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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 09:37 PM
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Control Instrument Custer Flickering

Does anyonw know what causes this? The RPM/Gas gauages flickers, in addition to the radio, actually it seems like everything flickers inside. This problem seems to start when the car is cold and usually the flickering stops after 10 mins or so. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

ps: I took it to the dealers but they couldnt reproduce it. No error codes.
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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 09:44 PM
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Re: Control Instrument Custer Flickering

Originally posted by coppermine
Does anyonw know what causes this? The RPM/Gas gauages flickers, in addition to the radio, actually it seems like everything flickers inside. This problem seems to start when the car is cold and usually the flickering stops after 10 mins or so. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

ps: I took it to the dealers but they couldnt reproduce it. No error codes.
Usually when a car is cold (sitting outside overnight in cold weather) and ya start it up in the morning, it will happen. The car is trying to warm itself up and that happens. Normal, shouldn't be anything to worry about. As you notice, after 10 minutes, which is right about when the car is warmed up, it goes away.

Kinda like when ya wake up in the morning, still kinda sleep but gettin' there to full awake mode :p

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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 10:21 PM
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My car is also doing this. But it is not always just when starting it up. Just recently i drove for about an hour parked, turned off the car but had the key still in the ingnition, and it started flickering. I have no clue what this could be.
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Old Nov 23, 2003 | 11:22 PM
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My car is also doing this. But it is not always just when starting it up. Just recently i drove for about an hour parked, turned off the car but had the key still in the ingnition, and it started flickering. I have no clue what this could be.
In your case the car is telling you to take the key out of the ignition. It will flash the dash and fog lights five or six times. This is not the same as Coppermine's problem.
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