another Active Handling almost killed me thread!
Instructor
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 189
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From: Southport NC
Take a look here:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-t...er-action.html
More info about my car. Mine is a 2006 z51 3LT Convertible (with telescoping steering wheel). The car was completely stock at the time. Tires were all around 30 psi (cold). I was merging into traffic at the time, hence the collision.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-t...er-action.html
More info about my car. Mine is a 2006 z51 3LT Convertible (with telescoping steering wheel). The car was completely stock at the time. Tires were all around 30 psi (cold). I was merging into traffic at the time, hence the collision.
Last edited by Fissile; Jun 8, 2011 at 11:10 AM.
Safety Car
Joined: Nov 2006
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Man sorry to hear that..that sounds like a BAD situation, glad it worked out in the end.I just don't get why the brakes are locking, so the AH activates by itself , why then does another system (ABS) lock..I thought the whole point in ABS is so brakes won't lock.mine has never locked but does display the "service active handling"..AND now the cruise control comes on, on it's own.I can handle little quarks ..but if the brakes start locking I'm out.
He is having active handling problems already, which was why he called...... I feel for the guy.
Instructor
Joined: Jun 2011
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Well isn't this all worrying as hell. I'm looking to move to the US soon, and figured I may as well buy an American car, narrowing it down to a GrandSport.
I was reading on a DOT site I think about the recall, and that this fault had been acknowledged by GM, but it wasn't life threatening, with the DOT saying they didn't agree at all.
Has this issue been narrowed down to the connector residue ( which some threads seem to say it is ), or is it that and more, with no one really knowing what the more part is?
All very scary getting used to driving on the wrong side of the road, and a vette, to then have it try and spit me through a barrier while ripping down the motorway.
I was reading on a DOT site I think about the recall, and that this fault had been acknowledged by GM, but it wasn't life threatening, with the DOT saying they didn't agree at all.
Has this issue been narrowed down to the connector residue ( which some threads seem to say it is ), or is it that and more, with no one really knowing what the more part is?
All very scary getting used to driving on the wrong side of the road, and a vette, to then have it try and spit me through a barrier while ripping down the motorway.
Drifting
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 1,523
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From: OH
so this problem is for all model years?
I was sitting at a stop light a week ago and it said service active handling for a split second then went off. I later got in my car (about 4 hours later) and the TMPS said my tire pressure in my front right was like 56lbs.....then it went back to normal after a few seconds...haven't had it come on yet.
does that sound like the symptoms?
http://m680.photobucket.com/albums/N...rc=www&start=0
I found this on the z06 section....so its the swps that causes this whole situation?
I was sitting at a stop light a week ago and it said service active handling for a split second then went off. I later got in my car (about 4 hours later) and the TMPS said my tire pressure in my front right was like 56lbs.....then it went back to normal after a few seconds...haven't had it come on yet.
does that sound like the symptoms?
http://m680.photobucket.com/albums/N...rc=www&start=0
I found this on the z06 section....so its the swps that causes this whole situation?
Last edited by MikeSVT04; Jun 11, 2011 at 11:58 AM.
Drifting
Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 1,523
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From: OH
ok this was freakin me out so I decided to get under the dash and check it out.
I have a 10 GS and it looks to me as though this issue has been resolved. There plenty of play in the connecting wire and the plug looks different than previous years....look below
previous years.....
My plug.........[IMG]
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sorry for the big pic....
so it looks as though GM after 5 years may have fixed the issue. if anyone with a 10 or newer that has had this issue please come chime in.
I have a 10 GS and it looks to me as though this issue has been resolved. There plenty of play in the connecting wire and the plug looks different than previous years....look below
previous years.....
My plug.........[IMG]
[/IMG]sorry for the big pic....
so it looks as though GM after 5 years may have fixed the issue. if anyone with a 10 or newer that has had this issue please come chime in.
Instructor
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 189
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From: Southport NC
I haven't done the fix myself. I just turned the active handling off. I looked through the gallery posted above and it looks like an easy do-it-yourself fix. I'll do it and see if that fixes it for me.
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Le Mans Master
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From: West coast CA
Plugs come unplugged. Wires break. Especially in a car. The system needs to be designed fail safe whenever any connector comes undone, or any sensor is out of range.
These things should be validated on a test rig that randomly unplugs wires, shorts wires to ground, shorts wires to 12V, generates impossible sensor input, etc.
