Weird problem
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Weird problem
Was walking back to my Corvette after playing golf and heard the alarm/horn sounding. When the car was in sight I saw an elderly man rooting around in the trunk area. Turns out his identical car was parked further down the lot. I don't know how he got the hatch open (he said his fob opened it but it did set off the alarm), but he was trying to find the manual door release because his fob wouldn't unlock the drivers door.
After I finally persuaded him that it was my car, I got in and drove off. As I was driving away all kinds of warnings came on: check brake fluid, service traction control, etc. etc.
I shut the car off and restarted it, only to have it happen again a few minutes later as I was driving. Anyone know what he damaged, and how can I fix it? Car drives fine.
After I finally persuaded him that it was my car, I got in and drove off. As I was driving away all kinds of warnings came on: check brake fluid, service traction control, etc. etc.
I shut the car off and restarted it, only to have it happen again a few minutes later as I was driving. Anyone know what he damaged, and how can I fix it? Car drives fine.
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I started getting those warnings and thought “bad battery” so replaced battery, fob batteries. Went to move the car and started getting the exact same warnings. Guess what my brake fluid was low. If your low on brake fluid it will set off the other warnings also.
Just a thought as maybe the fob thing wasn’t really the cause of your warnings. Check your brake fluid.
Just a thought as maybe the fob thing wasn’t really the cause of your warnings. Check your brake fluid.
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On more than one occasion I've noticed the button above the license plate has opened my hatch without me having the fob anywhere near it.
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I wouldn’t start panicking just yet. I might be concerned if you could pop the hatch when the closest fob is nowhere nearby, like out of range of getting the fob to open something by pressing a fob button, but to me the test of this situation would be to test to see if pressing the trunk release button on the fob from its location in the house pops the hatch. If it does, then something has amplified the signal from the car in response to pressing the hatch button. It could be something like your body acting like an antenna. And AFAIK, the hatch button doesn’t directly operate the hatch release. It sends a request to the BCM to ask the RCDLR to broadcast a request from the fob to verify that a known fob is nearby. If there is, I believe then the BCM triggers the hatch release.
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If your brake fluid was low you might have a leaking master cylinder. It is an easy check, only two bolts hold it on. I would check it as soon as possible because if the master is leaking into the brake booster you will lose it too. I recently had to replace both because of a master leak, you can't imagine what a PITA changing the booster is.
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Low brake fluid level could also mean that the pads/rotors have extreme wear on them and that a brake job is needed. If this is the case and you do your own work, be careful with depressing the caliper pistons as this could result in pushing out the now over-filled brake fluid reservoir and dumping fluid into the engine bay. You may want to suction out some of the fluid before starting the work.
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