Q: My Tach doesn't read correctly sometimes. Power locks and wiper blades don't work all the time.

asked by on November 18, 2016

Start the truck up and the tach will read 500 rpm most of the time when cruising (Truck sounds just fine). Power Locks on the doors, and the wiper blades dont work all the time. Sometimes when they dont work, I will turn the truck off then on then they work just fine.

My car has 130000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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