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PLEASEEE HELP!!! For the life of me I can't seem to find the location of the ABS & VSC & Traction control/ skid control ECU for my 2005 ls430. Been having the VSC problems and the battery was swapped for a new one a few days ago the ECU dying explains why all the communication to ABS functions aren't responding. However after ordering a new one off eBay I stand here with no real idea of where to put the damn thing. I have gotten assistance saying driver side kick panel but as i removed my steering wheel column plastic there was only the air suspension ecu with other ones that didn't look like the one I needed, this has become more of a headache then I ever wanted just because I don't know where to throw it into. This diagram is one of the few that I go off showing the driver side foot area but if anyone has a direct location I really could use that. Thank you.
I am looking for the location of this ECU sorry about the confusion I ordered it from eBay and had it checked on another forum that its the correct one and now I just need help finding where this thing goes. On the image sent its called the skid control ECU at the bottom half of the image on the driver side. I've removed the steering wheel column and had a look at all the ECU's under and none matched this one I bought that's said to be there. So i ask the masses a direction aside from the diagrams that help me replace this because I have seen the few there are all pointing to the same kick panel driver side but as I am down there nothing looks corresponding to mine. Thank you for any help this became more work then anticipated already.
Last edited by Turnesian; Dec 30, 2024 at 01:33 PM.
Does the carpet run up along the driver side foot well? The ecu is probably behind the carpet - you should be able to pull back that portion of the carpet to see it.
I am looking for the location of this ECU sorry about the confusion I ordered it from eBay and had it checked on another forum that its the correct one and now I just need help finding where this thing goes. On the image sent its called the skid control ECU at the bottom half of the image on the driver side. I've removed the steering wheel column and had a look at all the ECU's under and none matched this one I bought that's said to be there. So i ask the masses a direction aside from the diagrams that help me replace this because I have seen the few there are all pointing to the same kick panel driver side but as I am down there nothing looks corresponding to mine. Thank you for any help this became more work then anticipated already.
I'm glad you found it.
It's not your falult, it's the Ebay seller, who wrongly called the skid control ECU an ABS TRC VSC module.
Green arrow = Till & Telescopic ECU
Red arrow = Skid Control ECU
Yellow arrow = Suspension control ECU
Blue arrow = Driver side J/B ECU
What made you suspect your vehicle needed a new skid control ECU?
The Skid Control ECU is mounted between the Junction box (fuse box) and the brake pedal mount (look up).
I try and look under my steering wheel column and correlate the YouTube video of it and my set up. My first ecu or the green arrow is my Air suspension instead of my yellow and isn't my Telescopic. And my cable sockets for my first ecu is black while on the picture they’re white. Then the second box is supposed to be the Skid control ecu I need that looks like the one I have to the photo. But the one in my system is grey smaller and not the same. I as well have the UL ls430 05 idk if that changes because the video is a 2001. This is where I am though mine does not look as theres does.
Last edited by Turnesian; Jan 4, 2025 at 03:32 PM.
Abs ecu location
