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Old 01-13-2015, 09:56 AM
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I'll be driving down the interstate and all of a sudden my speedometer dies and ALL of my warning lights pop up. The speedometer will dance all over the place and the warning lights will flash off and on at random. My head lights and radio flicker while all of this is going on. Nothing in particular will trigger this. 2013 Sahara. PLEASE HELP.
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Check that your battery connections are tight and that you don't have any accessories attached under the cam nuts. Those are the ones closest to the battery terminals.
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Yeah I agree, I would start with the battery terminals.
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Originally Posted by rturner9887
I'll be driving down the interstate and all of a sudden my speedometer dies and ALL of my warning lights pop up. The speedometer will dance all over the place and the warning lights will flash off and on at random. My head lights and radio flicker while all of this is going on. Nothing in particular will trigger this. 2013 Sahara. PLEASE HELP.
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I used to have this problem...got a new battery and problem is gone.
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I used to have this problem...got a new battery and problem is gone.
+1 I had this very thing happen to me.. took it to the dealer and they replaced the battery that was starting to go bad. Problem solved.
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Thanks y'all. I snugged everything down and haven't had any issues as of yet. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
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Good news. So far anyway. It seemed a little early for a battery to me.
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Yup, when my battery went bad suddenly, I jumped it and had all the wacky instrument issues you've described. New battery, problem solved.



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