P15UL T Posted January 7, 2007 Posted January 7, 2007 i have done a search but couldnt get anything specific to come up started the car up yesterday and noticed that i have 3 lights that are staying on - the ABS light, ESP and the light with the car skidding ( thats my favorute one) i have no idea what would cause these to come on ?? i have tried to turn the ESP off using the button but no joy im hopfull it is just a sensor that need reset and if anyone has any info i would much appreciate it. cheers in advance Quote
lomoto Posted January 7, 2007 Posted January 7, 2007 I had something similar happen when I first had my car, I disconnected battery for about 30secs then reconnected been OK ever since Worth a try... just remember to lower both windows when you do the disconnect thing though Quote
Trev-the-Rev Posted January 7, 2007 Posted January 7, 2007 I had something similar happen when I first had my car, I disconnected battery for about 30secs then reconnected been OK ever since Worth a try... just remember to lower both windows when you do the disconnect thing though You should also be aware that you will lose any settings you've made with the radio. Quote
Kennydies Posted January 7, 2007 Posted January 7, 2007 When you disconnect the battery, do you lower the windows all the way down or just halfway? Quote
stuey Posted January 7, 2007 Posted January 7, 2007 all the way...........you cud also try the srs reset proceedure with the ignition key......... Quote
Ash007 Posted January 7, 2007 Posted January 7, 2007 Hi. I am having exactly the same problem, too, sometimes happens when i am driving, but more if accelerate hard or brake hard. Since my pads have come to the limit, i was thinking it maybe because of this, hopefully i should be changing my pads next week. The only way mine dissapears is when i turn the car off and back on, then its ok... strange... i have done a search but couldnt get anything specific to come up started the car up yesterday and noticed that i have 3 lights that are staying on - the ABS light, ESP and the light with the car skidding ( thats my favorute one) i have no idea what would cause these to come on ?? i have tried to turn the ESP off using the button but no joy im hopfull it is just a sensor that need reset and if anyone has any info i would much appreciate it. cheers in advance Quote
Sarnie Posted January 7, 2007 Posted January 7, 2007 Hi. I am having exactly the same problem, too, sometimes happens when i am driving, but more if accelerate hard or brake hard. Since my pads have come to the limit, i was thinking it maybe because of this, hopefully i should be changing my pads next week. The only way mine dissapears is when i turn the car off and back on, then its ok... strange... i have done a search but couldnt get anything specific to come up started the car up yesterday and noticed that i have 3 lights that are staying on - the ABS light, ESP and the light with the car skidding ( thats my favorute one) i have no idea what would cause these to come on ?? i have tried to turn the ESP off using the button but no joy im hopfull it is just a sensor that need reset and if anyone has any info i would much appreciate it. cheers in advance Try topping up your brake fluid, even if it looks like it doesn't need it Quote
Liam's Z Posted January 7, 2007 Posted January 7, 2007 Try topping up your brake fluid, even if it looks like it doesn't need it Sarnie your thinking when the Handbrake warning light comes on!!! Like Stuey said try the SRS ignition key reset, same as Airbag warning light reset procedure Quote
Liam's Z Posted January 7, 2007 Posted January 7, 2007 what is the srs key code thingy Try this, may take a couple of goes: http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3279 Quote
P15UL T Posted January 8, 2007 Author Posted January 8, 2007 what is the srs key code thingy Try this, may take a couple of goes: http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3279 cheers dude - tried this but with no joy as the lights dont actually switch off at all from the moment you turn the key on. will try disconecting the battery later on today Quote
Sarnie Posted January 9, 2007 Posted January 9, 2007 Try topping up your brake fluid, even if it looks like it doesn't need it Sarnie your thinking when the Handbrake warning light comes on!!! No I'm not. I had the same symptons and it went away when I topped the brake fluid up again Quote
P15UL T Posted January 9, 2007 Author Posted January 9, 2007 cheers for the input guys, but i aint had a minute to try this stuff will get around to it asap and will let you know the outcome Quote
P15UL T Posted January 12, 2007 Author Posted January 12, 2007 ok.....maybe i am not doing this correctly. i disconnected the battery at both ends whilst having the windows down fully, nothing happened, i kinda expected the alarm to start sounding or the central locking to close or something.... i connected it back up and the lights are still on i checked the brake fluid and it is on the max line i checked the traction control and the abs and both are not working. i even tried to push the esp button even though the dash light is on all the time and it didnt make a difference ?? i just think it is strage for these things to go wrong when the car was just being driven normally ? any more ideas are welcomed before i have to make the dreaded trip to the stealers cheers Paul Quote
lomoto Posted January 12, 2007 Posted January 12, 2007 check all your fuses, by this I mean physically remove them and replace, just to clean the contacts....Then it's the dealers I think Quote
letank87 Posted March 5, 2007 Posted March 5, 2007 Did you guys have any luck with fixing this in the end? My zed is now doing it too! Will try the tips from on here when it stops raining! Quote
Ash007 Posted March 5, 2007 Posted March 5, 2007 i changed my front brake pads and since then its been fine.. Quote
letank87 Posted March 5, 2007 Posted March 5, 2007 Cool, I had hoped that might be a reason. My discs and pads are due to be replaced asap however I couldn't get the damn caliper bolts undone when I tried to do it last weekend. A new 2ft long breaker bar and a 22mm impact socket ought to do the trick! Quote
Ash007 Posted March 5, 2007 Posted March 5, 2007 lol good luck mate.. changing the pads was easy, although i didnt take the metal bits off the oem pads, well i couldnt get them off. so not sure if that was the sensor bit or not!! looking to get some decent discs too in the future, let me know how you get on with the discs. Quote
P15UL T Posted March 5, 2007 Author Posted March 5, 2007 sorry i ment to reply to this post weeks ago...the fault was down to a nackered wheel bearing and the result of running on that for two long was the abs sensor got broke too....a very costly mistake££££ got it all fixed now and the lights are all gone and i finally have traction control and abs again Quote
letank87 Posted March 6, 2007 Posted March 6, 2007 That doesn't sound too good! I hope I only have to change the brakes. My ESP and ABS seems to be working ok with the lights on, so I'll be keeping my fingers crossed! Quote
P15UL T Posted March 6, 2007 Author Posted March 6, 2007 that seem better than mine - perhaps just the brake fluid needing topped up Quote
letank87 Posted March 6, 2007 Posted March 6, 2007 Just disconnected the battery and topped up the brake fluid and that seems to have fixed the problem. Since doing this, I've noticed that my car now seems to drop revs more quickly after reving the engine. Perhaps some faults on the ecu have been cleared, although I wouldn't have expected any to be on there in the first place?! Quote
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