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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by SAMzGXP
if you turn a wheel with your hand the other one should spin in the opposite direction correct bill?
Theoretically.. but to test the theory... please go check for us. I forget if ours do or don't. Was kinda thinking the diff might be fragged and then I reread it again and thought...

Is one wheel actually slipping on acceleration or is this randomly happening when cruising or stopping... Heck, we need more info, I may be assuming things.

When does this happen.. accelerating, stopping, turning, coasting????
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 06:36 PM
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Neither of the wheels spin in either direction with the car is jacked up and in nutraul, when I turned them by hand......this happens under normal driving conditions just crusing along at 80 km or even at 60km

I know for sure that the one time my wife came home the left front brake rotor was hotter then the other 3 but it only happend the once, and when she braked it seemed like the anti lock kicked in as you could even hear the braking noise when the pedal was applied (again all the brakes are brand new)

There has to be someone who has experience this situation I'm in, it'* almost like the hub assembly is not compatable with the other 3 but this is the fourth hub installed and it is the best one I could get.......what about the ABS computer is it possibly causing this problem, is there just the one computer or is the ABS a seperate computer???

Please help me get this figured out, thaks again

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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 06:45 PM
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Happens just when crusing dosen't mater if it 40km or 80km, your just crusing alomg and the low traction light flashs on for a few seconds and the car pulls very slightly to the left as if the left front wheel barke would have been applied ever so slightly

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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 09:30 PM
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do you feel any vibration when accelerating? if not i highly doubt its the hub.. as soon as you said the other wheels didnt spin by hand i though it could be something with the axel, but if it spins once in drive then its not..
this is confusing lol can you take a video of the car lifted? im really curious now
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 09:52 PM
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No it dosen't vibrate on acceleration, but I was thinking maybe the wheel sensor, but how can you get four bad wheel sensors in a row, is it possible....

Just to be clear on the wheels spining on the car when it is jacked up, it is not in drive it is in NUTRAUL when both the wheels are spining forward........don't know if this makes a difference........

I'm not sure I can get a video to show you, I have a digital camera but that would be the best I could do, I still have my hopes up that we can figure this out...Thanks
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Old Apr 22, 2010 | 10:36 PM
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I just can't see it being a mechanical problem, I am thinking electronic problem, but I'm real lost on this one....
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Old Apr 23, 2010 | 01:05 AM
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Originally Posted by sat
Just to be clear on the wheels spining on the car when it is jacked up, it is not in drive it is in NUTRAUL when both the wheels are spining forward........don't know if this makes a difference........
you're right, sorry for the confusion, this might sound retarded but have you tried it in drive or park?
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I will go and jack it up again and try it in drive and park also, as I don't remember for sure, thanks
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Old Apr 23, 2010 | 02:46 PM
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Okay Eng off, neutral, drive, reverse neither wheel turns the opposite side, in Park the wheel turns in the opposite direction.

Now with the engine on, Park is not spinning but it will turn in the opposite direction when I turn by hand same as with engine off. Neutral no spin, Drive both turn forward, Reverse both turn in reverse

What is strange that the last time I jacked it up and with the engine on they both would spin forward when it was in neutral.......I'm almost positive as I reported this to you in a previous reply, does this make any sense????

Also this time I took the car out and drove it for a half hour before I did the above. I did make the wheels spin from a take off and the low traction light did come on but it did go off as soon as I let up off the throttle, this is normal.

But while I drove the car normally for that half hour, the low traction light did not flash on not even once no matter what speed I drove, like it was doing it before, Thanks

PS how do I get the picture of my car attached to my posts and replies?

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Old Apr 24, 2010 | 08:27 AM
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Hello SAMzGXP I have not hear back from you since I sent you the last info you requested, I hope you have not given up on solving this problem Thanks

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