dummy lights
03-09-2005, 04:03 PM
#1
Senior Member
Posts like a Northstar
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Shoreview, MN
Posts: 603
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
dummy lights
what lights on your dashboard are lit up?
i got ABS, traction control, and inflatible restraint. all have been on since i go the car, what do they mean exactly?
i got ABS, traction control, and inflatible restraint. all have been on since i go the car, what do they mean exactly?
03-09-2005, 04:15 PM
#2
Senior Member
Certified Car Nut
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Robbinsdale, MN
Posts: 15,408
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by SSEi_MN
what lights on your dashboard are lit up?
Originally Posted by SSEi_MN
i got ABS,
Originally Posted by SSEi_MN
traction control,
Originally Posted by SSEi_MN
and inflatible restraint.
Originally Posted by SSEi_MN
all have been on since i go the car, what do they mean exactly?
03-09-2005, 05:58 PM
#4
Junior Member
Posts like a Ricer Type-R
Your airbag system failed it'* startup self-test. A dealer can tell you what'* wrong, but you may want to pull the fuse, then check your connections at the module (yellow harnesses are airbags) and it should be under your passenger seat.
The Traction control for your year uses applied braking when it detects wheel slip. There is no timing retard as in the later OBD2 systems. You could have a bad wheelspeed sensor (part of the hub/bearing assembly) or a bad PMV or EBCTM. (pressure modulator valve under your airbox, brake lines coming in and out of it, and a pump mounted to it with an aux reservior for the TCS.......it pressurizes brake fluid, then routes it to the slipping wheel'* caliper) The EBCTM is the Electronic brake and traction control module. It rarely fails, but is located on the inside firewall just to the right of the gas pedal. Check for corrosion on the monster connector.
The wheel speed sensors and PMV (very expensive) are the likely culprits for your problem.
The Traction control for your year uses applied braking when it detects wheel slip. There is no timing retard as in the later OBD2 systems. You could have a bad wheelspeed sensor (part of the hub/bearing assembly) or a bad PMV or EBCTM. (pressure modulator valve under your airbox, brake lines coming in and out of it, and a pump mounted to it with an aux reservior for the TCS.......it pressurizes brake fluid, then routes it to the slipping wheel'* caliper) The EBCTM is the Electronic brake and traction control module. It rarely fails, but is located on the inside firewall just to the right of the gas pedal. Check for corrosion on the monster connector.
The wheel speed sensors and PMV (very expensive) are the likely culprits for your problem.
03-09-2005, 06:15 PM
#5
Senior Member
True Car Nut
Join Date: May 2002
Posts: 2,936
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Also for your airbag failure it can also be your seatbelt tensioner. I have seen my parents change it twice on their Montana, and I see cars go in often to where I bring my cars for that same problem.
03-09-2005, 09:41 PM
#7
Senior Member
True Car Nut
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Right in front of you
Posts: 7,965
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
my check engine light is on. It use to just come on when I went at least 65 mph or more. Then my son changed the cam position sensor (cuz thats the code it threw) and now the light stays on continually. She runs good and luckily made it to and from Ohio without any problems mechanically.
