Giberish on my dash DIC readout?
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Burning Brakes
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From: Rainier Oregon
Giberish on my dash DIC readout?
I had my battery unhooked, pluged it back on, went to start my car, & noticed "Giberish", (incoherant letters & a few #'s in no particular order) on my DIC display. Every button I pressed did the same giberish thing. I went back & unhooked my battery, then immediately hooked it back up, & my DIC display went back to normal & I could read it. Is this possibly a sign that my DIC button cluster on my dash is getting ready to take a dump on me, or might it be my computer? Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Last edited by Big Red Machine; Dec 30, 2009 at 01:25 PM.
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From: Anthony TX
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St. Jude Donor '08
Try disconnecting and reconnecting the battey. Leave it disconnected for a couple minutes. Once its reconnected, attempt to clear all the DTCs. Always disconnect the negative side first and reconnect the neg side last.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Rainier Oregon
I was disconnecting the positive side instead of the negative. I will take your advise, & reverse my procedure.
Le Mans Master
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From: Hillsboro OR
If you didn't, you probably applied some voltage to the display module without a reference (ground) causing the "Spanglish". Re-applying the power cleared it up. 
