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Old 07-23-2011, 07:15 PM
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Help :( Slip and Traction Control light

My slip and traction control light came on after I install my rear camber toe bolt. Do any think it is cause by alignment? I just installed it and didn't do a alignment yet.
 
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Old 07-23-2011, 08:08 PM
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cant say for sure but check your brake fluid level if youre getting slip and brake lights thats the most common cause else it might be something that went wrong during the install, maybe some sensor wire or something.
 
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Old 07-23-2011, 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by kool_yaar
cant say for sure but check your brake fluid level if youre getting slip and brake lights thats the most common cause else it might be something that went wrong during the install, maybe some sensor wire or something.
whs, many times it's because of low brake fluid
 
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Old 07-23-2011, 09:41 PM
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Just checked it brake fluid is full. Any other idea? I'm starting to think it is the alignment since I did not do it yet. The toe might be too off which is causing the lights to come on.
 
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Old 07-23-2011, 11:55 PM
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I agree with kool. it may be a wheel speed sensor got damaged/disconnected/etc. during the recent install. The other thing that came to mind was a possible overall wheel diameter mismatch if you also made changes to your wheels and/or tires at the same time.
 
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Old 07-24-2011, 12:39 AM
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I dont think it can be the wheel speed sensor if it is then wouldnt the abs light be on too?
 
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Old 07-24-2011, 01:06 AM
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Check brakes, check tire wheel. Same thing happened to me as well
 
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Old 07-24-2011, 01:33 AM
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anyways I doubt it can be the sensor because I just check all of them and there is nothing wrong with them. So I'm still going back to the alignment issue. I will get one on Monday and update you guys on it.
 
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Originally Posted by Gdup35sedan
If you only have the the SLIP and VDC lights on and NOT the ABS light then it's an alignment problem. Your rear camber/toe is probably so far out that the wheels are working against eachother, not allowing the car to roll smoothly.
Found this after doing some searching
 
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Old 07-24-2011, 02:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Matchstickman60
I dont think it can be the wheel speed sensor if it is then wouldnt the abs light be on too?
ahh yeah, good point.

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Found this after doing some searching
Dang, that's gotta be some pretty crazy MISalignment if it's causing all that.
 
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Old 07-27-2011, 02:26 AM
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Problem solve it is the alignment. Thanks for everyones help.
 
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Old 07-27-2011, 02:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Matchstickman60
Problem solve it is the alignment. Thanks for everyone's help.
Hey, do you mind sharing how that works then? What about the alignment could possibly cause those symptoms. I just don't get it and would really like to understand it. Please share any info on this if you could.
 
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Old 07-29-2011, 02:26 AM
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Originally Posted by vqsmile
Hey, do you mind sharing how that works then? What about the alignment could possibly cause those symptoms. I just don't get it and would really like to understand it. Please share any info on this if you could.
Well before the alignment. My car had some much toe that it was throwing off the whole alignment. I had around 1.02 degree toe on the right passenger rear and -0.05 degree on the driver side rear along with 2.8 degree camber. So it was actually the toe that caused those symptoms to happen.
 
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