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driving home from uni exam today

hicas light decides to come on

steering has got heavier, but not as heavy as no power steering

checked all fluids, engine bay and boot, both are topped up

light is still on!!

what the hell is it??

there's a hicas reservior in the boot???

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driving home from uni exam today

hicas light decides to come on

steering has got heavier, but not as heavy as no power steering

checked all fluids, engine bay and boot, both are topped up

light is still on!!

what the hell is it??

what model is it r32 or r33 as they run different hicas set ups

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Jin Rookie

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OK, there is alot of speculation on this board as i noticed. I just had this issue today, in my Mspec, it has powersteering, so it was heavy as f**k. well turned out that not only did anyone on the forum have an answer, or the mechanics i rang, but my mate, told me about diagnostics mode. did u just start the car and it stayed on?, or did u turn the steering wheel 90 left then 90 right? u may find that u have activated Hicas diagnostic mode, to deactivate this. simply disconnect battery for a few mins or so, then reconnect firmly. start ur car. and it should be back off. give it a go.

Ps. I imagine to all u that bought new batterys/ alternators in previous threads. u mustr feel silly :"P .. good. u almost made me make same mistake!.

jlol

have fun.

cheers.

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To activate HICAS diagnostic mode you need to turn steering right/left 10 times in the space of 15sec (something like that). Had to do it myself to install the Tomei HICAS lock kit. Trust me, it's very hard to accidentally get into hicas diagnostic, as it took me a few times to purposely activate it, also the HICAS light will flash when in diagnostic mode.

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