Gauge issue. Kind of cool actually.

Luke003 · Post by **Luke003** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 9:24 am

I drive an 04 sxt, and a few days ago I notice something strange when I started my car. It's been really cold out lately, and even though my starter has never had a problem before, it struggled a bit. I wasn't surprised by that, but when the engine did finally start, my gauges maxed out. They then proceeded to perform a very cool sweep back to normal, but stopping at the quarters of the circles.

I'm fairly certain this is a bad sign of some sort of electrical failure, but has anyone ever seen this before?

gtxtreme19 · Post by **gtxtreme19** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:19 am

I would guess its your battery or terminals or cables.

r/tguy02 · Post by **r/tguy02** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:23 am

yeah your batt is about to take a dump on you

Hudson_Neon · Post by **Hudson_Neon** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:33 am

Luke003 · Post by **Luke003** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:39 am

Ok, that makes sense. Thanks for the info. I almost wish I could make them do that on every start-up, ya know without the whole battery failure thing.

Post by **occasional demons** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:51 am

IIRC, hold the odometer reset button, key on, and release the button after a second or two. I don't think it will work is started tho.

Enjoy.

Luke003 · Post by **Luke003** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 11:01 am

occasional demons wrote:IIRC, hold the odometer reset button, key on, and release the button after a second or two. I don't think it will work is started tho.

Interesting. What will that do exactly?

r/tguy02 · Post by **r/tguy02** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 11:08 am

^ what your cluster is doing on startup right now

Luke003 · Post by **Luke003** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 11:17 am

I see. Is there any particular reason for that function?

Post by **occasional demons** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:27 pm

Basically a check for the cluster.

Jeep self test About the only self diagnostics you can do on '97 through '99 Jeeps

Luke003 · Post by **Luke003** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 1:34 pm

Hmmm. It's a cool sweep. I've always been a fan of sweeping gauges. Too bad this is just a problem...

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 3:15 pm

http://www.srtforums.com/forums/f75/how ... ep-578892/

Luke003 · Post by **Luke003** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 3:40 pm

Jenni wrote:http://www.srtforums.com/forums/f75/how ... ep-578892/

Holy hotness. I was running some ideas in my head, but that saves myself the struggle. Now the only thing I need to do is figure out for sure why it's tripping w/o the mod. I'm replacing the battery as soon as I get off of work..

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 5:28 pm

it has to do with your battery. someone wrote that in the how-to or somewhere else in SRTforums...

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 6:33 pm

Low battery voltage. Quite a few vehicles do that.

Post by **occasional demons** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 7:21 am

Yep, it's a common, and well know issue, at least on this forum.

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:57 am

my battery is almost dead - and i don't have the sweep.
(damned cold outside and i pray everytime again that the engine will start. often i only hear the starter relay but than it cranks very very slow....)

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:42 am

Is the battery actually almost dead, or just very cold? The CCA rating is only down to 32°

Post by **occasional demons** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 12:01 pm

That would be 0ºC for him. IDK what ratings they have in Germany.

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:09 pm

at the moment -11°C (like 12F)
it is freaking cold AND the battery is total worn out.
It was dead empty one day in the summer.
But i was too lazy and stingy to buy one...

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 2:20 pm

Ah...