Just paid for a diagnostic, was told had to take to a Mazda dealership - and they want to charge me another diagnostic even though I have the codes.

Just the ABS light and the Center traction control light are on and I have no brake lights at all. Find that weird but somehow think it is related.

C1953 Master Cylinder Pressure Sensor Circuit Open
C1290 Pressure Tranducer Circuit

Those are the codes I am pulling and I would appreciate if anyone had any pointers to suggest.

Replaced battery, did ecu reset, steering wheel reset completed, to no avail.

Thanks everyone for any and all advice you have - Hoping it is something simple.

Will be checking fuses later tonight and bulbs.

One side note - intermittently, when I first turn the car on and put my foot on the brake, I hear and feel, just once a metalllic spring in the brake pedal then all is good (with the exception of the lights being on and no brake lights)

 

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Bump. This is something that is happening to me too.

This is EXACTLY what is happing to me.

Yes, there is another thread - but it LACKS the exact scenario of this one. So, I want to know what this problem is, as this could happen to anyone.

 

What is rest for ecu and steering wheel reset?

 

Sounds like the ABS controller/module in the engine bay is fubar. Even if you replace it yourself it will need a dealer to assimilate and make the CAN software communicate with it.

 

Ok we found the answer. In this case it was the fuse labelled "STOP".

I didn't notice it the first time I looked through all my fuses, but yes its blown.
Replaced the fuse, and my tail lights turned back on, got my ABS working again, the CEL disappeared and the traction control CEL also disappeared.

Seriously.... a 75 cent fuse caused all this trouble?
To test it, I swapped the fuse with another one of equal resistance, so right then and there confirmed it was completely on the fuse, as the reason why this happened.

Damn.... here I was driving around for 4 months trying to find out the short, or the break, or the plug, or the ecu terminal points, or the brake pedal switch, or the tail light bulbs themselves.... and none of those things was the cause.

Just a 75 cent fuse..... man.

 

Check the wiring for the center brake light in the trunk at the hinge.

 

This is exactly what is happening to me at the moment. I checked the STOP fuse but it doesn’t seem to be blown. Any other tips?

 

I’m having an issue where I get the traction control light, stability control light, and abs light. All of the systems are disabled, but I can get the stability control light to turn off by doing the steering wheel reset. I haven’t seen anyone with a similar issue to me but I wonder if it’s related.

 

Are there any codes?

 

Yesterday i use rx8cc.exe to enable cruise control on my rx8 and now i have your problem, abs and traction control turn on at first braking and no stop lights on when i press brake pedal. All fuses are ok...