CEL ABS and Traction Light - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

DieselxIndustry · 01-27-2013, 04:59 PM

Auto FR-S
8100 Miles

This morning when I started the car it started fairly normal but as soon as I put it into gear i noticed the lights where on and as I attempted to drive It but it was clear that the car was having issues. Its so hard to accelerate, the speed literally increases 1 mph per second until I get up to around 15mph and then it maybe doubles. It feels as if I am driving in a higher gear from start. At 55mph the car is at around 4000 RPMs and even with the paddles doesn't want to shift into the next gear. I tried resetting the ECU but the lights came back on. I don't have a scanner to run the code for the light.

I have already had the ECU replaced and the fuel pump replaced per TSB. This seems similar to the limp mode issue but in my opinion it drives worse than it did before when I had the limp mode problems. I cant get anyone from Scion or the dealership because its Sunday. This is starting to get pretty aggravating with all the fixes needing to be applied.

DieselxIndustry · 01-29-2013, 09:46 PM

Turns out some animal chewed into part of the harness for the transmission between the strut tower and the firewall. FML, car is 4 month old and this BS happened. BTW it happened on the night of a ice storm over the course of maybe 10-12 hours. To make things worse, Toyota wants $3100 to fix it.....

speedracer38 · 01-31-2013, 01:27 PM

Was the car parked inside or outside? Your home owners / renters insurance should cover you.

DieselxIndustry · 01-31-2013, 02:04 PM

Parked outside on the street, I have comprehensive coverage and rental coverage so I should be fine minus the 500$ deductible I have to pay :/ What really sucks is there is ZERO harnesses in the US right now so who knows how long this will take.

01-27-2013, 04:59 PM	#1
DieselxIndustry Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: 2013 Firestorm FR-S Location: West Chicago Posts: 214 Thanks: 13 Thanked 27 Times in 20 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	CEL ABS and Traction Light Auto FR-S 8100 Miles This morning when I started the car it started fairly normal but as soon as I put it into gear i noticed the lights where on and as I attempted to drive It but it was clear that the car was having issues. Its so hard to accelerate, the speed literally increases 1 mph per second until I get up to around 15mph and then it maybe doubles. It feels as if I am driving in a higher gear from start. At 55mph the car is at around 4000 RPMs and even with the paddles doesn't want to shift into the next gear. I tried resetting the ECU but the lights came back on. I don't have a scanner to run the code for the light. I have already had the ECU replaced and the fuel pump replaced per TSB. This seems similar to the limp mode issue but in my opinion it drives worse than it did before when I had the limp mode problems. I cant get anyone from Scion or the dealership because its Sunday. This is starting to get pretty aggravating with all the fixes needing to be applied.

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01-29-2013, 09:46 PM	#2
DieselxIndustry Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: 2013 Firestorm FR-S Location: West Chicago Posts: 214 Thanks: 13 Thanked 27 Times in 20 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Turns out some animal chewed into part of the harness for the transmission between the strut tower and the firewall. FML, car is 4 month old and this BS happened. BTW it happened on the night of a ice storm over the course of maybe 10-12 hours. To make things worse, Toyota wants $3100 to fix it.....

01-31-2013, 01:27 PM	#3
speedracer38 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Drives: 2015 CWP Subaru BRZ Series.Blue Location: Connecticut Posts: 244 Thanks: 113 Thanked 131 Times in 58 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Was the car parked inside or outside? Your home owners / renters insurance should cover you.

01-31-2013, 02:04 PM	#4
DieselxIndustry Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: 2013 Firestorm FR-S Location: West Chicago Posts: 214 Thanks: 13 Thanked 27 Times in 20 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Parked outside on the street, I have comprehensive coverage and rental coverage so I should be fine minus the 500$ deductible I have to pay :/ What really sucks is there is ZERO harnesses in the US right now so who knows how long this will take.

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