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Old 03-15-2011, 11:10 PM
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Checking if anyone else had noticed this at all. When either revving the engine or shifting into neutral and watching the tachometer needle drop in rpms I notice that the needle shakes around.. Like vibrations from the engine? Anyone else notice this?
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Old 03-16-2011, 03:44 AM
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do you have a sound system? extra bump in da trunk that is?
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Haha nope....would do it even when silent.....
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Old 03-16-2011, 07:58 PM
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I don't think mine does that. I'll check on the way home today.
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Old 03-17-2011, 07:36 PM
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My needle does not shake at all.
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Anyone else?

What could cause this??
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Old 03-17-2011, 10:10 PM
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My Tach and Speedo needles vibrate... but it goes with the beat coming from the hatch... LOL
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Can you post a video?
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I will try tomorrow during the day then at night and see what one you can see better..
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Old 03-30-2011, 07:13 AM
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will be getting the video up soon... but no one else has noticed this at all??? it worries me lol what could it be??
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I've been noticing this for a little while now and i hope that its not going to turn out to be a problem with my car. Toyota's already overfilled my oil a couple times so i just have a feeling im going to run into a lot of problems down the road. If you happen to figure out why the tach vibrates please let me know
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hey man mine des it as well between 3 and 2 thousand rpm on the way back down
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it might just be the fact that its cheap i mean lets face it we didnt buy no BMW or bently its a cheap japanese car and thats why we all love our tc's
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^
You bring up a very valid point, and its also good to know that its not a problem if everyone else is experiencing the same thing lol
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