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Old Dec 7, 2011 | 02:42 AM
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for the past two days i go to start up my Z and the mph and speedo sweep like a c5 and c6 vette would do. it also resets my trip odometer. i live in abilene, tx and its been pretty cold here so i dont know if the temp would have anything to do with it. want to know if anyone else has ran into this problem. thanks guys
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Old Dec 7, 2011 | 07:19 AM
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for the past two days i go to start up my Z and the mph and speedo sweep like a c5 and c6 vette would do. it also resets my trip odometer. i live in abilene, tx and its been pretty cold here so i dont know if the temp would have anything to do with it. want to know if anyone else has ran into this problem. thanks guys
battery is taking a ****.
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Old Dec 7, 2011 | 07:21 AM
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Let me guess, the car is a 99? Mine would do that now and then and it would do it everyday when it was colder out. Changed battery and fixed the issue for now, until it's time for a new battery again.

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yea its a 99. well thats an easy fix. i just bought it a couple months ago and the previous owner neve said anything about it. but he really never drove it considering i bought it with 33k on it
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Probably has the battery from the factory in it still if he never drove it. It's a common issue on 99's. Battery fixed it for me, until this last month before I put my car away for the winter it happened maybe 3 times on mornings when it was below 32 out.
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