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Old 02-28-2011, 12:23 PM
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so i let my GTO sit for about 2 weeks i go to start it up and half my odometer is missing. . . . . i can get my mileage but everything above the numbers are gone, when i switch my traction control on and off you can only see the tire marks going sideways. this makes me feel like im driving a piece of crap because of how crappy it looks, are these repairable or am i going to have to replace my dash? electronics are not my favorite thing. please help thanks
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first thing I would do is disconnect the battery for a few minutes and reconnect.
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i reset my battery waited about 20mins before i reconnected it and now my cd changer stopped working. . . . WTF GTO?! mec error is what its giving when i tried loading my cd's. . . . quite upsetting.
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and same result, half the odometer is still missing
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you should of just let it warmed up. Mine did it but once it warmed up it all came back.
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You might try changing the battery. When your battery starts getting wonky, it can cause all sorts of weirdness.
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Originally Posted by Joeyelbows
you should of just let it warmed up. Mine did it but once it warmed up it all came back.
i did i drove it around today since it was one of the dryer days we have here in seattle lol . . .
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Originally Posted by Robofuzz
You might try changing the battery. When your battery starts getting wonky, it can cause all sorts of weirdness.
i guess i can try it, does it really make stuff go crazy? i have a ac delco right now. dated 09/09 so its probably time for a new battery any recommendations on a kind of battery thats not too expensive i really dont need a optima i dont have any fancy electronics or anything like that.
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i have a duralast gold in my Lightning. I love it. cranks easy in cold weather, haven't had any issues.
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Originally Posted by GreenBlood
i have a duralast gold in my Lightning. I love it. cranks easy in cold weather, haven't had any issues.
sounds like a autozone brand yea?
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Originally Posted by TuscanyLs1
i guess i can try it, does it really make stuff go crazy? i have a ac delco right now. dated 09/09 so its probably time for a new battery any recommendations on a kind of battery thats not too expensive i really dont need a optima i dont have any fancy electronics or anything like that.
Use a voltmeter to test your battery first. That is still a really young battery, no need to throw away $100 if you don't need to! Also, you can get pretty cheap multimeters if you don't have one. They are absolutely necessary when your troubleshooting electronics, good luck.
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Originally Posted by puma1297
Use a voltmeter to test your battery first. That is still a really young battery, no need to throw away $100 if you don't need to! Also, you can get pretty cheap multimeters if you don't have one. They are absolutely necessary when your troubleshooting electronics, good luck.
so stand alone 12v starter made it drop to 10.1 charging was 13.4, i pulled out the battery and the side are buldging a bit so im thinkin i might have a cell starting to go bad luckily i have warrenty on this ac delco 5 year free replacement guess ill stuff in a new one tomorrow and see what happens
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finally got a new battery. same thing. . . . probably gunna have to tear part this dash and get a new radio



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