10 replies to this topic

[Morgan]

Oh hai

 

Katie didn't quite close the tail gate on Saturday so the light had completely drained the battery. Tried to charge it up using jumper leads on the Calais but that no worky. Called the NRMA and they jumped it for me with no dramas. He left and I took it for a drive to charge her up.

 

I promptly noticed that the speedo and tacho gauges weren't moving and the odo/out temp display was blank...

 

Weird...

 

 

Did some Googling and some dude had the exact same issue (flat battery > jump start > cluster issues)

 

Looks like the jump has sent a surge through the system. All he had to do was unplug and replug the 'dash module' a few times and it worked again.

 

Does anyone know what the dash module is? Is it just one or both of the two plugs that connect the cluster? Or something else?

 

How serious is getting a surge from a jump?

 

Cheers

[Robert]

Might be worth disconnecting the battery, leave it for a bit and reconnect it. May work

[skillionaire]

Hi,

 

First thing I'd check is if the car is upside down.

 

Cheers,

Nik

[Barbbachello]

Hi,

 

First thing I'd check is if the car is upside down.

 

Cheers,

Nik

First thing i check when im trouble shooting

[Cam.]

Pull the negative terminal off, Decharge the system, Throw it back on and see what you get.

May need to re-boot everythang'

If not, Start checking fuses.

Surges are nasty, Nasty things.

[Morgan]

Rob and Cam - cheers guys. It worked!

 

Nik - the real thanks goes to you. Couldn't done it without your advice

[Robert]

madd, luckily it did not do any damage.

[Morgan]

Yep!

 

If it did, I'd be hitting up the NRMA for damage control

[Robert]

Did you get the guys name? I might know who it is.

[Morgan]

Didn't get his name.. Was a younger bloke in a BT50

[Robert]

Nah don't think it's the guy I know. He's a shortish darker skined guy.