VSA Issues

[07si&06wrx]

My VSA, !, Brake and ABS lights randomly flashes while driving under normal circumstances. This all started after a foglight install gone bad. Cut some
wires, blew some fuses you know. My wife crunk up the car while the intake was apart and threw CEL. I unhooked the battery and got rid of the CEL. But I cant get rid of the other alerts? Any suggestions??????????

[Excalibur]

Start with all of the fuses. Alot of probs electrically are due to either fuses or grounds.

[07si&06wrx]

Ill try the fuses

[blueroadster]

Originally Posted by 07si&06wrx

My VSA, !, Brake and ABS lights randomly flashes while driving under normal circumstances. This all started after a foglight install gone bad. Cut some
wires, blew some fuses you know. My wife crunk up the car while the intake was apart and threw CEL. I unhooked the battery and got rid of the CEL. But I cant get rid of the other alerts? Any suggestions??????????

Not going to get much help to your problem unless you add more details.

[Incubus]

Originally Posted by 07si&06wrx

...I unhooked the battery and got rid of the CEL...

I wonder why people insist on this method. All you did was tell the computer that it didn't see what it saw; you didn't solve the problem. The worst part is that, now, no one can diagnose this problem based on what the computer saw (because it was told to forget).

[blueroadster]

Disconnecting the battery will not remove all DTCs (ABS DTCs are an example of ones that remain stored).

[07si&06wrx]

Originally Posted by Incubus

I wonder why people insist on this method. All you did was tell the computer that it didn't see what it saw; you didn't solve the problem. The worst part is that, now, no one can diagnose this problem based on what the computer saw (because it was told to forget).

I know what the CEL was from. Like I said my wife crunk the car up while the intake was apart and the O2 censor was out. In my subaru disconnecting the battery and pressing the brake in to drain the residual power resets the ecu

Oh and I wasnt that concerned about the CEL. Was more worried about the vsa flashing. I messed up and cut a wire that I wasnt suposed to cut. It was a red wire behind the kick panel. But I properly reconnected the wires with butt connectors. so other than that I cannot think of how a foglight install can affect something like ABS or VSA??

Anyways I took the car to the dealer today. They are keeping it over night. should find out something in the morning.

[Incubus]

Originally Posted by 07si&06wrx

I know what the CEL was from. Like I said my wife crunk the car up while the intake was apart and the O2 censor was out. In my subaru disconnecting the battery and pressing the brake in to drain the residual power resets the ecu

Oh and I wasnt that concerned about the CEL. Was more worried about the vsa flashing. I messed up and cut a wire that I wasnt suposed to cut. It was a red wire behind the kick panel. But I properly reconnected the wires with butt connectors. so other than that I cannot think of how a foglight install can affect something like ABS or VSA??

Anyways I took the car to the dealer today. They are keeping it over night. should find out something in the morning.

Got it. When you said "crunk", I thought you were using slang to tell us that she somehow broke the car. I know now that you mean the past tense of crank. I hope the dealer doesn't charge you too much for their troubles.

[07si&06wrx]

Ok the dealer said that they have to replace the ABS module? And it is covered under warranty. I guess that the fog light install and the VSA/ABS malfunction was just a crazy coincidence. Will post updates for future issues