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Old Oct 14, 2009 | 09:55 PM
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Just bought this 95 SC400 and the TRAC ABS lights are on any ideas?
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Old Oct 15, 2009 | 02:50 PM
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Stop by AutoZone or Advanced and see what sensors its tripping. They may be able to get you in the ballbark. Sounds like possible TPS sensor. JMO
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don't go to autozone, you have an odb1 car, and pulling the trac codes is different than pulling the ecu codes.

you jump 2 terminals in the diagnostic port. do a search for it. it will blink in a pattern, then you look up the number. could be low on brake fluid, secondary tps needs adjusting, there are like 100 posibilites so you will need to report back with the actual code.
at least the code will narrow it down to a few usual suspects.
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id rename this thread lol.
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Originally Posted by Ali SC3
don't go to autozone, you have an odb1 car, and pulling the trac codes is different than pulling the ecu codes.

you jump 2 terminals in the diagnostic port. do a search for it. it will blink in a pattern, then you look up the number. could be low on brake fluid, secondary tps needs adjusting, there are like 100 posibilites so you will need to report back with the actual code.
at least the code will narrow it down to a few usual suspects.

all you need to do is get a paper clip, bend it, and have a fun time attempting to keep the clip against the 2 terminals and watch the flashes lol, should be a guide on the site somewhere, not exactly sure what terminals.
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Originally Posted by rel0610
Just bought this 95 SC400 and the TRAC ABS lights are on any ideas?
Kinda one of those things you might wanna know before you buy it? (seeing as the trac and ABS lights lit up point to a code that refers to a bad torque converter most of the time and can cost as much to replace as half what you paid for the car if you have no real shops around that know their way through an SC).

This is one error code I'd checked before signing the papers. TQ's on stock cars + repair shops = broke, broken, wallet gone.
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my sensor broke off, so check to make sure the sensors are still there and are connected
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