Q: 4Wd Light Stuck On

[impul535w]

Have a read of this thread as it has lots of information on the fault codes.

The light that flashes is the one of the engine on your dash.

Cheers

Andy

Hey Andy,

Gave that a crack and just got 0000, so back to square one as to why the light is on.

On another note the torque split gauge just reads zero all the time?

Cheers.

[bigkevracer]

My torque split gauge reads zero 90% of the time.

Lock the diffs by pushing the button to the upper right of the shifter. It should now show around 10 on the gauge, and you'll have a picture of your axles and a cog with S (?) in the middle lit up on your dash.

That's all working from memory. Give it a go and see.

[impul535w]

Gauge still doesn't move, just sits there at zero. Even from a standing start and nailing it which you would think would activate the gauge doesn't. It does engage the front wheels as there is no loss of traction but I'm unsure if it's just running all the time or working as per norml. Also not sure if the gauge it's self is also faulty, will have to trace the wires back and see.

[Jetwreck]

Gauge still doesn't move, just sits there at zero. Even from a standing start and nailing it which you would think would activate the gauge doesn't. It does engage the front wheels as there is no loss of traction but I'm unsure if it's just running all the time or working as per norml. Also not sure if the gauge it's self is also faulty, will have to trace the wires back and see.

Have you tried starting the car and putting it in drive straight away then stalling it? It should get rid of the 4WD light.....you may just have air in the lines.

[impul535w]

Have you tried starting the car and putting it in drive straight away then stalling it? It should get rid of the 4WD light.....you may just have air in the lines.

I have not, do you mean stall the motor or stall it up as in foot on brake and gas? Sorry if that sounds stupid. Lol.

[Sage222]

my 4WD light just came on too.. tho next time i started the car it was gone.. seems to be all ok though.. my Torque Guage reads 0 all the time too unless i nail it in the wet then starts reading as it should.. (tho never tried when the 4WD light is on)..

This thread still being worked on?

BTW i took out my sat nav dvd out too.. though i reckon i had more wiring than you! had to take out the passenger seat to get to it all

[impul535w]

my 4WD light just came on too.. tho next time i started the car it was gone.. seems to be all ok though.. my Torque Guage reads 0 all the time too unless i nail it in the wet then starts reading as it should.. (tho never tried when the 4WD light is on)..

This thread still being worked on?

BTW i took out my sat nav dvd out too.. though i reckon i had more wiring than you! had to take out the passenger seat to get to it all

It always makes me wonder what they were thinking when they do things like that... LOL

[bigkevracer]

I has 2WD...

And it's raining...

Finally think we've worked out that the issue with Mike's car is the ATTESA relay under the airbox (shut up Brad ).

His relay is causing a 4WD fault light on my car, so that gives us a pretty good idea, but will know for sure when he sticks my relay in his car.

[impul535w]

I has 2WD...

And it's raining...

Finally think we've worked out that the issue with Mike's car is the ATTESA relay under the airbox (shut up Brad ).

His relay is causing a 4WD fault light on my car, so that gives us a pretty good idea, but will know for sure when he sticks my relay in his car.

WOOP WOOP!!! :banana: :banana:

Edited July 2, 2011 by impul535w

[Tommy Kaira RL]

So was it the ETS realy in the end? And what does shut up Brad mean?

So does this mean its an easy option for 2wd its still raining might have to pull the fuse and go for a spin

[Dunc]

So was it the ETS realy in the end? And what does shut up Brad mean?

So does this mean its an easy option for 2wd its still raining might have to pull the fuse and go for a spin

Im still skeptical about pulling the fuse, particularly after I saw the other Duncan write this

that gearbox/transfer case and mounting looks the same as r series. which means you are damaging your transfer case clutches running in RWD only. Plenty of people have done the "seems ok I'll drive like this for a while" thing.

the clutch packs have preload, and they will be slipping and wearing like bastards with the attessa pump off.

dropping the front driveshaft is fine though.

[bigkevracer]

I won't be putting heaps of K's on, hoping that once Mike has worked it out, I'll get mine back this week.

Since mine is currently locked up at an alarm installers and can't come out to play, timing works out well

And Brad, I got your smug SMS, making us look at the front fuse and all

[tango29]

Hi there, i also have a 4wd light stuck on....took it to nissan today and the consult II spat out an error code of c1206 also..... the diagnostic report says it is a 4wd motor???? any ideas?? Dis you end up having any luck with yours impul?

cheers

[Tommy Kaira RL]

yes he did thanks to me it was the relay under the passenger headlight. And its not the highbeam realy

[bigkevracer]

UNDER the airbox. Not next to it

[tango29]

cracker... i'll start there..... will update

[bangahh]

I have the same intermittent issue of 4wd light.

anyone got pics of what the relay looks like

heres a reference to another 4wd light issue.

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/294910-m35-stagea-4wd-light-on/page__p__5201550__hl__4wd+light__fromsearch__1#entry5201550

[tango29]

ok ...so today we checked ets relay and it working.... but it is not getting any signal as far as we can tell..... we put power through the relay and the pump fired up.... so it would seem the problem is upstream of the relay... any ideas would be greatly appreciated.. could it be a problem with the controller? or is there something more obvious??

[zei20l]

check the grounding. the ground wire might have come off the other side of the relay.

trace the wiring and see where it goes

[Tommy Kaira RL]

ok ...so today we checked ets relay and it working.... but it is not getting any signal as far as we can tell..... we put power through the relay and the pump fired up.... so it would seem the problem is upstream of the relay... any ideas would be greatly appreciated.. could it be a problem with the controller? or is there something more obvious??

How did you put power through the relay? Did you power up the coil or just put 12v on the output of the relay to turn the motor on? You could of just got the wire that goes to the motor from it. You should have 12v on pin 3 when ign is on. And there will always be 12V on pin 1 the bigger wire. Did you here the relay click.

The negative of the coil comes from the EITS C/U. The relay is grounded when it needs to be through the control unit.