Last week I was able to get my car out in some-what decent weather. I turned the car on and let it warm up a bit and when I got in, I noticed that my trip odomiter was reset to zero. Now I didn't think much about it but after going to a friends house and coming back out after a couple hours, it reset itself again. What I need to know is if this is going to become a large problem, or is it just because it hadn't been run in probably 2 - 3 weeks. Any info is greatly appriciated

 

Which I just e-mailed to ya.

Cold weather causes this on the 99's only - low battery voltage may add to the troubles.

The "fix" was to swap instrument clusters for a new style circuit board that eliminated that problem - easy enough, but the car's PCM has to be reprogrammed to accept the new cluster.

This is pretty much a dealer only type scenario ...

(Reprogramming the PCM.)

The downside to the fix is that the readings on thre gauges may change due to a different cluster being used - on the SS, that caused my oil pressure to read lower , and the temp gauge to read hotter, than with the previous (original) cluster.

Drove me bonkers !

I finally went straight to the local reman house (where the dealers get the clusters as per GM ! ) and got it swapped for free, even though the dealer did not want to help.

I then had to go to the dealer to have the PCM reprogrammed to accept the new cluster - I had to fight to get a refund of the 1 hour labor charge to do so.

I got it, though !!

My advice -

Leave it alone !!

It won't cause any trouble that I know of, and it will go away by itself as the temps warm up.

Best of luck either way !!


Britt

 

Thanks for the information. It's nice to know its not a major problem. Now if I would decide to get this fixed, is this something I would have to pay for? I didn't buy the car new if that makes a difference. Thanks again


Rob

 

My bet is that you would pay for the repair as it is out of it's 3 year warranty.

Like I said, it doesn't hurt to ask - take a printout of the TSB with you when you go - don't do it via phone.

I hate to say , but most Service Writers don't know $hit about the products they deal with.

Pretty sad ...


Britt

 

My 99 did the same thing,luckily it was still in warranty when it happened.Dealer replaced the cluster.