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Old 09-21-2004, 09:34 PM
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As I posted in another thread, I recently had a motor installed. Prior to the install the trip set worked flawlessly. Now after the install, everytime I turn the ignition off the trip resets itself to zero regardless of the mileage I have traveled. Good there be a bad memory wire problem or something? Any help is appreciated.
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Mine did this when the battery was dead or nearly dead. It didnt hold enough juice to keep the mileage so it reset nearly everytime I started the car.
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Mine did this when the battery was dead or nearly dead. It didnt hold enough juice to keep the mileage so it reset nearly everytime I started the car.
Hmm the battery guage shows it reading 14 volts all the time hmm...
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Battery is on its way out. The voltage you see is from the alternator. Load test the battery...
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Battery is on its way out. The voltage you see is from the alternator. Load test the battery...
Ok will try that today. Damn optima red tops.
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Make sure you don't have any corrosion on the terminal. Mine used to reset and when I replaced the terminal everything has been ok. More then likely its your battery though.
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Update, battery was low. Had it charged and then had the alternator checked to be on the safe side and I still get the same problem. It doesn't occur when you turn the key off the ignition, it still holds then, but when you turn forward and actually start up the car it clears itself.




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