Instrument Cluster Interpretation
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Instrument Cluster Interpretation
I took the C7 for it's first little road trip. Well I was "having fun" with the car and putting it through it's paces. After a couple runs I noticed on the sport mode gauges it had a permanent yellow hue around the entire cluster. Going to track mode it also kept the first of the shift light bulbs yellow and lit.
What's this supposed to be telling me?
What's this supposed to be telling me?
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12 hours and almost 150 views and not one comment...
seriously?
Maybe I should rename thread to auto vs manual transmission or why (insert color) is the coolest.
seriously?
Maybe I should rename thread to auto vs manual transmission or why (insert color) is the coolest.
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I took the C7 for it's first little road trip. Well I was "having fun" with the car and putting it through it's paces. After a couple runs I noticed on the sport mode gauges it had a permanent yellow hue around the entire cluster. Going to track mode it also kept the first of the shift light bulbs yellow and lit.
What's this supposed to be telling me?
What's this supposed to be telling me?
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should not remain yellow, this halo should be telling you thaty the car is not warmed up enough yet for high roms , as such should go away when the car is sufficiently warm,,,you might have an issue with your DIC
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The ring around the tachometer, in Sport mode only I think, is normally a warning that you're approaching max revs for the temperature. You get a yellow ring when in the yellow rpm range not fully warmed up and a red ring when in the red zone. Shouldn't stay on like that. The original post confused me because I thought you meant a yellow ring around the whole cluster rather than the halo,ring around the Sport mode tachometer.
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Thanks for the info.
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To the OP: have you cycled the car off and on? Does it still do this?
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I took the C7 for it's first little road trip. Well I was "having fun" with the car and putting it through it's paces. After a couple runs I noticed on the sport mode gauges it had a permanent yellow hue around the entire cluster. Going to track mode it also kept the first of the shift light bulbs yellow and lit.
What's this supposed to be telling me?
What's this supposed to be telling me?
i have this ring pop up now and then with the oil and water about 180-190.....but i have noticed the trans. is still cold .
just telling you car is cold dont push rpms
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St. Jude Donor '14
Try again, the car was sufficiently warmed up.
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Did you turn the TC off or did the car? If the car did the shift light staying on at low rpm could be some kind of warning.
If it only did it one time chalk it up to rebooting the giant GM-made computer that is your car
Mine has done several weird things over the last nine months that a restart or overnight key-off cycle fixed on its own.
If it only did it one time chalk it up to rebooting the giant GM-made computer that is your car
Mine has done several weird things over the last nine months that a restart or overnight key-off cycle fixed on its own.
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Same thing I was thinking . Shouldn't be doing that in the low RPM range. It's supposed to be warning you it's probably time to shift.
. Shouldn't be doing that in the low RPM range. It's supposed to be warning you it's probably time to shift.