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Hi guys i was driving home on the just cruising and 100km/h and my Hicas light came on, I have a 33 gtst series 2.

What could be the problem and should i worry about it??

Whole car is standard (that i know of)

I have read alot of the other threads about this Hicas light and from what i have read it isnt anything to worry about, I jus wanted to verify this.

Thanks

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i had the same issue in my R32 GTST, once i topped up the power steering fuild the light turned off. HiCAS is not cheap to fix, a guy at work with a 33 had same issue. He took the rear wheel off and found one of the Hydro lines had a tiny hole in it causeing pressure and fuild loss which turned on the light.

hope that helps

Dan

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As You're probably already aware, the R33 HICAS is actuated by an electric motor, unlike the hydraulic system in the R32.

In My car, the HICAS light comes on when the speed-signal wire coming out of the speedo drops it's bundle, and there's no speed signal getting to the ECU or the HICAS box (the two elec. units downstream of the speedo on the speed wire).

On my car, sometimes the speedo AND the ECU lose signal, sometimes it's just the ECU (The AVCR I've got takes its speed signal from the ECU, so I can tell where the break in signal is) - I'm guessing it's dodgey connections inside the speedo, at the screws in the back of the instrument binnacle, which hold the speedo guts to the circuit board.

peace-out. :(

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lockbar is a bar that gets installed in the rear to lock the back up.

then you can remove the hicas all together.

i removed all my hicas lines and solenoids and installed a lockbar

which means the car drives like a conventional 2 wheel steering car

if you search the forums youll find all the info you could ever want ;)

i personally hated the 4ws - especially on the track

mine wasn't even faulty and i took it out!

(so if you do actually want to keep it and need any parts ask me! lol)

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