Vehicle Information Display gone crazy

mike444

Hey everyone!

Im new here and this is my first post, I've searched for this on the forums and on google and nothing comes up. So hopefully I put this in the right section.

So heres the problem, I was driving back from work and when im about to pull in to my house the VID(digital gauge that reads mpg,temp,trip computer) goes nuts! The fuel gauge the temp gauge and the entire digital portion are all flickering and distorted.

Heres a video showing what happened at the moment, it subsides after I pause the video and then I began recording again which is what you'll see.

Music: Don't Fear the Reaper- Blue Oyster Cult lol

**The VID(and fuel and temp) is still flickering its not blank when I drove it this morning, I thought it could be the volts which look to be close to 15 but after reading through the forums 14.4 seems to be average. The service light is up because of the O2 sensor.



What do you guys/gals think I can and or should do,if you've had the problem before how did you solve it?

Update: Reset the ECU by disconnecting the battery, no positive result. Its still messed up.
FYI I know it was resetted because the windows don't automatically go up and radio is all back to default settings.

Trips

The only thing that you can try is to reset the ecu by disconnecting the negative terminal on the battery, and hope it clears it.

If NOT? A trip to the dealer will have to be made to diagnose, and check that cluster gauge.

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DEpointfive0

Yeahhhhh, I'm going to bet you need a new cluster...

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BGTV8

If it is only going nuts in one specific location, I suggest that our have a radio frequency source of some magnitude nearby. If there a power substation or transformer nearby for instance?

mike444

Im going to try that right now! I hope the dealer option can be avoided I have 60k on her.

No for a second I thought the same and maybe thought it was the battery voltage.

Looking through here my voltage seems fine and the idea you presented also came up... but its at my house when it happened and well I live there, this would have occurred way sooner and I drove it a couple miles today to no avail.

DOOMMONKEY777

Its those meddling aliens that r comming to get u.

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mike444

Just tried it, still going crazy :'(. I know it resetted because the windows don't go up automatically.

mike444

Nah...just called there complain department, alien representative said there more into those darn honda boys

megalapagas

Talk about your Z throwing Throwing a Tantrum xD, btw welcome OP best bet just go to dealer

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DEpointfive0

Jeezus, if it's not under warranty, which unless you got an extended warranty, I don't think it will be covered. And a new cluster is... $800-1000, especially because they have to program the miles and such.

If it isn't covered, PM me, let's talk

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Jordo!

Methinks the Reaper, to which B.O.C. refers, hath cleaved your gauge cluster's circuitry in twain with His dread scythe.

Head to the dealer -- its probably going to just get replaced.

EDIT: No warranty? Any other symptoms? It's possible it could be a loose or damaged connection.

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mike444

Indeed, and thanks for the welcoming!
Will do, Thanks
Warranty is gone, my Z has 59k on her, no symptoms she runs smooth although I did get into a front end collision to which it was hard enough for the airbag to deploy.

If it is loose how can I get to the wiring harness?

DEpointfive0

Realistically, there is your problem, either come thing broke or was never reconnected properly. If your insurance or the shop warrants their work, go there first

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mike444

I will update the thread as soon as I go back from the shop that repaired my Z

Kenny

That's definitely a strange problem.

Try going into self-diagnosis mode.

Here are the steps on how to do it according to the FSM:






Good luck! Let us know how it turns out.

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