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hey guys i am new to the site so please dont laugh if this sounds stupid!

twice whilst driving on the highway higas signle has come on the dash? i know it means 4wheel steer but WHAT does it really mean? i have hads the car for 2 weeks and it has only done it twice and it was on the same drive? fomr my house to the local auto store

any help would be great

cheers

51ooo

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NismoGirl Grand Master

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I suggest you do a search on this forum for "hicas" and you will find out everything you need to know.

The only real way you can test out your hicas system is to get the car data steamed by a consult machine. It's the easiest, simplest way to find the problem.

I had problem with my hicas when I first got my car. The wire from the speedo to the computer had been disconnected meaning lots of things weren't registering with the computer (including the HICAS). There is also another problem with my HICAS being that when the car isn't doing hard turns (as in cornering), just driving along the freeway, my light comes on. It's because the connector in the steering wheel isn't making contact so the computer can't make a connection betwen the sensor and the computer. I found this out by getting the car data streamed. You can either get this done at a Nissan dealer, or a mechanic who has the machine. The only mechanic I know that has one is Gavin Wood Auto Tech who is at Labrador down the coast.

I'd suggest if you don't know alot about skylines or cars in general, take it to a mechanic/dealership that knows what they are doing.

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mine comes on when i am on the highway for about 20 mins (usually near the strawberry farm on the m1 heading down the coast). My steering wheel does not sit on dead centre - its at about 11 oclock which really annoyed me at first but i am used to it. I didnt wanna recentre it because i thought that it might screw with the hicas??? How easy is it to recentre?

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Very Easy

Just take the horn button out with a screw driver then undo the nut inside with a 19mm socket pull the wheel off (it mey need some force) once its off make sure the cable for the horn is at the top, And make sure your wheel has the hole at the top too.

Then put the wheel back on Straight.

Ok there is a way dot on the bolt and one on the wheel so its easy to centre it.

My problem was that the wheel was not a hicas one so i brought a aftermarket wheel and hicas adaptor.

Hope this helps

Dan

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NismoGirl Grand Master

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Originally posted by Spooks_Skyline

isnt the hicas light coming on a symptom of the speedlimiter (180km/h) wire from/to the computer being cut?

As I said in my post, with my car, the wire from the speedo to computer wasn't connected and there for resulting in the HICAS, ABS, speed sensor (HICAS and ABS use the speed sensor to function) and the speed cut wasn't working. All because of this one wire.

When I had that problem, the light used to come on after a few minutes of driving. Everyone kept telling me to check the power steering fluid but that wasn't the problem.

I have a spare HICAS computer here if you want to check that out. I got it.... "FREE" lets just say :)

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