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Old May 1, 2006 | 02:03 PM
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Default Vehicle milage reads "ERROR"....wtf?

The car has been sitting all winter...started and driven from time to time. Today after doing some work, I took it for a test drive. That was the first time I had noticed this. The car ran fine...no SES light.

I pulled the battery cable and tried to reset the computer, which did not help.

The odometer is working as well as the speedo.

Anyone seen this before?

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Doug
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Old May 2, 2006 | 02:43 AM
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Speedometer EEprom Coruption. Not sure why it happened, Might just have to get another from ebay....
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Old May 2, 2006 | 05:15 AM
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Take a pic, I wanna see this.
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Old May 2, 2006 | 06:02 AM
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Take a pic, I wanna see this.
Make that two of us
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Old May 2, 2006 | 10:24 AM
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I'll go snap a shot now...I've got it. I dont know how to get it so that you can see it. It is too large to attach. Can someone help with this?

-Doug

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Old May 2, 2006 | 10:37 AM
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I gotta see this...
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Old May 2, 2006 | 11:04 AM
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Email me the pic and I'll host it.

anthony [at] cofba [dot] org
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Old May 2, 2006 | 12:02 PM
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I have a 98 cluster if you need it, it has the bottom gauges silver faced, but the large 2 gauges are still stock, (the gauges I was sent were for the wrong face plate setup.)

You can swap the faces with your stock gauge cluster.

Milage showing is sub 60K for this cluster.

Ryan
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Old May 2, 2006 | 01:42 PM
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I have sent the email. Thanks again everyone for your help.

So would a new cluster even help the problem, if it is caused by currupt information in the PCM?

-Doug
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Old May 2, 2006 | 01:52 PM
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Doug, serious WTF here

His pic:
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Old May 2, 2006 | 02:39 PM
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I have never even heard of such a thing! Weird!
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Old May 2, 2006 | 02:43 PM
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check the flux capacitor
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Old May 2, 2006 | 03:13 PM
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oh I know!! The blinker fluid is low, so when he turns it goes away from the pickup tube causing the mileage to read inaccurate!!! I got it!!!
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The PCM does not contain the milage info.

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Old May 2, 2006 | 03:58 PM
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Correct, its the BCM (Body Control Module).

Problem with those, there's so many variants, including within the same year.
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Old May 2, 2006 | 08:26 PM
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Ok well, Thanks everybody for your help (or maybe sympathy is a better word).

So where do I go from here?

The BCM is located where? Should I look at the harness for corrosion/ground? Any other thoughts?

Say the BCM needs to be replaced. How do I avoid problems with emissions when I go for my next "test" and they see a different mileage? I can not even remember the correct mileage, but somewhere around 112K.

I have been driving the car today and have found nothing else wrong with any BCM functions.

-Doug
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Old May 2, 2006 | 08:45 PM
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Wierd.....

Take it to a dealer?
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Old May 2, 2006 | 08:51 PM
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EEK!!! Dealer!?!?!?!?

my other problem is my lack of cats. Also the car has been tuned with LS1Edit some time ago (to delete codes for emissions).
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Old May 2, 2006 | 09:51 PM
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well, i already posted the EXACT cause of this, but my post got deleted.. Nice......
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Originally Posted by wait4me
well, i already posted the EXACT cause of this, but my post got deleted.. Nice......
PM me the answer, if you don't mind...

Bill
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