Well I noticed my VDC, SLIP and BRAKE light come on, and off when I start the car.


Has this ever happened to any of you guys???

It comes on and off....all 3 of them come on together.


Sorry if this is in the wrong section.

its a 2003 if it helps.

 

Do they turn on and stay on? Or turn on when you turn the key, then turn off immediately after?

 

Once there on, they stay on, but sometimes when i do start the car, they dont come one....

its more of a 50/50 thing, when I start it.

They dont flicker or anything when there on.

 

Check the MAF sensor plugged into your intake. It sounds like a bad connection. If that's unplugged and you start the car all the lights turn on. Not sure if that's the problem, but it's definitely a possibility. And make sure you disconnect the battery before you try again to reset everything.

 

Check your brakes and brake fluid. Sounds like the fluid is low from your brakes being worn out

 

Ill check all those.

BUT

When the lights are on, my VDC dosent even work. If the lights are not on, then the VDC does work.

Can it do somehting with my DIFF??

 

You will need to provide a much better "problem description" if you hope to get any help here. Reading your thread, I am unable to understand the problem.

"Start over," and provide a more detailed description of the problem.

--Spike

 

Sorry about that, Im always in a rush, kinda like now.


Ok When I start my car, my VDC, SLIP and BRAKE light all come on at once, and stay on.

Sometimes it dosen't come on.

Well since all those lights are on my VDC dosent work, and when they dont come on, my VDC works.

Hope I said it better, if not, damn I suck at explaining things

 

And also when I push the VDC button, they still dont shut off or anything.

 

brake fluid level or time for a pad change.

 

That would cause the VDC not to work??

 

answer is yes.... in most cases it is the brake fluid is a low or pads

 

That could be a number of things. I doubt brake fluid or pads typically just the brake light will come on. It sounds like a throttle body or a crank sensor take it somewhere and get it scanned.

 

when that happened to me, it was an electrical problem. my radar detector cord was not inserted all the way (i tap into the back of my rearview mirror for power). pushed it in and all was fine. have you installed any electrical components lately?

 

My brake fluid got low due to pad wear last year and my brake light would come on under hard accel or hard braking for about a month. I didn't think too much of it until I had my SLIP, VDC off, and BRAKE lights all come on at the same time and then VDC and my ABS didn't work. As soon as I added a little fluid, the problem went away.

So yes, the fluid level CAN affect the VDC system.

 

Im going to check that today! if i have time

But serious mine started out that way to....It would be off, then I would give it gas then it would come one right when i shifted gears!!

 

I agree with BriGuyMax. The stability part of VDC operates by tapping the car's brakes when re-aligning to the front wheels in a skid. If the computer detects any brake problems, it disables VDC (thank goodness).

--Spike

 

In the order of the repairs checking the fluid would be first in the number of things to check, because yes even though you doubt it all those lights do come on with low brake fluid, even more so when the fluid is colder....

 

Go get some brake fluid, I know 4 people that had this problem including me, just put some fluid in.

 

I have this problem too. My ABS/SLIP/TCS lights went on immediately after turning the car on. It all started on the track when I wore my pads down to 2mm, and my fluid levels were lower than usual; 'Lower' being that it was still well within the low/max level, but not near 'max' where I usually have it.

In any case, I topped it off, installed new pads, and I still get intermittent malfunction of the ABS/SLIP/TCS. I'm thinking that the brake fluid level sensor is now bad because it has lost its calibration, and is no longer able to sense that there is enough fluid in there.

I've nearly eliminated the potential for bad wheel speed sensors because when those go bad, they usually trigger the ABS/SLIP/TCS lights after driving for a minute or so; not immediately upon twist of the key.

Anybody have a DIY fix for this problem?