My battery went dead. I tried to open the hood by connecting charger at fuse box. I got hood open and jumped start the car. Now lot of gauges in instrument panal do not work. Speedo meter, RPM, Fuel Gauge, Temp Gauge, Oil Pres Gauge all go dead. Anyone had this happen before?

 

Never happened to me and I don't recall hearing/reading about this set of symptoms before.

Did you perchance connect the jump start cables wrong? Or connect them with the ignition key on?

About all I can advise is check a fuse didn't get dislodged or burned out.

You might try pulling the fuse to the dash/gages to see if a 'power reset' fixes the symptoms. (In fact you might just replace this fuse. In some cases the fuse box might contain a spare fuse of the proper amp rating. Do not use a smaller or larger amp rated fuse!)

I do not know which fuse or fuses to pull... let me see if I can find something this.... I'll edit this post or make a new one.

Or you might try with the key off and removed disconnect the battery -- carefully following the steps from the owners manual) and then get in the car and press the brake pedal for a moment.

Afterwards reconnect the battery (following the steps from the owner's manual) and see if the symptoms have gone away.

Added: Row B, fuse 10 (15 amp) is the fuse for the instrument cluster, diagnosis, headlight beam adjuster circuits. I do not know what side effect pulling this fuse will have on the above items or any other items in the car. Nor do I know this will help in your car's case.

Oh the rows are letter from top (A) to bottom (E). The fuse positions are numbered from left (1) to right (10).

The large square (item F in my reference) in the lower left hand corner is the switch for the retractable spoiler. The plastic thing over on the other side of the fuse box (labeled H) is the fuse gripper. The bottom row of fuses are the spare fuses and this area is labeled G.

Or, you might want to consider taking the car to a qualified specialist.

Sincerely,

Macster.

 

Take a look at your fuses in position B1 and E1, B10 may be.....