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Old Mar 30, 2002 | 09:19 PM
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Default Instrument cluster blinks SYS...what does this mean?

I went riding in my Vette this morning and the instrument cluster start to blink "SYS". Does anyone know why it does this?
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Old Mar 30, 2002 | 09:20 PM
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do you have a stock or aftermarket stereo???? how old is your battery???
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Old Mar 30, 2002 | 09:26 PM
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do you have a stock or aftermarket stereo???? how old is your battery???
Stock radio and the battery is about 8 months old.
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That is your central control module fault warning. It is just like your sevice engine light on your ecm. To pull the codes from its diagnostic system ground pin G of the ALDL connector. The screen will then flash the affected codes.
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Thanks!
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Old Mar 31, 2002 | 07:01 AM
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sorry, went to bed early :seeya
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bdtenore is right on......the SYS warning is a fault message of the CCM (Central Control Module) which is mounted under the dash board right behind the HVAC control and the radio. to get ot it you need to remove the knee bolster on the drivers side and maybe another panel and reach behind the radio/HVAC controls to remove the CCM mounting and slide it out to the drivers side. I once had a masive computer failure on my 96 LT4 convertible and GMPP replaced the PCM and CCM, only ot find out it was a A/C relay that fell off its post and was hanging upside down where it ran full of water.....
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