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Old Mar 7, 2008 | 09:38 PM
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So my battery voltage has always read low on the dic. It reads about 11.6 when just sitting w/o the motor running. When I put a fluke on the battery it reads 12.5ish. Is the dic just off or is this a symptom of a bad ground or a bad power connection. It has a newer battery and a newer alternator.
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Old Mar 8, 2008 | 07:21 PM
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probably just the gauge there is a recalibration procedure in the Tech 2
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Originally Posted by TYSON1997
So my battery voltage has always read low on the dic. It reads about 11.6 when just sitting w/o the motor running. When I put a fluke on the battery it reads 12.5ish. Is the dic just off or is this a symptom of a bad ground or a bad power connection. It has a newer battery and a newer alternator.
I have the same problem. Voltage on DIC is like 12V and the back of the alternator and battery is 14.5V.

Got a PM from a GM mechanic about my post saying that you need a Tech2 to adjust the signal into the PCM to correct gauge.
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Do the gauge on the insturment cluster and the DIC agree?
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Do the gauge on the insturment cluster and the DIC agree?

I know that mine agree, as they should since they are d=getting the signal from the same place the "PCM".
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