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Old 01-06-2011, 10:43 PM
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Default Instrument Cluster Gone Bad? Possible?

When I start my car and drive it, I get a

- CEL (from the tune, says shifter solenoid bad)
- Parking Brake On light
- ABS inop
- Low traction flashes on and off alot
- a Red Box Looking light at top of gauges, looks like an arrow pointing down to a fluid
- other various lights when it feels like it

Is it possible my cluster has gone bad? Or is my car just really messed up? I know the parking brake is not on, and that ABS works, and I know im getting traction putting along at 30 even if it is flashing "low traction"

Help? Anyone had this experience?

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If it was me I would unhook the positive terminal on the battery for alittle while then hook it back up and see if that helps.
Old 01-08-2011, 09:22 PM
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I will do that after it gets back from hooker header installation.


Any other thoughts? Can these go bad?
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Yes. It happened on my brother's WS6. He had to send it out to be repaired. But before you take that step, make sure your grounds are all good and your battery doesn't have an internal short.
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I seen used ones o Fleabay for 29 dollars.
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Sounds like a BCM issue to me...



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