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Old 01-20-06, 08:37 AM
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well yesterday at work, when i tried to start my car, it died on me. looking at the battery i notice my positive side cable was loose. after wiggling the cable, my battery came back on,. when i started the car everything was fine but the thing is, i notice that my speedometer gauge went out!!!! what u guys think i should do? i tried checking my fuses to see if it was it, but i wasnt!! can u guys help me out? what should i do?




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Begin by thoroughly searching the forums. A while back someone had a similar problem where the fuel and temp pointers went off-scale after a similar incident. I believe the problem was solved by disconnecting the battery for some time (1/2 hour?) and reconnecting. See if you can find that thread. It may help. Good luck.
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thanks alot bro ill keep searching

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yup reset the ecu... remove the battery or the fuse

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Disconnect your bettary for 5 mins and reconnect everything will work fine.
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thanks guys appreciate the help


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Old 01-20-06, 03:19 PM
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the same exact thing happened to me........only difference is that my positive wasn't loose, the battery was actually dead....after i got a jump start and was driving home i noticed my speedometer was dead....AND my odometer was frozen, i tried disconnecting the battery for an hour and nothing....if you find the fix to this let me know PLEASE!
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