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Silver_R34_GT-T Grand Master

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Hey,

on the way home last night, i was cruising along doing 85km, and all of a sudden the HICAS light came on, it didnt go out so i pulled over, turnoed of car and looked under at it,, (all looks good to me) fuse in engine bay is fine,

so i started the car, and all lights out, then about 4 or 5 seconds after the engine is started it comes on again...

Can anyone help me out here, or suggest whats wrong with it?

any help would be great,

Thanks

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AzzurrA Grand Master

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I know the problem... The HICAS is still installed.

Get one of GTRGeoff's lock bars and get rid of it, the lock bar was the best $150 I've spent on my car.

agreed! that's your problem right there! :)

oh, and take the bulb out of the dash when u take off the rack, or it'll stay on and annoy the shit outta you

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gts25t4door Experienced

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hey Silver_R34_GT-T, is your car still under warranty since you only had it under a year?

HICAS is a real bitch as pretty much no mecanics know that shit in Australia. Ring up Nissan and have a chat, I think that Nissan at Windsor has worked on HICAS before, so I would say give them a go. If not try Fulcrum as they do steering.

Best of luck dude.

Chris

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Silver_R34_GT-T Grand Master

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thanks for the responses guys, I got in the car this moring, and bam it was on still, then half way to work, it went out and i havent seen it since..

Im hoping maybe it was a bad connection somewhere and it spat itself for a while.. **fingers crossed** maybe its a sign shes on her way out.

Bryn

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*Hops on bandwagon*

Dude, it's been said before but HICAS is NOT your friend. It also stands for "help I can't actually steer". Dumping it and getting one of GTRGeoff's lock bars in there was one of the best things I did to my 34.

Not a lot of point having a performance car if you don't have any confidence in its handling.

On the whole loose connection thing though, there are a couple of plug-in pin connector things on the motor and sensors attached to rack on the back of your car, maybe give them a wiggle and make sure it's all on tight and the connections are clean.

(pic added - the HICAS unit right before we ripped it off!)

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