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Old Jul 3, 2011 | 06:39 AM
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My ESP/BAS and ABS and Traction Control Light all came on last night. It looks like the front sensor wires rubbed on the wheels. The coating on the wires rubbed off and the wires shorted on the wheels. I moved the wires so they dont rub on the wheels and covered them with electrical tape for now. Ill get the wires replaced soon.

Is there anyway to get the lights to go off? I unhooked the battery overnight, but that didnt work. Any ideas?
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Old Jul 3, 2011 | 09:15 AM
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That happened to mine. It throws a code. Cleared the code. with my Superchip and they went off. I suspect it may go off after driving awhile it may reset. Give it a few days of driving. If it doesn't reset, then you'll have to get the code cleared. This is one reason I really like my Superchip.

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Old Jul 3, 2011 | 11:12 AM
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I have a Procal. Will it remove codes?
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Old Jul 4, 2011 | 02:32 AM
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Mine did the same thing yesterday.

It happened after I spent half of the day washing, waxing, and doing a tire rotation. After I got done, I noticed I had accidentally left my ignition on with the blowers running and when I went to start my JK, I found the battery was dead where it wouldn't crank over. I did a quick recharge to get her started and then noticed these same lights came on later while I was driving. They went off after I had been driving awhile longer, but came on a couple other times as I was stopped at stop lights, then went off as I was on the highway.

So, one possible scenario for these lights coming on seems to be a low battery. I would try recharging your battery fully, to see if that fixes the problem. It seems to have done the trick for mine yesterday.
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Old Jul 4, 2011 | 04:58 AM
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This happened to me last year, turned out the front passenger tire sensor was grilled, replaced it and the lights directly went off.
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Old Jul 4, 2011 | 06:14 AM
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Originally Posted by kntr
I have a Procal. Will it remove codes?
nope......
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Old Jul 4, 2011 | 07:44 AM
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Its definately the front wires. Ill try driving it and see if they go off. Ill have to look at my Procal paperwork when I get home. I thought it reset codes.
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Old Jul 4, 2011 | 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by CPC1
This happened to me last year, turned out the front passenger tire sensor was grilled, replaced it and the lights directly went off.
hmmmm??? Maybe that's why mine went on then, since I did the tire rotation?
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Old Jul 4, 2011 | 08:37 AM
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Its definately the front wires. Ill try driving it and see if they go off. Ill have to look at my Procal paperwork when I get home. I thought it reset codes.
Maybe try setting it back to stock, then redo?
Also, you should try to resplice the wires and solder them to make sure of your connection, I had to do that to my rear one.

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Old Jul 4, 2011 | 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by mkjeep
Maybe try setting it back to stock, then redo?
Also, you should try to resplice the wires and solder them to make sure of your connection, I had to do that to my rear one.
I reset everything today and drove it around. Lights are all still on. I guess Ill head to AEV or the dealer. Damn.
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