my dodge never moved....

[kstruckcountry]

Weird, my 06 oil gauge, volt gauge, and temp gauge all fluctuate accordingly. Not sure what you are implying exactly....

Have you had a scanner of some kind hooked up while the truck is warming up or working hard? The gauge on the cluster is way off at those times.

[TJay74]

Usually it was the coolant gauge that would not move other than to the prescribed zone.

[Carder09]

Have you had a scanner of some kind hooked up while the truck is warming up or working hard? The gauge on the cluster is way off at those times.

Guess that's why they built resistors into the system. Just like the gas tank situation that was stated above. I don't expect exact numbers but I do expect an general reading at all times.

[2017SierraSLT]

Another pet peeve with F*RD is that the oil, voltage, and coolant temp never have numbers. What value is "C" and what is "H"? That and their gauges have zero sensitivity.