HICAS light turning on????

[mattysaidso]

heya,

this may be a dumb question but,

las nite was the firstd time i took my r33 for a decent trip. now when highway driving my HICAS light came on and wouldnt go out until i had turned the car off and started again. is this surposed to happen? if so what the heck does it mean?

cheers!

matty

[williamsf1]

I just had the HICAS light come on for a second during tighter fast turns.... any ideas on that one also??????

[williamsf1]

anyone? hmm... and also how do you top the fluid up?

[sav man]

I just got a R32 GTR and i have the same prob, the HICAS light comes on 5mins after you start the car. I'm getting it looked at on Thursday.

[williamsf1]

would love to hear your answer sav man.... had it blink on very very quickly again today....

I am still at a loss as to where you top the fluid up!

[lwells]

If its an R32, it runs off the power steering fluid.

LW.

[sav man]

power steering fluid is chickers on mine. I'll post the outcome on Thursday night.

[williamsf1]

where do you find the top up point!... call me stupid about now!

[sav man]

on the R32 it's between the airbox and passengers struttower (black & round).

[williamsf1]

hmmmm its not there! :O

[lwells]

Here you go:

LW.

[williamsf1]

thanks dude!

I will take a closer look but I have a funny feeling it isnt there....the car is still getting the aircon sorted out... Im sure I am going to get murdered for the 134 conversion and the second hand compressor....

could it be somewhere else? its 11/92 R32 GTR......

[lwells]

Its possible that its been relocated, but that would be most unusual. Its got to be there somewhere, unless someone removed the power steering

LW.

[ApleX]

hicas is the 4wheel steering right ?

[lwells]

HICAS = 4 Wheel Steering

ATTESA = 4 Wheel Drive.

LW.

[gatty]

4 wheel steer @ high speed and only up to 1.4 degrees i believe

[Jordan]

I never really noticed or felt the ATTESA working on mine. My bro thinks its what makes it squirm around in the wet when driving over standing water, but I keep telling him that its aquaplaning cause the rear tyres are too worn :roll:

[maxr33]

My hicas light comes on after 10km of driving and stays on. After chasing around worring about what it could have been it turns out that I've got an aftermarket diff and that's the cause.

[sav man]

Well they didn't find the prolem today, they did work out that it comes on after about 4km of driving. But they couldn't get the HICAS ECU to do a diagnostic check, so it might be the ECU. It's going back in, in acouple of weeks, and it'll stay there till it's fixed this time.

[lwells]

4 wheel steer @ high speed and only up to 1.4 degrees i believe

Nope, not just high speeds. While parked, get a mate to yank your cars steering wheel to full lock (left or right) and watch the back wheels.

Jordan: You wouldn't experience ATTESA unless you own a GT-R or GTS-4.

sav man: have you tried getting in to HICAS diagnostic mode yourself? Its not all that hard: instructions are in the FAQ forum. Actual understanding the codes is a bit difficult though

LW.