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Need help with dic

Traeger2591

Traeger2591

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I installed the digital dic in my car, it's a 99 gt and I got the right dic and everything. I got it in and all the lights are coming on except the screen part. I tried changing the lights and that didn't fix it. Can anyone help me out?
 


Which one is the accessory wire? I just checked em over again and it looked like everything was right. I had a wire tester and not all wires were lighting up. Is that right or should they all light up? Only some of them would.
 


its getting power, i guess check all the grounds, it would be cool if you had a =nother DIC to plug in to see if it was the DIC or not
 
I checked the grounds and they seemed to be fine. Should that accessory wire be lighting up when I test it with a wire tester? Too bad I don't have another dic...ughhh...
 
I didn't tap my DLC wire into the the obd-II port. I just used the data wire from behind the climate controls. That shouldn't matter should it? I would think that if that was the problem the screen would just light up and show zero's or something. It's just not lighting up at all.
 


idk i did it just how the write up said too, except i put my +12V and accessory to my radio just because it was easier
 
lol ok blue, reeeeaaaal funny...haha.

Hmmm, well I hope it doesn't matter where I was supposed to tap into that at. It just doesn't make sense that it wouldn't light up at all. Which one was the 12v? Was it the orange one? The accessory wire was getting power like it should have.
 
Sh!t, I think I tried checking that orange wire and I don't think it was getting power. I'm not gonna go screw around with it now, but I'll check it in the morning. that would be nice if that was the problem. It'd be an easy fix.
 


Ok, so I got the display to light up. It's really dim but I could see it at least. The open doors were flashing, then they stopped flashing and the 0.0 for gas mileage started flashing. Does that mean its something to do with the data line?
 
Ok, everything is working right now. I redid the data wire to where the obd-II port is and it stopped flashing. I guess I shouldn't have tried to take the lazy man's way out in the first place. Just gotta get some new bulbs so the display isn't so dim but other than that it's good to go. Thanks for the help guys.
 
it may be dim because its acting like the headlights are on, does it dim with the radio display when the headlights are on?
 
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