Hicas

[Silver_R34_GT-T]

Hey,

on the way home last night, i was cruising along doing 85km, and all of a sudden the HICAS light came on, it didnt go out so i pulled over, turnoed of car and looked under at it,, (all looks good to me) fuse in engine bay is fine,

so i started the car, and all lights out, then about 4 or 5 seconds after the engine is started it comes on again...

Can anyone help me out here, or suggest whats wrong with it?

any help would be great,

Thanks

[impact_blue]

I don't know personally about 34's, but the one in our 33 does that. It's just some random fault, and has never made a difference, so we have grown to ignore it.

[Squizz]

Top up your power-steering fluid.

[JCMarshall_Law]

I know the problem... The HICAS is still installed.

Get one of GTRGeoff's lock bars and get rid of it, the lock bar was the best $150 I've spent on my car.

[AzzurrA]

I know the problem... The HICAS is still installed.

Get one of GTRGeoff's lock bars and get rid of it, the lock bar was the best $150 I've spent on my car.

agreed! that's your problem right there!

oh, and take the bulb out of the dash when u take off the rack, or it'll stay on and annoy the shit outta you

[R33S2]

does it affect the steering? when mine comes on it kills the power steering, fixed it by spraying all the connectors with lanosol it turned to be the one on or near the power steering pump.

[gts25t4door]

hey Silver_R34_GT-T, is your car still under warranty since you only had it under a year?

HICAS is a real bitch as pretty much no mecanics know that shit in Australia. Ring up Nissan and have a chat, I think that Nissan at Windsor has worked on HICAS before, so I would say give them a go. If not try Fulcrum as they do steering.

Best of luck dude.

Chris

[Shaneo]

I know the problem... The HICAS is still installed.

Get one of GTRGeoff's lock bars and get rid of it, the lock bar was the best $150 I've spent on my car.

that's it, had mine out for two weeks now, best thing you can do

[Silver_R34_GT-T]

thanks for the responses guys, I got in the car this moring, and bam it was on still, then half way to work, it went out and i havent seen it since..

Im hoping maybe it was a bad connection somewhere and it spat itself for a while.. **fingers crossed** maybe its a sign shes on her way out.

Bryn

[zaffa]

Get a hicas canceller they can make steering unpredictable when sideways. Overall its pretty useless if you really wanna drive your car.

[jmac]

*Hops on bandwagon*

Dude, it's been said before but HICAS is NOT your friend. It also stands for "help I can't actually steer". Dumping it and getting one of GTRGeoff's lock bars in there was one of the best things I did to my 34.

Not a lot of point having a performance car if you don't have any confidence in its handling.

On the whole loose connection thing though, there are a couple of plug-in pin connector things on the motor and sensors attached to rack on the back of your car, maybe give them a wiggle and make sure it's all on tight and the connections are clean.

(pic added - the HICAS unit right before we ripped it off!)

Edited March 20, 2006 by jmac