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Originally Posted by MRX37
The gauge gives an accurate reading when I'm sitting still. When I accellerate, the needle goes up, then plummets to empty when I hit the brakes. I'm wondering what the problem is now.
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Sounds like it's responding to the fuel sloshing around in the tank, depending on how it's wired this may be normal.
Some vehicles have an "Anti slosh" module, it just delays the response of the gauge so every hill and bump in the road doesn't make the gauge do what yours is doing.
I don't know if a 92 Dakota has an anti slosh module or not so I can't say if it's normal in this case. If it has one it's likely built into the cluster, or the gauge itself.
Ford used a plug in module on some of their vehicles from that era.