R33 Gts-T S1 Hicas Issue

[thelewis]

Good afternoon SAU,

I was driving to the shops this morning and the following happened -

• The HICAS light came on and off (sort of flickering)
• All tachos were bouncing when the above occurred
• There was no power steering when I entered into 1 of the turns
• The car stalled twice (once when entering a round-a-bout and when entering the car park)

However, the above did not occur permanently but was on and off. I managed to get home and performed the following -

• I disconnected the leads from the battery and re-plugged it to try and reset the ECU.
• I tried to perform a HICAS Diagnostic as per the link below but didn't quite understand it:

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/22193-hicas-diagnostic/

After doing all this, I took the car for a 2 minute drive and everything felt normal.

I'm still a bit worried though as it is quite dangerous driving a car that could stall any time.

I've been speaking with 'johnnilicte' (from this forum) who believes it is an electrical issue.

I was planning to take my car to the mechanic today but he was extremely busy.

Just wondering if anyone on the forum has encountered such issues before OR may roughly know what the issue may be.

Your advice is greatly appreciated!

Regards,

Lewis

[89CAL]

Yeah thats not purely hicas related. To many odd things happening at once. HICAS will not make the car stall. Sounds like a bad earth to me

[thelewis]

Yeah thats not purely hicas related. To many odd things happening at once. HICAS will not make the car stall. Sounds like a bad earth to me

So far so good after disconnecting and reconnecting the battery leads (touch wood)...

[Ben C34]

That's not a very technical solution...

I would actually clean the battery terminals and earth points points rather than hope for the best.

[thelewis]

That's not a very technical solution...

I would actually clean the battery terminals and earth points points rather than hope for the best.

Thanks mate. I'll have a look into it next weekend when I've got some free time.

[thelewis]

Had to get the car towed to the mechanic this arvo

[thelewis]

Issue resolved. Loose ignition switch and bad earth