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Old Oct 28, 2006 | 09:39 AM
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Don't Really Know If I Should Worry About Yesterday I Left My Lights On My Gs 430 And And My Battery Died I Then Jumped Startred It With My Cobra With A Red Top Optima Battery And It Started But Then This Morning I Went To Started And It Died So I Jumped It Again And By The Way I Did Jump It The Correct Way If You Were Gonna Ask But The Problem Is I Backed Right Out Of The Garage To Drive It But Then When I Put It Into Drive I Felt It Was In Neutral But I Was In Drive I Then Waited And Let The Car Sit For 2 Minutes And Tryed It Again And No Probelms No Slipping And The Tranny Feels Strong Could It Be A Sign Of A Tranny Problem Or Just Maybe The Computer Did't Update I Am Pretty Good About Taking Care Of My Care And I Dont Drive It Hard That Whats The Cobra Is For Am I Just Panicing Or Just Didn,t Give It Enough Time To Update And By The Way It Was Pretty Cold In Central Florida Last Night Just A Thought Has Anyone Ever Had This Problem The Car Is 2002 With 50k Please Let Me Know
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Old Oct 28, 2006 | 04:12 PM
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Give your battery an overnight charge and if it still gives you trouble, go ahead and replace it. Check electrolyte level and add Distilled water to cover the plates (only sealed batteries do not need electrolite top-up).

Apart from that, what you experienced was a temperory out of range signals from sensors. All sensors provide a range of voltage to the ecu and when your supply (battery) fails to give you 12v (+/- 1v) the sensor output goes out of whack.

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Old Oct 28, 2006 | 08:40 PM
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I have no clue, but i do have 1 question:

Why is every first letter of every word capitalized? Do you do that or do you have a document program that does that?
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Old Oct 28, 2006 | 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by David1969
I have no clue, but i do have 1 question:

Why is every first letter of every word capitalized? Do you do that or do you have a document program that does that?

Thats what VBB does when you type an entire post in caps.
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Old Oct 28, 2006 | 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by TheAcclude
Thats what VBB does when you type an entire post in caps.
Ah hah! I learned something new today. I think i've done that on TRS but it never did that...or maybe i corrected it?!.

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Old Oct 28, 2006 | 09:58 PM
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So If You Type The Whole Post In Caps It Will Leave Only The First Letters In Caps?
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Old Oct 28, 2006 | 09:59 PM
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Wow I Didn't Know That. That's Cool.
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Old Oct 29, 2006 | 04:12 AM
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You need to purchase one of these. Only 50 bucks at Pepboys. It will recharge your battery fully, & it can test your altenator too. Excellent device

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But how well do you trust a $50.00 machine
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Old Oct 29, 2006 | 08:14 AM
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Opps didnt even think about it
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What's VBB/TRS?
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