| Subject: | Intermittent Digital Instrument Cluster Concerns (Reprogram Instrument
Panel Cluster (IPC)) |
| Models: | 2000 Cadillac DeVille |
| SOP Through VIN Breakpoint YU229401 |
This bulletin is being revised to clarify the correction procedure.
Please discard Corporate Bulletin Number 00-08-49-005 (Section
08-Body and Accessories)
Condition
Some customers may comment that one or more of the following conditions
have occurred:
| • | The Driver Information Display (DIC) is not operating properly.
For example, the door open display is slow to respond. |
| • | The traction off/traction ready may not be synchronized with the
traction switch inputs. |
| • | The information display resets itself. |
| • | The trip odometer will reset to zero. |
| • | The average fuel economy display may be incorrect. |
| • | The average vehicle speed may be incorrect. |
| • | The fuel range display may be incorrect. |
| • | The DIC display's memory is inoperative. |
| • | Phone not present message is displayed on the DIC when the phone
is in place. |
| • | Blank DIC on vehicles built with phones. |
The following conditions may be experienced by the service technician:
| • | The IPC is setting DTCs U1162 and U1163 on chassis used for the
build of hearse vehicles. |
| • | Unable to reprogram other modules in the vehicle using the Tech
2 scan tool. |
| • | DTC U1016 history code is set. |
Cause
The above condition may be due to the communication software within
the IPC.
Correction
| • | Use the SPS reprogramming procedure to reprogram the digital cluster. |
| • | Use Tech 2 software version 21.007 or greater. |
Warranty Information
For vehicles repaired under warranty, use:
Labor Operation
| Description
| Labor Time
|
N4199
| Instrument Panel Cluster- Reprogram
| 0.4 hr
|
