Brake Malfunction message
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Brake Malfunction message
Ok, so I was heading to work this morning and all of the sudden I get the lights on the dash which scared me mess out of me. The first was Brake Malfunction, then Check VSC System, then Check Brake System. The brakes got real soft and the car acted like it didnt want to stop. I was only about 1/2 mile from work when this happened (at 4am, so no cars on the road) and I continued to work and parked it. I got a hold of the dealer and explained what happened and arranged to have the car picked up and a loaner delivered. I got a call from the dealer this afternoon and they still didnt have an answer for me as to whats going on. Does anyone here have any info on these messages? Thanks.
Last edited by 305Busa; Dec 17, 2010 at 07:35 PM.
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Yours is not the first time this has been reported. There was a recent report in this forum of an owner reporting a similar experience and his turned out to be related to a rusted or damaged bleeder valve on one of the brake calipers.
Be sure to report your experience to the NHTSA. The reporting process is very simple at: https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq/index.cfm
Be sure to report your experience to the NHTSA. The reporting process is very simple at: https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq/index.cfm
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ok, heres the update. Got the call this morning that the car was ready. The SR really didnt know what they did but she said the car was fixed and tested. Went to pick it up and heres what the receipt stated. "tech inspected and found code 1247. performed initialization of the linear solenoid valvce (thats the way it was written, I know its valve) and calibratrion. reset code test drove 8 mile. veh ok at this time". Car rides the way it did before so I guess its ok.
Whats funny is that on the work order they write "customer states". It says it on the screen. I didnt state anything. Either way, its fixed and Im happy to be out of that tiny HS.
Whats funny is that on the work order they write "customer states". It says it on the screen. I didnt state anything. Either way, its fixed and Im happy to be out of that tiny HS.
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I have this exact same problem tonight......................... i was bleeding the brake fluid and when i start the car the message came up. Busa, how much did the dealer charged you?
thanks,
thanks,
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I was doing one man braking bleeding and i thinks i didn't pump the gas pedal/hold and tighted the bleed screw. I will redo tonight with a helper and see if the message go away. thanks for the reply Busa.
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I think thats one of those messages thats difficult to determine the source. My car actually went back and forth to the dealer for 5 months before they figured out it was a wiring problem. Ive read thread where people have the same problem and it was due to dead batteries and manually releasing the parking brake. After doing some searching on the web, I'd found a thread from a guy that has a code reader and actually erased his own code and it never came back. He stated that the dealer wanted 250 to reset the code and the code reader costed him 150.
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