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Guest Zacos

Guest Zacos

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G'day all,

Just fitted a new steering wheel to my 33 and was driving to work today and the HICAS light came on :eek:

I have heard from some people that this sort of thing can happen when an aftermarket wheel is fitted.

Can someone tell me what I can do to fix this or if it is anything to worry about at all???

Cheers,

Zacos

:lol: :lol: :lol: :P

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Nismogirl,

The Boss kit I bought is HICAS compatible :P

'the light doesn't come on straight away....only after about 10Km.

Does anyone have any other suggestions as to what has gone wrong or If I just stuffed it (was very careful about putting it together)

any suggestions appreciated.

Zacos out

:burnout: :burnout: :burnout:

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We still have this problem. Do you notice that its when you are driving along a freeway... or somewhere where you aren't turning much? This is our problem and whenever we get on the freeway our hicas light comes on because the sensor in the steering wheel isn't making contact.

Or.. our first problem with our hicas came when the wire going from the back of the speedo to the computer wasn't connected. Also cutting out the abs, speed sensor and hicas.

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The HICAS light only comes on when I am driving to work (along the freeway!!!!)

My only worry is that the alignment of the rear wheels may be affected when the light comes on, thereby trashing my rear tyres

:cool::P :P

Guess I will have to pull it apart and have a look!!

thanks for your help :P :P :P

later :burnout: :burnout:

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What the???:eek: :eek:

I wouldn't have thought that the HICAS and the turbo timer where related in any way.

Does the HICAS light turn off before the car does???

Because with my timer, if any thing is switched on/off (headlights, indicators, car put into gear) the car shuts down.

who knows.....I don't know enough about the workings of the turbo timer to be able to give any sort of informed answer. :) :)

anyone else got any ideas???

Later

:burnout: :D

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