The mystery continues.....
DBS Theory
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Drifting
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DBS Theory
Has anyone thought about the little red lights on the top of the door that are for the locks? Do they blink all the time even when the car is off?
Also, what about the XM. The antena is always revieving a signal even when the car is off. Same w/ the OnStar.
Also, what about the XM. The antena is always revieving a signal even when the car is off. Same w/ the OnStar.
Drifting
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Clearly a number of people have had trouble with their C6 batteries. The problem I have with the notion of DBS is that it does not occur on all C6s, or even a lot of C6s. Most of us have not had problems with the battery. If door lights, Onstar, XM, relay 46, and other items noted were the culprits everyone would have DBS. I know for those of you who have suffered with this multiple times there is a real mystery going on. But why so few?
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From: Milpitas ca
Originally Posted by Chris Draper
Has anyone thought about the little red lights on the top of the door that are for the locks? Do they blink all the time even when the car is off?
Also, what about the XM. The antena is always revieving a signal even when the car is off. Same w/ the OnStar.
Also, what about the XM. The antena is always revieving a signal even when the car is off. Same w/ the OnStar.
DBS seems to hit Stick owners.
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St. Jude Donor '05-'07
Originally Posted by lagogarda
does it only hit stick owners who do not park car in Reverse???
Last edited by prs62; Mar 5, 2006 at 06:25 AM.
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Originally Posted by Chris Draper
Has anyone thought about the little red lights on the top of the door that are for the locks? Do they blink all the time even when the car is off?
Also, what about the XM. The antena is always revieving a signal even when the car is off. Same w/ the OnStar.
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From: Houston Texas
Originally Posted by benspruce
Clearly a number of people have had trouble with their C6 batteries. The problem I have with the notion of DBS is that it does not occur on all C6s, or even a lot of C6s. Most of us have not had problems with the battery. If door lights, Onstar, XM, relay 46, and other items noted were the culprits everyone would have DBS. I know for those of you who have suffered with this multiple times there is a real mystery going on. But why so few?
Hopefully the mystery can be solved. I have not had a problem in the year I've owned my mn6, but my mind would rest alot easier if the cause could be identified.
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Originally Posted by lagogarda
does it only hit stick owners who do not park car in Reverse???
DBS episode #1 occurred the night before I took delivery, at the Corvette Museum. Believe they know how to park an MN6.
3x since then. GM is apparently working on this problem.