91 GMC JImmy with a temperamental digital dash.

There was always a problem with the digital dashes, if you find a truck with one bad, usually the gas gauge will flash wrong, the temp wont work or sometimes the odometer will flash error. Good luck finding a good one at a salvage yard. I dont know what causes the problems, I think it is a design flaw, because I've never known someone to keep the same dash and fix it.

With the electrical, and other problems I have had with the two 98 Jimmy's I have I would not recommend anyone to buy one.

"Tim & Linda" wrote in news:K4KdncAjCYLow1jenZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com:

He can ship it away to get repaired. They'll just send him one that's been fixed and will keep his as a core. My mother had a '87 Cavalier Z24 about 15 years ago that went through digital dashes like they were going out of style. I think it's just Chevy's digital dashes. My uncle's '82 Chrysler Imperial's dash still works great. They're cool. I wish more cars had them. In the '80's, a lot of cars were available with digital dashes. I've never came across a car with a nonworking digital dash display, except my mom's Cavalier.

I had an 86 Z24 with the same problem your mom had.

Now are these coments specifically about the digital dash or mroe general electrical or other problems?

Tony

I had a '90 with the digital dash and had to have it repaired 3 times, once under warranty. IIRC, it was about $400 a pop at the dealer. I wouldn't reccommend one unless you can figure a way to convert to the non-digital dash.

Dave

I would think with a 12 volt system a poor system would effect all electrical devices. Low voltage or high spikes could cause anything to malfunction.

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The dodge 600s came optional with that feature.

The Shelby models were quick, no doubt I had one till someone liked it more than I did. But the 2.2 carb model wasn't that fast. Car and Driver did a shoot out, fastest production car in the late 80's or very early 90's. IROC Camero, Firebird, Mustang 5.0, Corvette(Chevy made them put a roll bar in it, and they locked 6th gear out) Buick V-6 Grand National, and the Dodge Shelby Omni, and a Turbo Lancer. Ford got their feelings hurt bad. Off course the Vette came in first, Ford dead last. Oh I almost forgot, the S-10 hot rod all wheel drive, blew the Vette away off the line, and only got beat by a car length in the drag test portion. As to the Voice alert, who could ever forget the constant nagging "A door is ajar, A door is ajar..." as you under the dash working on something. Whitelightning

"Whitelightning" wrote in news:l2zxf.24672$em5.677@trnddc05:

The Omni GLH was fast compared to most other econoboxes of its era. Most economy cars of that era had 60 hp 1.5 liter engines, but the Omni GLH had a 2.2 HO, along with optional turbo. The non turbo car put out 110hp and the turbo version put out 145hp. That was a lot of power back then, esp. in a small car. The hp to weight ratio was why the GLH was able to hang with the Mustang/Firebird crowd. Then later versions had either Turbo 1 or Turbo II specs. And then a lot of people tweak these cars with bigger exhausts and upgrading to Turbo 1 or 2 specs. The highest stock hp of an Omni GLH was 175. The 2.2 was a great engine. Real solid.