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| Bob Mears | Last night I take the Prowler out for a spin. after about an hour my mirror info display goes blank. interior light still work and the little green light is still on, but no temp, mte, milage....nothing lights up. This morning its all back and working fine. Any ideas?
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| alrtg | I have had similar issues with my inside rear view mirror. When out for a drive it works just fine then I will make a stop for fuel or anything else then when I get on the road again the display is gone. Shutting the car off and starting it again seems to resolve the problem immediately so I have yet to investigate any further. P.S. My Kat lived in Texas early in it's life, maybe it's a Texas thing. This message has been edited by alrtg on 04-12-2014 at 06:51 PM |
| catfish | have no idea,if it happens again,unhook batt.cable that may reset it. ------------------
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| mslc10 | Had similar issues but gauges also weirded out. Cleaned ground cable from battery to frame cured mine. BTW I like to cruise with parking lights on and that dims the mirror's display to a point that I can't see ( hate that). This message has been edited by mslc10 on 04-14-2014 at 07:27 PM |
| catfish | do you know the dash lites are adjustable. ------------------
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| ALLEY CAT | quote:
Originally posted by catfish:
do you know the dash lites are adjustable.
I think mslc10 is talking about his mirror display lighting dimming down (which is normal),,,which isn't adjustable like the dash gauges are. Bob,,,I've had that similar situation happen,,,comes and goes Have a mirror display compass that will 'not re-set'....tried the manual procedure but doesn't help. Any ideas?
Other than Global Warming and the astroid crossing over Russia.... |
| RJGR0713 | Bob i had this happen last year. I figured out it was from my Garmin gps being on the front window too close to the mirror. Do you have anything near the rearview mirror? |
| WildCat | I've never had this problem I look into my rear view mirror and all I see is the rear view....... LOL But then again I have a 99 ------------------
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| ed monahan | I am with you Wildcat Larry, I couldn't figure out why everyone thought the new mirror was so nice, UNTIL I got the Candy and then I really missed it in the other ones. My truck is fairly bare bones so it doesn't have any gadgets and I sometimes miss the thermometer, etc in that also. This message has been edited by ed monahan on 04-14-2014 at 04:52 PM |
| alrtg | quote:
Originally posted by mslc10:
Had similar issues but gauges also weirded out. Cleaned ground cable from battery to frame cured mine. BTW I like to cruise with parking lights on and that dims the display to a point that I can't see ( hate that).
On my 2000 I inadvertently discovered that there is an "extra" position on the rheostat built into the headlight switch. If you turn the headlight switch knob from dim to bright and go further, it typically turns the courtesy lights on. What I discovered was there are actually two positions. The first position will make the instrument lighting and rear view mirror lights brighter so they can be easily seen during daylight hours and the second position illuminates the courtesy lights. |
| mslc10 | Alrtg ......... Amazing what you can learn on here ......and never would have found that out had I not put my 2 cents in! Thank you! |
| ALLEY CAT | Thanks Andria,,,,I'm going to try that feature out.... We learn as we go,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, |
| CCJ | First thing I'm doing when I get my Kat Friday is remove that giant rearview mirror and replacing it with a smaller less heavy one.
So mine will be for sale if anyone wants it. It's off a 2001 |
| alrtg | As additional information: When I first discovered about the two positions on the switch I was concerned that I might somehow run the battery down so I experimented with it and found that it did not drain the battery when in the first position. Sunday I started my Kat after a four month nap and it fired off on the first crank so I am confident it doesn't drain the battery. |
| stevedymo | The mirror computer readout will go blank if the signal is dropped from the BCM or Communication Bus. For this to happen is rare but if it continues you might want to check the connector plug behind the mirror. |
| mslc10 | My mirror went blank I unplugged the plug at back of mirror and plugged back in mirror came on fine |
| mslc10 | And went back out! I wonder if it has anything to do with the dreaded gas cap engine light This message has been edited by mslc10 on 07-11-2014 at 07:15 AM |
| Bob Mears | I wouldnt think the ck engine light would have anything to do with it. But mine has been on since I got the car over a year ago. And my mirror hasnt hickup'd again since the first time.
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| mslc10 | Still have no coorolation to what mirror is blanking out. When I unplug and plug it back in it doesn't seem to loose its memory , it gives me semi accurate mpg! |
