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Old 04-17-2008, 08:41 AM
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Gauge cluster displaying funny

So does anyone else gauge cluster look like this? It looks like the end letters are jumbled.




It's like this under a few settings, including personalize mode. The "ENGLISH" reads "ENGLISHH" and various other "errors" it looks like.

Just seeing what all I can have the dealer look at Saturday when I go in for some work.
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nah, nothing like but mine does really cool stuff like having a reading of 0mph and 0rpms with the security light come on while I'm doing freeway speeds. Then my power steering warning would blink. It's been fixed since then but I think all the years will start having problems soon enough.
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ive never seen that before, but my needles act up after i shut the car off sometimes. sometimes they twitch and move lower than normal.
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Originally Posted by Ryan88924
ive never seen that before, but my needles act up after i shut the car off sometimes. sometimes they twitch and move lower than normal.
that's normal though. Both my Cobalts did that.
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Originally Posted by Opi
So does anyone else gauge cluster look like this? It looks like the end letters are jumbled.




It's like this under a few settings, including personalize mode. The "ENGLISH" reads "ENGLISHH" and various other "errors" it looks like.

Just seeing what all I can have the dealer look at Saturday when I go in for some work.
You sir have an error in the EPROM that runs the DIC...something in memory is jacked and it cant display certain characters
Old 04-17-2008, 08:56 AM
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Hm. Well then. I'll have the dealership take a look at THIS as well Saturday, along with my rear bumper.

I did take out the battery yesterday to see if anything would reset. Didn't seem to fix anything.... As far as I -know- this car is completely stock.
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ya may just be a bad lcd
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1400 miles what did you do!!! i want that kind of mileage j/k man, yea it sounds like and EPROM error, get the dealer to fix that asap.
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In repose to the bad LCD, my TEMP/ODO displays -almost- fine. it reads "17524MMI"

Certain modes read pefectly fine, where others are jumbled towards the end. I'll just make the dealer fix it under warrenty. God I love having that already.
Old 04-23-2008, 02:44 PM
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So, finally took it to a dealership. I just got the phone call that they're going to replace the display. Boo rental car, booo.
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rental cars are so much fun omg, trash tht ****!!!!
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Originally Posted by Ryan88924
ive never seen that before, but my needles act up after i shut the car off sometimes. sometimes they twitch and move lower than normal.
dude same here! i got so freaked out the first time they started twitching.. at first i thought it was cuz i installed my system (stereo, amp subs, etc) but it only does that every now and then... not too often. its like whatever now.
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Mine did the same thing for the radio display. The radio would play music fine and function normally, but the display lit up every dot like that. They replace my radio and that fixed it.
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ahh lol

Originally Posted by 07LaserBlueSS
1400 miles what did you do!!! i want that kind of mileage j/k man, yea it sounds like and EPROM error, get the dealer to fix that asap.
i only have 1,500 miles lol

Originally Posted by cobaltguy88
dude same here! i got so freaked out the first time they started twitching.. at first i thought it was cuz i installed my system (stereo, amp subs, etc) but it only does that every now and then... not too often. its like whatever now.
it does that when the power to the car shuts off (you know like the power is still on for 10 min so you can play your radio when you turn the car off)

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