Help!!! Emergency!!!
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Race Director
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From: Youngstown Ohio
Originally Posted by Tin Star
Microsoft blue screen of death. Disconnect battery , wait three minutes, reconnect and reboot.
Melting Slicks
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I would definitely take it to the dealer. If anything, to document it for the vehicle record for any repairs that need to be effected after the warranty expires.
Did it recently rain or did you wash the vehicle? I know from past ecxperience with my c4, my cadillac, my Excursion (thankfully not my c6
) That often times electrical problems can be as a result of water entering a wiring harness or other electrical connection that feeds data from the brain to the vehicle systems.
Good luck.
Did it recently rain or did you wash the vehicle? I know from past ecxperience with my c4, my cadillac, my Excursion (thankfully not my c6
) That often times electrical problems can be as a result of water entering a wiring harness or other electrical connection that feeds data from the brain to the vehicle systems.Good luck.
Originally Posted by coolcat
REBOOTING WORKED!!! Jason from AAA disconnected the battery cable and we waited 5 minutes. Then he reconnected the cable and I jumped in and she fired right up like nothing had happened! All systems seem to be working perfectly. I'am going to go wash and wax her later this afternoon. I've had this C6 since November 1st 04 and this is the first major problem and it's my daily driver. Question now is should I take it back to the dealer tomorrow and let them check it out? My Chevy/Caddy dealer has an excellent service department. Thanks again Tin Star for the info. U da man!
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From: Damn Connecticut Yankee
Originally Posted by coolcat
REBOOTING WORKED!!! Jason from AAA disconnected the battery cable and we waited 5 minutes. Then he reconnected the cable and I jumped in and she fired right up like nothing had happened! All systems seem to be working perfectly. I'am going to go wash and wax her later this afternoon. I've had this C6 since November 1st 04 and this is the first major problem and it's my daily driver. Question now is should I take it back to the dealer tomorrow and let them check it out? My Chevy/Caddy dealer has an excellent service department. Thanks again Tin Star for the info. U da man!
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From: Youngstown Ohio
Originally Posted by LOS ANGELES PI
I would definitely take it to the dealer. If anything, to document it for the vehicle record for any repairs that need to be effected after the warranty expires.
Did it recently rain or did you wash the vehicle? I know from past ecxperience with my c4, my cadillac, my Excursion (thankfully not my c6 ) That often times electrical problems can be as a result of water entering a wiring harness or other electrical connection that feeds data from the brain to the vehicle systems.
Good luck.
Did it recently rain or did you wash the vehicle? I know from past ecxperience with my c4, my cadillac, my Excursion (thankfully not my c6
) That often times electrical problems can be as a result of water entering a wiring harness or other electrical connection that feeds data from the brain to the vehicle systems.Good luck.
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From: North Western Connecticut
Originally Posted by Old Coot
Now you should get those simple tools you need to do it. Wrap them in some form rubber or bubble plastic and store them in your Vette, just in case.
... should always have some basic tools with you. Glad the reboot got it running again but take it in anyway.
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From: Of Mind
Originally Posted by SMJBA
looks like a loose battery connection
There's no "master reset" somewhere to the DIC?
Team Owner
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From: Arizona
Originally Posted by Thinker
Not to be a fool - but is there any easier way to do this than to disconnect the battery? Is there any fuse based option?
There's no "master reset" somewhere to the DIC?
There's no "master reset" somewhere to the DIC?
Drifting
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From: Winter Garden, Florida
Thanks for posting. Never know when something like that could happen to any one of us as well. Kudos to all the forum support you received. Glad it appeared to be nothing too serious for you other than some minor inconvenience. Hope it is nothing you will re-encounter.
Safety Car
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From: indianapolis indiana
would reboot it first..any trip to dealer might make it worse...look around. if you like broken body parts, scratched rims or body panels take it there often. if not do it yourself as much as possible
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From: Jacksonville Fl
CI 5-6-7-8-9-10 Vet
Originally Posted by Guitarstar
Yes take it to the dealer.
It should of threw some codes stored in memory.
It should of threw some codes stored in memory.
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From: MA
Originally Posted by coolcat
REBOOTING WORKED!!! Jason from AAA disconnected the battery cable and we waited 5 minutes. Then he reconnected the cable and I jumped in and she fired right up like nothing had happened! All systems seem to be working perfectly. I'am going to go wash and wax her later this afternoon. I've had this C6 since November 1st 04 and this is the first major problem and it's my daily driver. Question now is should I take it back to the dealer tomorrow and let them check it out? My Chevy/Caddy dealer has an excellent service department. Thanks again Tin Star for the info. U da man!
Good luck w/ the dealer. Hope it's nothing serious.
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From: Youngstown Ohio
Originally Posted by RedHot
If he pulled the battery cable, there might not be any codes left as the memory would have been cleared also.