Check Guages?
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Check Guages?
When driving home tonight up my driveway i reached the top and as soon as I turned the steering wheel, my power steering went out and my display read "CHECK GUAGES" and my oil guage dropped to the lowest it can go, what the heck happened? i turned off the truck and started it again and everything seemed fine when i parked it. should i be worried?
Tuned
Joined: Dec 1999
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From: Bismarck USA
The vehicle probably dropped into what we call here the "Limp Home Mode". I can't remember the specifics, so I might be wrong here, but it basically on runs on a few cylinders. Something like 4 per a RPM. Because of the loss of engine power, your steering pump and oil pump will put out a bit less pressure.
There have been a few guys where their throttle body or computer have had problems and they had the experience you did. I'd take it into the shop and have them pull up the codes. At a minimum, they should make sure you have the latest computer programming. There we some fixes made later in production for throttle body problems.
There have been a few guys where their throttle body or computer have had problems and they had the experience you did. I'd take it into the shop and have them pull up the codes. At a minimum, they should make sure you have the latest computer programming. There we some fixes made later in production for throttle body problems.
