Well, it happened.... DIC Messages.!
Yesterday while driving locally I stepped on the brake and felt a vibration thru the peddle(ABS?) and then the DIC said 'Service Active Handling' Then changed to 'Service Vehicle Soon'.
My Active Handling icon in the dash gauges came on(orange) and the words 'Check Gauges' came on the in the HUD display area.
I'm thinking something is wrong!.. And I'm wondering where the $$$ sign is going to appear..!!!!
During the last couple of long trips I have noticed that my cruise control would sometimes kick-off while driving and the DIC would read 'Active Handling' then immediately change to 'Cruise Disengaged'. I would slide the cruise 'resume' switch and things would be fine for 2 mins to 2 hours before it did it again.
I assumed the active handling had done something and that applied a brake(or two) and therefore the cruise would shut-off. I had chalked it up to a errant signal from a wheel speed sensor.
I guess now it has got worse.
For most of the trip home I shut-off the active handling(button in console) and the cruise was fine from then on.
I started reading forums last nite and found a few suggestions.. steering wheel position sensor(SWPS) and possibly driver's door wiring..?? These are not places I would think to go for this problem but I'm an old-skool mechanical guy. I will do more reading.
Today I want to figure out how to get error codes to show-up in the DIC.. Maybe I can determine more from that as to a possible fix or at least point me in a direction..
I'm hoping it to be just a connector on a wheel sensor with water or dirt inside or a wheels sensor itself. Beyond that I will have to throw myself at the mercy of the dealer.
I'll pull the wheels later today and check connectors, one at a time, and take it for a drive..
Lately, while washing the car, I have been using a long brush to clean the inside of my wheel rims thru the spokes. Maybe I hit a connector or wire? I'll know more later.
If anyone has any input that would be great to share.
Help in bringing up error codes is my next challenge.
Does anyone know the dealer installed cost for a SWPS..? Is it a job for a home-mechanic.?
thanx for reading....
graham
Yesterday while driving locally I stepped on the brake and felt a vibration thru the peddle(ABS?) and then the DIC said 'Service Active Handling' Then changed to 'Service Vehicle Soon'.
My Active Handling icon in the dash gauges came on(orange) and the words 'Check Gauges' came on the in the HUD display area.
I'm thinking something is wrong!.. And I'm wondering where the $$$ sign is going to appear..!!!!
During the last couple of long trips I have noticed that my cruise control would sometimes kick-off while driving and the DIC would read 'Active Handling' then immediately change to 'Cruise Disengaged'. I would slide the cruise 'resume' switch and things would be fine for 2 mins to 2 hours before it did it again.
I assumed the active handling had done something and that applied a brake(or two) and therefore the cruise would shut-off. I had chalked it up to a errant signal from a wheel speed sensor.
I guess now it has got worse.
For most of the trip home I shut-off the active handling(button in console) and the cruise was fine from then on.
I started reading forums last nite and found a few suggestions.. steering wheel position sensor(SWPS) and possibly driver's door wiring..?? These are not places I would think to go for this problem but I'm an old-skool mechanical guy. I will do more reading.
Today I want to figure out how to get error codes to show-up in the DIC.. Maybe I can determine more from that as to a possible fix or at least point me in a direction..
I'm hoping it to be just a connector on a wheel sensor with water or dirt inside or a wheels sensor itself. Beyond that I will have to throw myself at the mercy of the dealer.
I'll pull the wheels later today and check connectors, one at a time, and take it for a drive..
Lately, while washing the car, I have been using a long brush to clean the inside of my wheel rims thru the spokes. Maybe I hit a connector or wire? I'll know more later.
If anyone has any input that would be great to share.
Help in bringing up error codes is my next challenge.
Does anyone know the dealer installed cost for a SWPS..? Is it a job for a home-mechanic.?
thanx for reading....
graham