Trip meter resets itself
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I have a 98 S-10 with a digital odometer. The trip meter intermittently resets itself to zero when the key is turned off. I can’t reproduce it for the dealer, so he can’t offer any suggestions about fixing it. Anyone else have such a problem? Dick Evans
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> I have a 98 S-10 with a digital odometer. The trip meter > intermittently resets itself to zero when the key is turned off. I > can’t reproduce it for the dealer, so he can’t offer any suggestions > about fixing it. Anyone else have such a problem? > Dick Evans
My 88 Grand Prix does the same thing! Trip/Odo in the "trip" position. 9 times out of 10, it resets after I’ve turned off the ignition and restarted the car. Only once in a blue moon does it actually keep the "trip" total. More recently, when I have the trip/odo selected in "trip", the mileage total on the speedo flickers between the current trip total and the odometer total. At times, the panel even displays the "odometer" total continuously even though the panel switch is always in "trip". It’s more an annoyance than anything. Funny how the car’s odometer never forgets how much mileage is racking up in total! I’m more pissed off with crappy designs on GM J-body vehicles like: corrodable heater coolant hoses, seizing rear brake calipers and, yes . . . the famous peeling paint syndrome! (I have learned that a printout of the DSBs (dealer service bulletins) available from many automotive consumer advocate groups goes a long way towards getting some satisfaction with the dealers). D.T.
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My 89 Grand Prix does the same thing, along with an even worse problem, the gas gauge always reads full. If anyone finds the answer, lease post it.
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I had my 98 Blazer at the dealer today for the same thing. They said my battery had an internal short and was only putting out 7 volts.They replaced the battery and so far it is holding the trip mileage. On the other hand a source for Delco Electronics says a service bulletin went out this week to replace the circut boards in the instrument panel. Hope this helps – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >I have a 98 S-10 with a digital odometer. The trip meter >intermittently resets itself to zero when the key is turned off. I >can’t reproduce it for the dealer, so he can’t offer any suggestions >about fixing it. Anyone else have such a problem? >Dick Evans
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>On the other hand a source for Delco Electronics says a service >bulletin went out this week to replace the circut boards in the >instrument panel. Hope this helps
You wouldn’t happen to have a reference number of some sort for that bulletin, would you? Dick Evans
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> I have a 98 S-10 with a digital odometer. The trip meter > intermittently resets itself to zero when the key is turned off. I > can’t reproduce it for the dealer, so he can’t offer any suggestions > about fixing it. Anyone else have such a problem? > Dick Evans
My 98 Sonoma does the same – and it is only 3 weeks old. Sometimes when the key is turned off; but always overnight!
