vrsc,vsc abs, afs and track lights on after alternator change
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vrsc,vsc abs, afs and track lights on after alternator change
Hello all as it says I had my alternator changed and when I got the car back my steering wheel was turned to the right like at 6 o clock but my wheels are straight. Along with the steering wheel my check vsc light check vrsc light as well as the afs light and the abs light are on.... I made a huge mistake and had the work done at midas... Which is still no reason for them to tear my car up... But now they are being difficult saying they have no clue how it got that way. Cars throwing the codes c1289 and c1304. I'm going crazy and it sucks my car is like this now. Please help lol.
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Have you tried making a couple of circle/ fig 8 turns. did they remove the steering to change the alternator? may need to reconnect the steering correctly then do and alignment and reset/calibrate the steering angle sensor.
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They had a machine to calibrate steering at another shop ran the test and it did nothing. And as for the figure 8s I have done some hard turning but no figure 8s. They lifted car to change alternator didn't take steering off I don't think. I'm pretty clueless and the shop isn't trying to help me fix what they did.
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The lights are all on because the steering wheel is off center. The steering angle sensor sees this and is setting the codes. Why they messed with your steering is beyond me. Have them set it back correctly as in making sure the rack is centered to the wheel. Not them just doing an alignment and causing one inner tie rod to be maxed out ready to fall off and the other all the way in.
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This happened to me a few weeks ago when I got my alternator replaced, it ended being a loose battery terminal connection.
I only found it because i thought it was a bad gas cap so I bought a new one and swapped it. When that didn't clear the dash lights, i attempted to clear it by removing the negative terminal....that's when i found the loose connection. I tightened it up, and the problem went away.
I only found it because i thought it was a bad gas cap so I bought a new one and swapped it. When that didn't clear the dash lights, i attempted to clear it by removing the negative terminal....that's when i found the loose connection. I tightened it up, and the problem went away.
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This happened to me a few weeks ago when I got my alternator replaced, it ended being a loose battery terminal connection.
I only found it because i thought it was a bad gas cap so I bought a new one and swapped it. When that didn't clear the dash lights, i attempted to clear it by removing the negative terminal....that's when i found the loose connection. I tightened it up, and the problem went away.
I only found it because i thought it was a bad gas cap so I bought a new one and swapped it. When that didn't clear the dash lights, i attempted to clear it by removing the negative terminal....that's when i found the loose connection. I tightened it up, and the problem went away.
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The lights are all on because the steering wheel is off center. The steering angle sensor sees this and is setting the codes. Why they messed with your steering is beyond me. Have them set it back correctly as in making sure the rack is centered to the wheel. Not them just doing an alignment and causing one inner tie rod to be maxed out ready to fall off and the other all the way in.
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Labor was about $171 and i forgot how much the alternator was itself. I'm just really confused about the steering wheel.... It's blowing my mind.
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Yea guess I'll have to do that... Sucks I have to shell out $$ cause they screwed up... Changing am alternator shouldn't have created this problem and I shouldn't have to deal with these issues... Ashame how this country works... I'm a disabled veteran had my bod tore up to get treated like crap by some civilians... Ashamed folks won't own up to a mistake that they made.
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I agree...but I truly believe they don't have a clue as to what happened or how to fix it. I would take it to Lexus and pass the cost back to Midas or whoever did the work. If they don't want to pay then it's time to get a lawyer. Make sure you let Lexus know what work was done so they can document the reason this is happening. Good luck!