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Slade	ABS/TCS lights	Lead	[-]
Posts: 15 (07/04/09 18:34:30) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None Remove this ad This just isn't my week - first my driver's door lock actuator breaks (as posted in another thread), now my TCS and ABS lights decided to come on today. I checked the fuses and they were all okay. Looks like I'm headed back to the dealer. Oh, and I had new tires put on a couple months ago and now whenever I get up to 65 mph I get a rather noticeable pulsation/vibration coming through the steering wheel and gas pedal. I haven't really noticed it until now because where I live I don't drive on the interstate (only twice the past 6 months, both times before I had the tires changed and there wasn't any vibration) and don't have the opportunity to get it up that fast around town. Guess I'll have them rebalanced at the place that put them on and see if that helps. '03 GLS 4WD
DSHornet	Lights	#1	[-]
Posts: 123 (07/05/09 04:34:04) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I wonder if there's a connection between new tires, the out-of-balance problem, and the warning lights. ABS warning lights are often caused by a sensor at a wheel being bad, either the toothed ring that the sensor uses to sense wheel rotation or the sensor itself. When they balance the tires, get them to check the rings and the ABS sensors. If you're lucky, the shaking from the tires might have rubbed a cable in two on a chassis part. In that case, it's a splice-and-seal job. Paw-paw Don, y'all --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Favorite saying: "There's never an apology needed for exercising the Golden Rule" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Military Veteran (US Air Force, Alabama Air National Guard, 24 years total) Son of Milton (US Army, World War II, North Africa, Sicily, and Italy) Son-in-law of Otis (US Navy, World War II, Atlantic and Pacific Theaters) Father of Matthew (US Army, Tennessee National Guard, Iraq War Veteran) Father-in-law of Mark (US Marines) Nephew of Joseph Donald (US Army, World War II, Burma Campaign)
Slade		#2	[-]
Posts: 16 (07/06/09 12:55:06) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Both times the lights came on (and stayed on) it happened as I was slowly pulling out of my driveway. They have now miraculously gone off and have stayed off for a full day now. How exciting. On a side note, I got the tires rebalanced (they said they were out of balance a bit) and that seems to have cured the high speed vibration. Of course, seeing has how I'm me, I've noticed another possible problem: twice now in the past few days when I've had my lights on, there would be an audible "click" and all the dash lights would blink off and come right back on. Couldn't tell if the headlights went off and on as well since it was dawn and the headlights weren't that noticeable anyway. I hope they don't decide to go off and stay off in the middle of the night. Not sure how the dealer can trace this issue... '03 GLS 4WD
Slade		#3	[-]
Posts: 17 (07/07/09 11:49:59) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The dash lights went nuts this morning. Started up the car, turned on the lights. As soon as I shifted into reverse the lights blinked on and off about 5 or 6 times in rapid succession before staying on. They blinked at least once (every time with the clicking sound) on the way to work. I don't believe the headlights were affected but the fog lights did blink. I'm guessing it's because the power button for the fog lights is on the dash - maybe a brief interruption of power to the dashboard? '03 GLS 4WD
DSHornet		#4	[-]
Posts: 126 (07/07/09 19:46:08) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Man, I dunno! A ghost in the machine? Y'know, this crazy stuff sounds like a bad ground connection somewhere, a bad connection at the battery or alternator, or maybe a bad battery. I've read about really funky stuff happening when the battery is about to die. Check connections and get the battery load checked, if for no other reason, to eliminate those possibilities. Paw-paw Don, y'all --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Favorite saying: "There's never an apology needed for exercising the Golden Rule" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Military Veteran (US Air Force, Alabama Air National Guard, 24 years total) Son of Milton (US Army, World War II, North Africa, Sicily, and Italy) Son-in-law of Otis (US Navy, World War II, Atlantic and Pacific Theaters) Father of Matthew (US Army, Tennessee National Guard, Iraq War Veteran) Father-in-law of Mark (US Marines) Nephew of Joseph Donald (US Army, World War II, Burma Campaign)
Slade		#5	[-]
Posts: 18 (07/09/09 13:16:51) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The battery is relatively new (I bought the car used, and the battery is definitely not stock). Driving to work yesterday morning the lights blinked off and on a few times so I decided to schedule an appointment with the dealer. Of course this morning, they didn't blink at all. Appt's not until Tuesday, so guess I'll just have to see what happens. I think the headlights may be blinking as well (it's relatively quick - so can't tell for sure). I wondered if it might be an issue with the turn signal stalk since it controls the dash and headlights? That's just a wild guess. '03 GLS 4WD

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