Hicas

[ICER33]

hey i pulled out the tailight fuse fromt he fusebox in the engine bay and when i put it back in it went zap. now the HICAS light is on and my steering is all stiff. i have played around with a shit load of things now it is starting to bug me bad. i have checked all connections and the HICAS fuse and everything and it wont go away. anyone got any suggestions other that get an auto elec.

[The Dan]

when you plugged the taillight fuse back in, did you have your lights on or something?

Try resetting the computer and see if the light comes back on.

Disconnect the power lead from your battery terminal, step on the brake for 1 minute, then reconnect your battery (make sure none of your accessories are on like stereo and crap like that) then take the car for a run. First off just drive like your mum would for about 1-2 minutes, then find some open road and...well, yunno what to do.

This will reprogram it sufficiently and hopefully your light will not come back on. It could be that it sensed a short and logged a code. If the light comes back on then see an auto electrician and tell him what happened or go and get your error codes pulled to see what it has logged.

[ICER33]

giev it a try tonight thanks mate.

[ICER33]

turned out to be a faulty earth through the stereo. auto elecs are good!!