ABS/Traction Syst Warning
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Drifting
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ABS/Traction Syst Warning
Two days in a row, when I punched it getting on the turnpike, the service abs and service traction syst. warnings came up. No codes either time. Only happens when I accelerate hard. When I restart the car, the warnings are gone. ???? Thanks
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About a year before my EBCM crapped out, I started getting stuff like that. It's possible that is what's going on.
or it could be a simple lose wire. Next time, as soon as it happens, pull the codes from the DIC before you turn the engine off (you can do it while you're driving, but don't blame me if you hit something). There's got to be a code there for the light to come on. For some reason, the TCS doesn't keep the history codes in the DIC once the fault is gone. When I replaced my EBCM, the code went away w/o having to clear it, no history code, no nothing, it just worked.
or it could be a simple lose wire. Next time, as soon as it happens, pull the codes from the DIC before you turn the engine off (you can do it while you're driving, but don't blame me if you hit something). There's got to be a code there for the light to come on. For some reason, the TCS doesn't keep the history codes in the DIC once the fault is gone. When I replaced my EBCM, the code went away w/o having to clear it, no history code, no nothing, it just worked.
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I had a similar problem before my EBCM failed
The captions would come on normally when stationary at lights, particularly with high outside air temps. It would normally throw a C1214 code though
Turned out to be an intermittent EBCM relay malfunction.
The captions would come on normally when stationary at lights, particularly with high outside air temps. It would normally throw a C1214 code though
Turned out to be an intermittent EBCM relay malfunction.
