HICAS light

[croat]

when driving on highways for a period of time my hicas light seems to always come on the dash. Not sure if this is normal but if i switch the car off and restart it goes away immediately. Is there something wrong here?

[Ronin]

Na my car does the same thing. If your car starts crab walking then you got problems. Its just the overly touchy hicas sensors i think.

[doridori32]

mustve been in a previous accident and its stuffed the sensors?

[Broken Linx]

my car did it also check you reservior level mine was run off the same as the front, but my mates is in the boot

[daler32]

after market steering wheel?

[wreckedhead]

yeah its casue of the aftermarket steering wheel, mine started coming on after i installed it

[lwells]

There are a million and one threads on this issue, so I suggest (without wanting to preach) that you search.

There are a lot of reasons HICAS can be out of whack, the most common being low on powersteering fluid (in R32s), and fitting an after market steering wheel without a) an appropriate boss or B) lining up the HICAS prongs properly.

LW.

[croat]

Yeah had a search... Still have standard steering wheel.

[lwells]

Yeah had a search... Still have standard steering wheel.

What series/model?

LW.

[croat]

R33 gtst series 1

[paully_tee]

my does the same. happened cus i had a suspension accident. realli scares me when i make trips down south and have to see it on for 5 hours.

[Hardman69]

I drove all through the dandenongs with a coupla mates' cars yesterday, no problems. On the way to work last night it came on around a long, constant, R.H. bend in the freeway. - I think it's coz of the small amount of slack that's developed in the steering, coz I had the wheel held nearly straight to turn the corner.

Series II R33 b.t.w.

P.s. - Has anyone actually grown to LIKE the creepy HICAS rear-steer when pushing-on through corners? It weirds-me-out bigtime.

[Heathy0676]

The hicas light is referring to the four wheel steering most of the time. It's telling you it's not working properly but it's working fine. The light only comes on after driving on open straight roads for a period of time. The best solution is to have the rear wheel steering disabled with a lock bar( a simple piece of round bar put in place of the hydraulic ram that steers the rear wheels) The solution will prevent crabbing and makes the car more controllable while the car is drifting. The light will continue to come on after this but just ignore it. You have to remember these cars with hicas were built for tight streets in japan so when the car is not turning regularly it thinks something is wrong.

[.:: GimpS-R34 ::.]

Now all you need to do is invent a time machine to go back in time when they didnt know that..

ps. you're a dick

[Munkyb0y]

lol

[jjman]

in my R33 NA i absolutely love the hicas. It is also far more noticiable on an NA because your throttle applications are far bigger which means the hicas turns more (hicas works on steering angle, throttle position and road speed).

on my R33 turbo i dont really notice it much (probably because it feels so obvious in the NA) but i still like the feel of it. Seems to drift just fine too but then again iv got very good suspension and very good rubber.

which is the comment i often give to people who blame the hicas on them losing their shit while doing a slide and looping it- sorry mate, it wasnt the hicas, it was a combination of your shitty tyres and noob driving technique while trying to be a hero.