Speedo and tach acting up

[PocketRocket]

hello everyone, was driving around yesterday and decided to pull over just to see the sights, and when i started my car back up the speedo and the tachometer started sputtering up and down quite quickly ( say in between 0-20 km/h) and the tach was reading zero and sputtering just above that.. it only happened for a few moments but I was kinda at a loss for words when it happened. I have seen it before in much much much older vehicles... any suggestions?

[Howie]

Woah.. That could be a ECM/BCM issue. or something wrong with the cluster. Was the engine sputtering or the tach?

[PocketRocket]

it was both the tach and the speedo sputtering, but no the engine seemed like it was running fine.

[Howie]

Did the backlight of the instrument cluster go out?

[ptbo micra]

Mine was doing this when my battery went. Since I've had a new battery I have not seen it again. Possibly low voltage right after engine start.

[Howie]

That or a faulty connector at the back of the cluster is what I was thinking. Battery might have had just enough oomf to turn it over, then had a voltage drop after starting.

[PocketRocket]

I don't think it was the batter, as it started fine, and I had been on an hour or so long drive before I turned off the car. It remained off for all of a few mins ( literally; it was too cold to remain outside of the vehicle for much longer in sneakers) while I was looking at the scenery, and when I went to go start it it started fine, but the two gauges just seizured for a few seconds... not long enough to even record it. The absolute best way I could describe is a similarity to this video.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnmoCHEdK6s ... except the car was not in gear and was still parked. Both the tachometer needle and speedometer needle did this, except it was doing this easily at 2 times the speed ( speed up the video to see what i mean ).

[Howie]

Ok, i see now. And im kind of stumped.. Older cars that had a cable for the speedo, this was a sure fire indication that the gears inside were shot, but as far as I know, the micra doesnt have one... Has it happened again?

[MetroMPG]

I've seen that happen with a faulty relay.

EDIT: have you searched the Versa / Note forum? Just about any problem the Micra may have has probably already been seen in those cars.