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Old 11-20-2012, 08:14 PM
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FL abs/tcs light... no cel... and no amount of searching has helped me

before you tell me to search, i havent found anything relating to my issue with this. i have a 04 6speed and no reason to believe the ABS/TCS system has gone bad, just a confused car lol

well awhile ago my HID leveling unit (behind the glove box) shorted out and almost caught fire. i disconnected it and since the actual unit itself as well as the harness connector got messed up, i kept it unplugged. since then my ABS light and TCS light has been steady on. i went through all my fuses and replaced the blown ones, but it only fixed this for a short time. i havent got LED bulbs or anything like that, and im not entirely sure if electical things like that can really cause this problems. today i had my battery out to put dielectric grease on my steering box connections, and when i put the battery back my CEL was gone. It was only on for the cat and airbox which i deleted.. so im wondering what could it be thats causing these lights to be on. i like being able to turn off the dsc and take a corner sideways but i cant turn it off now, and i would like to know my abs is there when i need it... any ideas on what i should be checking for or if the HID level unit will cause this?

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Old 11-21-2012, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Samus512
Well awhile ago my HID leveling unit (behind the glove box) shorted out and almost caught fire. i disconnected it and since the actual unit itself as well as the harness connector got messed up, i kept it unplugged. since then my ABS light and TCS light has been steady on...
Did you disconnect the battery, as well, when you did that above?
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If so, just steer fully left and right once and your ABS and TCS light should be gone.
You need to do this every time after you reconnected the battery.
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^ that is in your owner's manual, so you didn't search there
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