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Hojobyte
01-14-2009, 02:59 PM
My wife drove mt G8 GT to work today. She just called me at work and said the DIC shows a picture of the engine with a lightning bolt flashing in the middle of it. Is the car safe for her to drive?? Do you know what this means?

Thanks,
Hojobyte
CanadianEh
01-14-2009, 03:10 PM
It is your engine light, it comes up with the classic little light on the left of your tach as well as in the screen with a lightning bolt. Just take it to your dealer to have them read the codes. If you want to get it out of the screen just hit the enter button on your steering wheel.
It's A G8!
01-14-2009, 03:29 PM
My wife drove mt G8 GT to work today. She just called me at work and said the DIC shows a picture of the engine with a lightning bolt flashing in the middle of it. Is the car safe for her to drive?? Do you know what this means?

Thanks,
Hojobyte

It means that it have switched from gas powered to battery power!! j/k
bigtreepu
01-14-2009, 03:31 PM
you can also call OnStar and they can sometimes give you a vague idea of what the problem may be. My suggestion is take the gas cap off and put it back on. It seems the gas cap problem is pretty frequent on new G8's. Good luck

~Matt
todds87ss
01-14-2009, 05:19 PM
It means stop letting the wife drive the "Man Car"...jk
R.Penguin
01-14-2009, 07:55 PM
It means that it have switched from gas powered to battery power!! j/k
Oh! I thought he had won a free Magnacharger. :p
Hojobyte
01-15-2009, 06:09 PM
Thanks guys!!

I had Onstar run a diagnostic and it turned that the gas cap was just loose.
I tightened it and started the car and the light went off in about 30 seconds

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:
R.Penguin
01-15-2009, 06:51 PM
Thanks guys!!

I had Onstar run a diagnostic and it turned that the gas cap was just loose.
I tightened it and started the car and the light went off in about 30 seconds

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:
Man, these cars are so easy to work on. :p
UGotSmkd
01-15-2009, 08:33 PM
you can also call OnStar and they can sometimes give you a vague idea of what the problem may be. My suggestion is take the gas cap off and put it back on. It seems the gas cap problem is pretty frequent on new G8's. Good luck

~Matt

If you do call OnStar, they will send these guys in black suits and suglasses to find you and start asking questions.:secret: