Thread: Weird DIC/idiot lights issue

Have had my GTP since it was new with 5 miles on the odometer; bought it in 1998. On to the problem...

Just before my GTP turned over 200,000 miles a few months ago, the DIC started blinking every reading all zeroes. The TCS light also came on steady in the DIC as did the ABS light on the dash.

They went away and everything was fine, but they started coming back after a few hundred more miles.

After 200,000, (not exactly at, by the weay) they started to come on more frequently and eventually to stay on.

Now, at 209,000, this is the routine: key in ignition results in ABS and TCS lights coming on, followed by the DIC displaying all zeroes in about five to ten seconds.

This is inconvenient as I can't use anything like fuel used, oil life range or vehicle range on the DIC any longer.

Yesterday, the fuel gauge plunged to the bottom, then came back up to 3/4 of a tank where it should have been. Today, the "low traction" light came on briefly as I was just cruising down the freeway.

BTW, I plugged in an OBDII reader yesterday and there are no codes.

Anyone seen anything like this before?

Thanks for the advice, Zeff. Will check it out this weekend.

Oh, and to add a little more detail, the car isn't behaving as if the ABS or traction control is off.

Originally Posted by mainjet

I am subscribing to this thread because this is the same issue that I am having. The DIC goes to zeros, TCS light goes on and off, ABS light on and off, etc.

Have you discovered anything yet with your issue?

Nope. Tried the battery thing; it didn't work. I'm guessing it has something to do with the computer sending bad info to the DIC and the warning lights, but I don't know where along the signal chain that would happen.

By the way, the DIC works for the first few seconds the car has started, but the blinking zeroes take over within ten seconds.

Also, the TCS / ABS lights, which had been on steadily, started blinking last night and today. When they did that, the DIC cleared and now functions properly.