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Replace instrument cluster or remove and check for cold solder joint on Circuit Board. https://www.6ya.com/callphilipforhelp

Loosen, then tighten front door hinge bolts on both sides. This is ground for instrument panel.

If gear indicator is stuck over tach needle, you can take dash apart or drill 3/8 hole with sharp bit over center of tach needle base, turn it counter clockwise while transmission is in neutral. Then find a 3/8 flanged plug to make all nicely nice. Good luck.

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Get the fault codes read first to get an indication on where you should start

Tach spring is breaking, you can get a seperate tach gauge in place of what you got. or how about this take dash out and get another tach gauge they are removable

take out tach instrument cluster. the circuit board on back of gauges is bad connection. fix or replace.

Try disconnecting battery for couple minutes and see if it starts working again I have done that in the past

I had same issue with my 2001 Windstar. To take the pointer needle back to its position without removing the Cluster, you will need to:
- Remove the head lights and dimming switch together with the bezel (left side of steering column). It is snap-fit, so just pull it softly from the edges
- From there, you will be able to peek and see the prndl and the red portion of the pointer stucked
- With a long soft stick (I cut a thin long portion from a manila folder, but you can also use a plastic flat stick or any thin card board material that you can cut like from cereal box) insert it into the prndl small opening between the Cluster lens and bezel to push the needle.
- If the pointer doesn't move at all and your paper stick is bended, it might be pretty stuck (due to the countinuous pushing while placing the shift is P). For that, you can use a wood stick, like a chopstick, to un-stock it. Same thing, insert it trough the opening. Do not insert it all the way, as it will not fit. This is just to unstock the pointer with the chopstick tip.
- Once it is unstuck, get back to the paper stick and now insert it again and push the pointer up until it gets back to 0 by itself.

It is higly possible that your pointer will be bend at this point (again due to the continuous pushing of the shift at P). So you might want to consider removing the Cluster lens to bend it back straight.

Important: There are several comments that it is due to some ground connections issues on the cluster, which might be true. I haven't try finding it. Your pointers will eventually jump crazy again some day. In my case this happens 2 times a year (for the last 3yrs). If this happens again, hit the top of the panel hard with your hand and the pointers will jump back.
Due to this, it will be up to you if you want to remove or replace the cluster. I didn't find it worthy.
Good luck!

This is a classic symptom of a defective driver in the tach's circuit board, it can be repaired by a authorized GM electronics repair center.