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Old Dec 26, 2011 | 09:41 PM
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I have random lights in the center driver lcd screen and was wondering if this could clear them? What else can this do besides read codes, is it worth it?
 
Old Dec 26, 2011 | 10:24 PM
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That won't do anything for the center lights. It's for your cel/mil
 
Old Dec 27, 2011 | 12:34 AM
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The codes will come back until you fix the problems.

Disconnecting the battery for 30 min will clear the codes. Make sure you have your radio code before you do that. One they're cleared, head to autozone and have the codes checked and post them here.
 
Old Dec 27, 2011 | 09:20 AM
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What lights are you seeing in the center LCD screen? Usually those are important...
 
Old Dec 27, 2011 | 09:43 AM
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Yeah that means you need to fix something. LCD stuff sows you when you brake pads are low and lights out ect you can't clear those they go away when you fix the problem. But if you want an out of site out of mind approach use some black tape to cover it
 
Old Dec 27, 2011 | 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by BaconBait
The codes will come back until you fix the problems.

Disconnecting the battery for 30 min will clear the codes. Make sure you have your radio code before you do that. One they're cleared, head to autozone and have the codes checked and post them here.
Reverse that. Codes can't be checked unless they're there. If he clears them and goes to Autozone or wherever nothing will happen because there will be no codes to check.
 
Old Dec 27, 2011 | 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by TaConklin
Reverse that. Codes can't be checked unless they're there. If he clears them and goes to Autozone or wherever nothing will happen because there will be no codes to check.
What he ment was clear the codes drive around to see which once come back then go get them scanned to see what needs fixed.
 
Old Dec 27, 2011 | 04:30 PM
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Ahh, gotcha.
 
Old Dec 27, 2011 | 06:09 PM
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But as I stated first and others state. A scan tool won't fix/help fix the LCD "codes"
 
Old Dec 27, 2011 | 06:21 PM
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they are easy problems to fix in the center lcd. like washer resivor empty, brake light out, oil temp. the normal stuff you should see that it gets fixed
 



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