HICAS Problem!!! R33 Gts-t '93

[rogueman]

Hi,

I have a HICAS problem with my R33 Gts-t '93. I have done the diagnosis and I have a problem with the 'Fail-Safe Valve'.

Can someone please tell where this can be found and how to fix this? Possibly what can cause this?

Thanks,

rogueman

[GunMetalR33]

sorry cant help you there, cant i ask how you did the diagnosis?

[rogueman]

sorry cant help you there, cant i ask how you did the diagnosis?

As I have an Auto Tranny, I had to place the gearbox into Neutral, then switch on the car. I had to quickly move to steering wheel from left to right (slightly) very quickly 5 times, then I had to pump the brake pedal 5 times. The HICAS light should start to flash. This tells you that it worked.

Then you release the hand brake and reverse or drive forward for a couple of metres (no faster than 5km's per hour) BUT DO NOT MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL!! KEEP THE STEERING STRAIGHT OR IT WILL GO INTO SELF DIAGNOSIS MODE AND TRY TO MOVE THE BACK WHEELS LEFT AND RIGHT ON IT'S OWN, then stop, put the handbrake up and place into park. The HICAS is now in full diagnostic mode.

Then you will get a serious of quick flashes for about 5 seconds.

After that, the HICAS light will switch off for a couple of seconds.

Diagnosis

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You will now get either ONE long falsh (about one scond long) or TWO flashes (about one second long each).

ONE FLASH = HICAS IS OK

TWO FLASH = PROBLEM!

If you get only one flash then you will get a serious of quick flashes that go for around 5 seconds again, this means that there is nothing wrong with the HICAS.

Other wise , you'll get the error code flashes. These last for about 0.5 a second each with about a 1 second gap in between.

Count the number of error flashes and then compare it to the chart that can be found here, under HICAS Diagnostic:

http://www.powerlink.co.nz/%7Egraeme/faq/index.html

When finished, you will need to end the diagnostic mode by switching off your car.

Done!

;-)

Rogue