Overhead Computer Display

[FOXY005]

Has anyone else had this happen ?

I went to my buddies house last night to pick something up, about a 25 mile drive.
Hung around for about 45 minutes and shot the bull.
Got in the truck and keyed it up but I didnt wait for the wait light to go out because I knew it was still hot, lit it off and noticed that the overhead display was on bright and I had it dimmed with the switch.
The display for the compass was working but the right side of the display read _ _ MPG and all the rest of the displays on the right side were the same 2 blanks with the letters showing up.
Drove a couple of miles down the road and thought I would experiment, pulled into a Diner parking lot and shut it off.
Rekeyed it and waited for the light to go off, started it and the overhead display was back to normal working order again.
I quess the computer is fussy about running its full sequence before you interupt it.

 

[Big K]

I have not had that happen. I never start 'til light is off. Just a habit that has set in. Been 15+ years now, so I guess that's to be expected. Mebbe I'll try it one of these days.

 

[gotdiesel?]

I had exactly the same thing happen, same remedy, from then on, always waited for the light to go out, not a problem since

 

[Gooch]

I wish i had the overhead infomation center..

 

[94matt]

Besides the obvious intake grids, the computer does a gauge check when you turn the key on. You're freaking out the computer by not letting it complete the gauge check most likely.

Matt

 

[lschultz]

I have heard of this happening before. Never happened to mine. There's lots of times I get in it and start it up when it has only set a few minutes.

 

[FOXY005]

WOW.......I can't beleive this came back to the top.
I started this thread this over a year ago.

Larry put a "K" on that "now" to make it a "know" in your sig.
We don't want to confuse them CHICKens cause they might stop laying