Had to have my car jump-started on a cold morning recently. Everything seemed fine until that night, when none of the dashboard lights came on. I couldn't see how fast I was going or where any of the heating controls were. I still had exterior lights, at least.
Went to the auto parts store and had all the fuses checked. They were all OK.
I didn't want to take the car in to the garage because anything they did, they would still charge me for an hour of labor @ $75/hour.
And I poked around on the Internet and found that my problem might be a computer module called a BCM, that would cost $1,000.00 to replace.
And I didn't have time to take a car day!
So I did what anyone would do. I googled BCM and Dodge repair, and found a site called www.justanswer.com.
You have to pay, and it costs more if you want a faster answer.
I went for the cheapest option and sent "Mark, a Dodge expert" $9.00.
Three hours later, Mark wrote back and told me to take the cables off of the car battery, hold the ends together for a minute, and reattach the cables, and that would reset the BCM.
I got the maintenance guy at work to do it, and it worked!!!! I have dashboard lights again! The clock needed resetting but everything else was perfect! Hooray for the Internet!
Went to the auto parts store and had all the fuses checked. They were all OK.
I didn't want to take the car in to the garage because anything they did, they would still charge me for an hour of labor @ $75/hour.
And I poked around on the Internet and found that my problem might be a computer module called a BCM, that would cost $1,000.00 to replace.
And I didn't have time to take a car day!
So I did what anyone would do. I googled BCM and Dodge repair, and found a site called www.justanswer.com.
You have to pay, and it costs more if you want a faster answer.
I went for the cheapest option and sent "Mark, a Dodge expert" $9.00.
Three hours later, Mark wrote back and told me to take the cables off of the car battery, hold the ends together for a minute, and reattach the cables, and that would reset the BCM.
I got the maintenance guy at work to do it, and it worked!!!! I have dashboard lights again! The clock needed resetting but everything else was perfect! Hooray for the Internet!
- Location:Pretending to work
- Mood:
happy
