Hi, I have a Chrysler Stratus (or CIrrus i think in US models) 1997. I have a blackout problem with odometer and rpm-meter specially in cold weathers. After driving the car 10-15 mins everything starts to work fine. I wonder if it is an electronic problem or a kind of connector problem. Does anybody have similar problem, and found a solution except bringing it to service?
Because im outside US and i dont have any chrysler service around.
Thank you.
I used to have that problem on cars with speedometer cables, that is, a real live wire going from the tranmissions to the gauge. Do you have this or a sensor which is all electronic?
Sometimes when things heat up, metals expand and connections are made. How to trouble shoot? You could blow cold air, freon gun or something. I'm guessing wildly here since no one responded yet. But I used to do electronic assembly and trouble-shooting, but not on cars. However cold and hot air is used to figure out intermittent problems. I guess you can't look at the car's computer in those beginning times when it does not work? Some cars used to have a key switch which would signal some basic trouble codes.
If it's an old-fashioned cable, sometimes they needed to be greased. I don't know if you have an old-fashioned speedometer cable. I would guess not.
Wouldn't "blackout problem" mean the lights quit working?
Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my adddress with the letter 'x')
yup, you're right. i missed that but the answer is maybe the same. it's a connector or electronics problem if it's completely dead until warmed up?
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