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Vineyard Scrimshander
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Just purchased this vette and drove cross country and back. Hit some bad, bad road in Kentucky and the DIC changes to service ride control. OK I'm in the middle of nowhere and need to get home so a few hundred miles later I start getting all kinds of messages. Dash gauges shut down, security light comes on, bells chime and I hear the door locks open or close. traction light comes on and off, sometimes I see the ABS light, the horn blows on its own(on ocassion). New messages, tire monitor check on DIC (tires are OK). Then a click and the gauges are working again. When the gauges shut down I lost radio, heater,air, driving lights and probably other things. All come back when the gauges return to normal. I know I did some damage on the rough road as a small rod with plastic caps on the rear left shock was broken. Not sure what its called. When I clear the DIC I always get the shock warning when the key is turned on. I drove it for a couple of days when I returned home and everything worked as it should, then right back to the same issues. During the course of a day the thing might screw up for 10 miles , then might be OK for 2 miles. Mostly it screws up all the time.The gauges can easily go on and off several times within the hour. The engine always runs fine except I can't go over 80mph (The car really means it) I found this out the hard way in the passing lane. Anyway I left the car with my favorite mechanic and he is now scratching his head so any help would be much appreciated