Christian Shawn Bledsoe Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 just bought a 97 deville with 140,000 on it..great condition until today,,dash board read check airbag anf theft issue..car might not start..plus defost came by itself and dash would go blank...i replaced battery cleaned all terminals and ground to battery..then it wouldnt start because of theft issue so i dissonnected battey twice and let it sit each time....finally started and no dash board issues until 30 minutes later..battery still has a full charge and i cleaned the key..but its doin g the same thing again..could it be dirty fuses?? help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Dont know about the '97....but on the '92-95 STS ones...that was a known failure mode of the IPC. Most data would blank out '--' Defrost mode turns on Different warning messages...'stop engine...low oil pressure' kind of stuff. Depending on the year, the Deville and STS shared a very similar IPC. In addition, it is very difficult for a cluster repair facility to catch this failure mode on the workbench. They may even claim the IPC tests out fine. Could also be a network issue. If one of the computers goes bad on the network it scrambles all the data. I'm sure someone will ask you to check the codes. Logan Diagnostic LLC www.airbagcrash.com www.ledfix.com www.ledfix.com/yukontaillightrepair.html www.ledfix.com/ledreplacements.html www.ledfix.com/j42385toolrental.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Shawn Bledsoe Posted February 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 can i reset it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Shawn Bledsoe Posted February 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 this is the instrument panel clusterf right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Shawn Bledsoe Posted February 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 also the idiot that had it before put a new cd player in it that no longer has power...then sometimes it does..is this the issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan Posted February 22, 2014 Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 Yes...talking about the cluster. IPC = instrument panel cluster. You cannot really reset it like a PC. Being a intermittant problem will make it very tricky to find. Being there is a aftermarket CD player is certainly a clue....I would inspect the CD player wiring before anything else. Logan Diagnostic LLC www.airbagcrash.com www.ledfix.com www.ledfix.com/yukontaillightrepair.html www.ledfix.com/ledreplacements.html www.ledfix.com/j42385toolrental.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Shawn Bledsoe Posted February 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2014 i also read if i take the ipc fuse out and clean it it might help..the pevious owner lost the fuse cover and i have no idea which one it is i need a diagram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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