Active handling warming up???
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Active handling warming up???
After a nice chat with Matt383 at the Rolling Meadows cruise-in tonight I got in the car to leave. It was 56 degrees out and when I started Plain Jane her DIC said "Active handling warming up". After idling through the lot for a couple minutes it read "warming complete". I take it this is normal???
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Believe that the cars has to go stright for a certin distance for the Active Handling to coordinate the relationship between the wheels. Message is just a warning to let you know that the Active Handling is not working at the moment.
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I've seen that occasionally on mine but I've never worked out what conditions bring it on. I backed out of my drive in Vegas by turning. Also I reverse 20 yds to the street before I drive off in UK. Never have had a good straight run immediately for the system to get its bearings. Even so, I rarely get a warming up message.Also, as the system is electronic I assume it really means "system calibrating" rather tham phsically warming up
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Constant nuisance but I have to deal with it - I daily drive my 03Z to work and park on the 7th floor of a garage - which means I immediately leave into a 70 foot downward corkscrew 
Get about halfway down, AH warming up comes on the DIC, when I reach the bottom it's done. I just simply take my time down the corkscrew and ride the brakes down it at 10-11 mph, I haven't been tempted to try a Tokyo Drift on it yet
Wonder if I put it in competitive mode when starting the car up if that would avoid the AH WU issue?
Get about halfway down, AH warming up comes on the DIC, when I reach the bottom it's done. I just simply take my time down the corkscrew and ride the brakes down it at 10-11 mph, I haven't been tempted to try a Tokyo Drift on it yet
Wonder if I put it in competitive mode when starting the car up if that would avoid the AH WU issue?
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It's normal. See the section in your owners manual that covers the messages on the DIC. 
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