BRAKE, ABS, VDC OFF, SLIP light on.What do I do?

DJ425 · 06-03-2013, 03:53 PM

So I got 4 brand new tires put on today and after driving about a mile away from Tire Kingdom my BRAKE, ABS, VDC OFF, and SLIP Lights came on and wont go away. If I turn the car off and back on it will go away until I drive about a mile. Did Tire Kingdom mess up? Should I take my Z to the dealership? I am completely clueless. Please help!

DEpointfive0 · 06-03-2013, 04:09 PM

Check your brake fluid level

MJB · 06-03-2013, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by DJ425

So I got 4 brand new tires put on today and after driving about a mile away from Tire Kingdom my BRAKE, ABS, VDC OFF, and SLIP Lights came on and wont go away. If I turn the car off and back on it will go away until I drive about a mile. Did Tire Kingdom mess up? Should I take my Z to the dealership? I am completely clueless. Please help!

What size tires did you get?

DJ425 · 06-05-2013, 07:11 PM

i checked the brake fluid level and it looks fine. I guess i can add some to top it off. i know i got 40r in the front when it says to get 50r. could that really be the problem? i thought of that but to set off all those lights is a little extreme i think. BTW For the rear tires i got 45r which is what the car calls for.

DEpointfive0 · 06-05-2013, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by DJ425

i checked the brake fluid level and it looks fine. I guess i can add some to top it off. i know i got 40r in the front when it says to get 50r. could that really be the problem? i thought of that but to set off all those lights is a little extreme i think. BTW For the rear tires i got 45r which is what the car calls for.

The car is finicky about having enough brake fluid.
Just make sure it's at the top

MJB · 06-08-2013, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by DEpointfive0

The car is finicky about having enough brake fluid.
Just make sure it's at the top

Can you give us the exact tire size for front and rear. If the diameter difference between and front and rear aren't close to being the same, it will throw off the traction control/abs.. ect.

DJ425 · 06-11-2013, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by MJB

Can you give us the exact tire size for front and rear. If the diameter difference between and front and rear aren't close to being the same, it will throw off the traction control/abs.. ect.

I wanna say I got 225-40r-18 on the fron and 225-50r-18 on the back

XwChriswX · 06-05-2013, 08:47 PM

Did they not resync your TPMS after installing the new tires?

modme · 06-11-2013, 08:01 PM

It's obviously a tire problem. You changed your tires to the incorrect size and the lights went on within a mile, what else can it be?

Akbubba47 · 06-11-2013, 08:12 PM

Front should be 40 rear should be 35. That's the reason ur traction control is failing.

MJB · 06-11-2013, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Akbubba47

Front should be 40 rear should be 35. That's the reason ur traction control is failing.

That's not true, lots of people run different sizes than that.. some run 35 front, 30 rear, 30 all the way around, ect.. The key is the fronts and rear need to be close to the same diameter... If he is running a 40 front and 50 rear, his rears are probably over 1" bigger in diameter, thus causing his problem.

IDK why he starts a thread asking for help and can't even give us simple info like what size tires he had installed...

SATX_NISMO · 06-11-2013, 08:44 PM

One of your wheel speed sensors could of been damaged.

Sh0velMan · 06-11-2013, 09:38 PM

...I know I left my crystal ball around here somewhere...

.c2 · 06-15-2013, 08:17 AM

I don't know if it helps but when I got my spacers installed they actually ended up torching my studs or something and burnt one of my 'speed sensors'..? That caused all of those lights to go on for me until they replaced it. Of course, I had a CEL as well and they checked it through reading that

Nut_N_Much · 08-04-2013, 12:46 PM

I just swapped out base brakes with Sport Calipers and Spec R springs and the same thing happened to the car when I was done. We topped off the brake fluid the disconnected the (-) terminal on the battery for 45min to reset the ECU. The lights went away, then came back. The car was driven for a wile and the lights went off on there own. I never touched the wheel sensors during my work, I have no idea why the lights came on, I think the ECU just needed time to learn the new setting it is getting from the new input from the sensors.

Now we have the E-Brake light coming on when we shift from 3rd to 4th gear. Crazy Cars these Z's.

Everything in the manuals points to ABS wheel sensors. For the Slippery/VDC dash lights. The tire pressure light probably means they damaged one of your TPS senors when the removed the tires. Most shops can reset the TPS to your car. Dealer charges 25 to 50 to reset them depending on the dealer being a good one or crap.

Not the first Time: E Brake, then VDC & Traction indicator stayed lit after hill SF climb

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06-03-2013, 03:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
DJ425 Base Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Jacksonville, Florida Posts: 8 Drives: 10 Nissan Grey M Rep Power: 13	BRAKE, ABS, VDC OFF, SLIP light on.What do I do? So I got 4 brand new tires put on today and after driving about a mile away from Tire Kingdom my BRAKE, ABS, VDC OFF, and SLIP Lights came on and wont go away. If I turn the car off and back on it will go away until I drive about a mile. Did Tire Kingdom mess up? Should I take my Z to the dealership? I am completely clueless. Please help!

06-03-2013, 04:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
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06-05-2013, 07:11 PM	#4 (permalink)
DJ425 Base Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Jacksonville, Florida Posts: 8 Drives: 10 Nissan Grey M Rep Power: 13	i checked the brake fluid level and it looks fine. I guess i can add some to top it off. i know i got 40r in the front when it says to get 50r. could that really be the problem? i thought of that but to set off all those lights is a little extreme i think. BTW For the rear tires i got 45r which is what the car calls for. Last edited by DJ425; 06-05-2013 at 07:14 PM.

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Nut_N_Much A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Pensacola Florida Posts: 1,696 Drives: Awesome Car Rep Power: 27	I just swapped out base brakes with Sport Calipers and Spec R springs and the same thing happened to the car when I was done. We topped off the brake fluid the disconnected the (-) terminal on the battery for 45min to reset the ECU. The lights went away, then came back. The car was driven for a wile and the lights went off on there own. I never touched the wheel sensors during my work, I have no idea why the lights came on, I think the ECU just needed time to learn the new setting it is getting from the new input from the sensors. Now we have the E-Brake light coming on when we shift from 3rd to 4th gear. Crazy Cars these Z's. Everything in the manuals points to ABS wheel sensors. For the Slippery/VDC dash lights. The tire pressure light probably means they damaged one of your TPS senors when the removed the tires. Most shops can reset the TPS to your car. Dealer charges 25 to 50 to reset them depending on the dealer being a good one or crap. Not the first Time: E Brake, then VDC & Traction indicator stayed lit after hill SF climb . __________________ Did new cool science stuff to the car !!! http://www.the370z.com/mazoc/99606-z...y-14-17-a.html http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-d...-w-videos.html Last edited by Nut_N_Much; 08-04-2013 at 12:52 PM.

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