'03 Silverado Driver Information Center problem

[FarmerJohn]

Got my '03 Silverado in December (LS model - no butons on the steering wheel).  After 400 miles the Driver's Information Center quit working completely (display went blank).  Dealer replaced cluster.

Driving away, I notice that when I cycle through the display with the little stick, it now goes from 'Odometer' to 'Personal' to 'Business' to 'Hourmeter' and back to 'Odometer'.  I think "Cool, now I have some extra functions.  Before it just said 'Tripmeter' instead of "Personal' and 'Business'."

Not cool - Problem is that the 'Personal' and 'Business' settings don't count up any miles.

I take it back to the dealer, and they say thats the right cluster for your truck, there is nothing we can do.  I called GM and they also do not know how to make the DIC behave correctly.

 

My question is how do I get my DIC to display the 'Tripmeter' instead of the 'Personal' and 'Business'? I know there should be a way to reprogram the cluster, but the GM service guys have no idea what to do.  What reference can I steer them to?

[Zane]

when you get the DIC to display "Personal", hit the reset button. This will turn the Personal counter on. Now you will see more options, such as tripometer, averge mpg, etc..

Doing the same to buisness, will also turn that option on, alowing you to keep two seperate accounts of milege, fule usage, and fuel ecconomy.  

[LarryE]

Our Dic is messing up to,  the mirrors won't retain their memory and keep getting locked in position and the radio volume goes up with speed and down with brakes...

 

the service guy said it was the body control module  which there is a TSB out for.. so we're taking it back to TN in march to get it replaces

[asepgrad98]

i had a buddy with a 02 s-10 that GM could not fix his fuel gauge. He drove it for a year and got all his  money back! :thumb:

[fmjcafe]

LarryE,

The volume changing on your radio is an auto volume feature. It automatically adjusts the volume to compensate for higher noise levels so the volume always sounds the same at various speeds. Take a look at your owners manual.

[FarmerJohn]

Mervz,

 

This would work if I had the steering wheel buttons, but all I have is the 'stick' poking out of the gauge cluster.  If the DIC is displaying 'Personal' or 'Business' and I push the stick it simply cycles to the next display ('Business' or 'Hourmeter').

 

Somebody please correct me if I am wrong, but my understanding is that if I do not have the steering wheel buttons, I should see 'Tripometer' and not 'Personal' and 'Business'.

[LarryE]

funny  how the service manager said it wasn't a feature and was messing up     goes to show ya...

 

 

Thats another notch in the reason I won't buy another gm belt until they remove the stupid s*%t like that.

 

Who's the moron that though up that stupid s*%t,   guess that gives me full enough reason to jerk the factory radio and onstar out.

 

Most ppl will probably think I'm picky  but when I'm listening to MY music, I do not want the volume to fluxuate till I TURN the knob, not some crappy computer

[lrymal]

...Most ppl will probably think I'm picky  but when I'm listening to MY music, I do not want the volume to fluxuate till I TURN the knob, not some crappy computer

Why not just turn the automatic volume-level option off, as per the manual???   Then you can twist away.  Just like in the old days.

[LarryE]

Why should anyone have to,  it's a stupid option  thought up by a stupid engineer.

 

Btw... unless the trailblazers have a different manual  from the 03 silvs ours doesn't show anything about the auto-volume feature...  maybe we got a bum manual... who knows

 

I hate the thought of having to buy an 80 dollar adapter to get the pioneer HU out of my silv to work in the TB.

[Zane]

Mervz,

 

This would work if I had the steering wheel buttons, but all I have is the 'stick' poking out of the gauge cluster.  If the DIC is displaying 'Personal' or 'Business' and I push the stick it simply cycles to the next display ('Business' or 'Hourmeter').

 

Somebody please correct me if I am wrong, but my understanding is that if I do not have the steering wheel buttons, I should see 'Tripometer' and not 'Personal' and 'Business'.

Eww. Sounds like they gave you the wrong cluster! You should not be seeing that options if you don't have the steering wheel controls!  

[JimG]

Hi everyone ...

Been looking around here for about 2 weeks now.  Bought a new 2003 GMC Sierra back at the end of December (my Sonoma gave up).  Anyway, here's my question:

the service guy said it was the body control module  which there is a TSB out for

Where can I find this TSB??  My truck seems fine, but I just want to read it and see what's going on.

[LarryE]

www.alldata.com

[TxDoc]

Read this thread and reigister for all of the following:

 

Maintenance reminders

Recall and safety information

Service history tracking

PDA applications

Your owner's manual

Vehicle value estimates

Warranty and service information

News and events

Special offers and privileges

 

Hope that helps. My truck had a recall on a possible battery drain and they emailed me.