not so fast.

Soooo. i washed and wax and vacuumed, ect..... the car. then went for a drive and guess what the lights are back and it still acts funny. uughhh. all day it was fine and now it comes back...

i did stop by a shop today to see if they can run a scan they said the guy who does it just left. so tomorrow i im gonna go in and see what they can find. with the scan, and guess what its free!

 

Most of time time from what I have seen and heard is it is the front drivers side sensor. They are not to expensive so you should be OK.

 

You referring to the wheel speed sensor?

 

yes

 

Here us a picture of the yaw speed sensor thats located behind the hand brake

 

I replaced it and gone never again

 

went to that shop today and they were absolutly useless. the only good thing they did was clear the airbag light i had.

the guy told me that every systme in the car has a problem/code and it would take hours to diagnos what it was.... which i think is complete bullsh*t. also treated me like a complete idiot as well. i didnt even want to begine to tell him whats up as not to start an argument so i just said thanks and left.

im gonna try one more shop before i go to the dealer. hopefull they can tell me something.

so your dcs/abs/tpms problems went away?

 

Yes i got that sensor used for $40 new it cost $320 and you can do it your self it will take you 30min tops just make sure you disconnect the battery

 

how did you know it was the yaw sensor?

 

My mechanic told me

 

anyone think a bad alignment would cause these lights to go off? i just started to notice some excessive tire ware on the outside shoulder of my front driver side tire.

and would a bad battery do this? my ultragage at idle says like 13.xx volts and even when im flooring it dost hit 14 at all with engine off and using a multimeter at the jumper areas in the engine bay i get like high 12 to low 13's same at battery i thought when driving your supposed to have like 14.xx volts????

 

Alignment? Doubtful. Battery? absolutely it can cause funny things to happen. Driving you should see 13.volts and up to about 15volts. I average about 13.7 volts and 14.3 driving on my Scangauge. How old is your battery?

 

i have no idea how old my battery is. any markings on it i should look for? date stamp? i could try a spare battery i have and see i that helps anything.

but yea i only ever see it siting in the 13's and it will occasionally hit 14, and today its like my mirrors had a mind of their own. they were moving by them selves every time i went to change lanes or look at them they were in a different position.

 

There should be a date code on it. IMO sounds like you have a battery issue. Double check your connections front and rear and the connections on the alternator since you did all that work.

 

ok, will check connections but i never touche the alternator. ill clean up the battery posts too just encase they are corroded.... now thinking about it i did have hard time when i hooked the battery back up, the negative pole was corroded and i was getting no power i cleaned it off a bit, and power got to the car.

 

good luck

 

auto zone can do a full battery / alternator test. had mine done the other day, after my car died several times for no reason. took like 5 minutes, and i got the all clear.

 

just check voltage at the battery

off = 12.8v
idle = 13.6v
driving = 13.9-14.5v with ultra gauge

 

This all sound normal. It just might be a bad sensor.

 

thats what i am now thinking. i may invest in a Bev Tec Scanner to find out whats up and it could be useful in the future.

 

I could see it possible being an alignment issue if one of your tires is worn significantly more than the others since it would spinning at a different speed than the rest of the tires.

I know when I put my snow tires on the front of my car which are slightly taller than the rears my DSC, ABS, and Tire lights came on a lot. Not sure if it's a faulty sensor or that though since I haven't switched back to my normal wheels and tires yet.

 

do i really need there cable? i just downloaded thier program and used a obd2 to usb cable and i can get it to scan the car. but is not telling me much info and i cant access anything unless i am using the program wrong.

seems kinda crazy yuo wold pay 300 for a cable and free software seems to me it would be the other way around.

this is what i get.

 

GOD i just dropped a lot of money but for some sweet stuff

just bought 4 rims and 4 summer tires off tire rack thank you Alex!

and bought the Bavarian Technic tool from Way, Thank you!

now just got to wait for them to get here!!!