"error" on odometer......

[ssnobrakes]

Hello.........This is my 1st post on this forum. We have an 08 PT Cruiser convertible that we love. Up untill now we really havent had any problems with (We are the original owners) the car. Two days ago the battery died and we had to jump start the car 2-3 times. After the last time it was jump started we noticed that it now says "error" on the odometer. It didnt throw a engine light, or any other code and everything else seems to work fine (speedo,dash lights, turn signals, etc) I tried to clear it by dissconnecting the battery for an hour and have put in a new battery......Anyone have any ideas,or experience with this problem? Any comments?..........Thanks in advance........Steve

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Originally Posted by ssnobrakes

Hello.........This is my 1st post on this forum. We have an 08 PT Cruiser convertible that we love. Up untill now we really havent had any problems with (We are the original owners) the car. Two days ago the battery died and we had to jump start the car 2-3 times. After the last time it was jump started we noticed that it now says "error" on the odometer. It didnt throw a engine light, or any other code and everything else seems to work fine (speedo,dash lights, turn signals, etc) I tried to clear it by dissconnecting the battery for an hour and have put in a new battery......Anyone have any ideas,or experience with this problem? Any comments?..........Thanks in advance........Steve

I would go to a auto parts store and have them hook it to a scan tool and see if it can reed your computer.

[ssnobrakes]

We took it to Advance Auto Parts and they scanned it , but no codes came up..........

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Originally Posted by ssnobrakes

We took it to Advance Auto Parts and they scanned it , but no codes came up..........

Well you might have to replace the speedo. Hopefully someone has a better idea, and will chime in on this.

[2step]

If the car is running alright is the main thing. After a certain amout of re-starts it may clear itself and return to a normal read out. Give it a few days and see what happens.

[crazyptguy]

this just happened to me it will clear after a few days

[ssnobrakes]

Thanks for the replies............

[CREWZIN]

Want to clear it now (hopefully)? Take off the negative battery cable for about 5 minutes, Step on the brake peddle while the cable is off, then put it all back together. 99% of the errors are cleared using that method.

[PTDad]

Has anyone actually had luck with resolving this issue? I bought an 08 PT Cruiser last night at a very good price for my daughter. This is really the only issue with the car. It is showing error where the odometer is. I am waiting to license the car to bring it home and try removing the ground cable to clear the error but now I'm fearing the worst that the cluster may need replaced. Just curious if anyone has had this resolved and what the solution was?
Thanks!
PTDad

[rckstein]

You might try resetting the instrument cluster:

Speedometer reset procedure - YouTube