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Old Oct 9, 2006 | 07:42 PM
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I hope you can help. I was in a major rain storm two weeks ago. I went through alot of water with the car. I through everything was ok. I have driven the car 4 or 5 times since the storm. But today driving home the dash went crazy. All the different lights went off. The rpm needle went back an forth, the speedometer needle did the same thing. The climate control came on also. And the last thing was the traction control and abs went on and stay on until I hit the reset on the dash.

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Originally Posted by grunz95
I hope you can help. I was in a major rain storm two weeks ago. I went through alot of water with the car. I through everything was ok. I have driven the car 4 or 5 times since the storm. But today driving home the dash went crazy. All the different lights went off. The rpm needle went back an forth, the speedometer needle did the same thing. The climate control came on also. And the last thing was the traction control and abs went on and stay on until I hit the reset on the dash.

Thanks in Advance.
Gary
Sounds likes the computer might have gotten wet. Lift the carpet in the passengers footwell and see if it is damp. Check the BCM if it appears damp unhook your battery and take the BCM out and dry it. You can carefully use a hair dryer--let it dry for a day or so. Also check the connectors on the BCM to make sure they are clean. Usually if it was wet it is caused by the A/C vent udders clogging. There are several posts on how to clean them. Do a search Hope this helps
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Old Oct 10, 2006 | 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by GRAY BEARD
Sounds likes the computer might have gotten wet. Lift the carpet in the passengers footwell and see if it is damp. Check the BCM if it appears damp unhook your battery and take the BCM out and dry it. You can carefully use a hair dryer--let it dry for a day or so. Also check the connectors on the BCM to make sure they are clean. Usually if it was wet it is caused by the A/C vent udders clogging. There are several posts on how to clean them. Do a search Hope this helps
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