overhead mileage readout is blank
 

go into my truck today and it was normal

stopped and got fuel and went somewhere and cut off the truck

when i came back out i noticed the overhead readout had lines through it

however the timer still worked and the compass still worked

but everything else was -------

any suggestionss

next time i cut if off and cranked it back op it worked fine

then it did it again

Re:overhead mileage readout is blank
 

My temp and compass reading very occasionally only has lines thru it. Shut it down and start it up and it is fine for weeks.

Re:overhead mileage readout is blank
 

Mine does precisely the same thing. Somewhere it's collecting data though - the trip odometer still matches the one in the dash even if I've been driving with "----" in the overhead console for awhile. I dunno if it throws off the mileage calculation. Sometime I'm going to get off my lazy butt and figure out my real mileage and see how accurate/ inaccurate that calculator is.

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Count me in as one who has experienced this abnormality. It has happened two times since I got my truck in January. After shutting the truck off it returns to normal the next time it is fired up. I am not going to lose any sleep unless it starts to occur a lot more frequently.

Re:overhead mileage readout is blank
 

Mine did it too,just the other day with 3100 mi.

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Me too...just shut it off and turn it back on and it works fine...but was shocked at first...

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::)
Mine does it as well. Turning the ignition off then on cures it, until next time. Has occured 3 times since May. Pete

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:'( Mind did it today for the 1st time. is there a fix

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From what i've seen, this is a common fluke with the overhead console. I haven't heard of any fixes as of yet, but I bet DC will eventually have some type of "flash" for it.

Stuck at 88
 

Mine was stuck at 88 a couple days ago. But then I found out that's what the actual temperature was :P

Vaughn

Re:Stuck at 88
 

[quote author=Vaughn MacKenzie link=board=17;threadid=17815;start=0#msg200970 date=1067025674]
Mine was stuck at 88 a couple days ago. But then I found out that's what the actual temperature was :P

Vaughn
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"88 Miles Per Hour Marty!" Your truck will be going back in time ;D

Re:overhead mileage readout is blank
 

This happened to mine too. FWIW, I drove a 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee rental the other day and it had an updated overhead console that we might get for 2004? The display is slightly different and has a very cool menu which allows you to set things such as "lock doors at 15 mph?" "auto unlock (all) doors when opening drive door?" "blink lights on lock?" "sound horn on lock?" and this one I like a lot "maintenance interval 2000, 4000, 6000 miles"...

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[quote author=njoverkill link=board=17;threadid=17815;start=0#msg200982 date=1067027294]
This happened to mine too. FWIW, I drove a 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee rental the other day and it had an updated overhead console that we might get for 2004? The display is slightly different and has a very cool menu which allows you to set things such as "lock doors at 15 mph?" "auto unlock (all) doors when opening drive door?" "blink lights on lock?" "sound horn on lock?" and this one I like a lot "maintenance interval 2000, 4000, 6000 miles"...
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Yeah this updated console is also mentioned in the service manual. Maybe I can convince the dealer to swap it out for me.......

Re:overhead mileage readout is blank
 

[quote author=njoverkill link=board=17;threadid=17815;start=0#msg200982 date=1067027294]
This happened to mine too. FWIW, I drove a 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee rental the other day and it had an updated overhead console that we might get for 2004? The display is slightly different and has a very cool menu which allows you to set things such as "lock doors at 15 mph?" "auto unlock (all) doors when opening drive door?" "blink lights on lock?" "sound horn on lock?" and this one I like a lot "maintenance interval 2000, 4000, 6000 miles"...
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The Jeeps have had that overhead display since at least 2001, and my sister's '03 Liberty has it as well. Unfortunately it doesn't look like it will make it's way into the Ram's ???

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My truck has done this one time...17,000 miles now.

I am ignoring it!

John