Crap lights on my dash after installing coilovers.

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by HATED1

I had a few lights go on after installation. Just get it aligned and they will go. It's because everything is out of spec.

Originally Posted by Dwood11

After I recently installed my hotchkiss springs and some lca's and my car was doing the same thing. The car was scarry to drive. The car knows its out of spec and is telling you something is terribly wrong. Out of curiosity did you put in the lower lcas? Once you get an alignment you should be good. Oh and this should be moved to the suspension thread if a mod sees this please. You will have more luck with answers there.

Originally Posted by HATED1

It's the alignment, trust me.

Originally Posted by SubaSteve

Do this any time you modify anything on the car.

Originally Posted by HATED1

sorry to hear man. In my situation, after putting on the coils, the wheels where way of spec. After the alignment everything cleared after driving it a few miles on the freeway.

I love the advice given above... really sound advice.

Never knew a car would know what a good alignment is from a bad one. I bet my car also knows I ate shitty food tonight and will throw me a CEL for that.

Edit: I don't know what caused you guys to reach this type of conclusion, but there is no way a bad alignment can be causing a CEL or other code.

To the OP: something is causing the sensors to go bad. You might want to inspect the parts that could be causing a bad reading, such as speed sensor, ABS sensor, ABS lines, etc.

I don't know about what coilovers you're running, but my Ohlins just has a simple tab for the ABS sensor to be mounted. Sometimes you could install something, have the lines bind, and put the car down on the ground and pull apart a sensor or line.

-alex

[Eelusive]

Originally Posted by mav1178

I love the advice given above... really sound advice.

Never knew a car would know what a good alignment is from a bad one. I bet my car also knows I ate shitty food tonight and will throw me a CEL for that.

Edit: I don't know what caused you guys to reach this type of conclusion, but there is no way a bad alignment can be causing a CEL or other code.

To the OP: something is causing the sensors to go bad. You might want to inspect the parts that could be causing a bad reading, such as speed sensor, ABS sensor, ABS lines, etc.

I don't know about what coilovers you're running, but my Ohlins just has a simple tab for the ABS sensor to be mounted. Sometimes you could install something, have the lines bind, and put the car down on the ground and pull apart a sensor or line.

-alex

Thanks Alex I just booked an appointment with a Subaru dealer tomorrow at 3. Hopefully they'll diagnose the problem without giving me shit for the coilovers..

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by Eelusive

Thanks Alex I just booked an appointment with a Subaru dealer tomorrow at 3. Hopefully they'll diagnose the problem without giving me shit for the coilovers..

If you have time, take off the front wheels and inspect the connections. You might not need to go to a dealer for this.

Rear wheels aren't as affected, since suspension install in the rear doesn't touch the ABS/wheel speed sensor. But always a good idea to check.

Frankly the last thing you want is a dealer to give you crap for modding the car, because then they'll always use that as an "out" for legitimate problems. More trouble than what it's worth.

-alex

P.S. I should clarify: you should try to solve this problem on your own, because if it is indeed an ABS sensor line issue, the dealer won't be helpful on this matter to you and may add info to your vehicle file that could cause problems with future warranty claims.

[Eelusive]

Originally Posted by mav1178

If you have time, take off the front wheels and inspect the connections. You might not need to go to a dealer for this.

Rear wheels aren't as affected, since suspension install in the rear doesn't touch the ABS/wheel speed sensor. But always a good idea to check.

Frankly the last thing you want is a dealer to give you crap for modding the car, because then they'll always use that as an "out" for legitimate problems. More trouble than what it's worth.

-alex

Already checked them they seemed fine... We even traced them all the way into the engine bay.

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by Eelusive

Already checked them they seemed fine... We even traced them all the way into the engine bay.

Check fuses too.

-alex

[Pneub]

I had this same issue awhile back. It was a single sensor that went bad that caused exactly what you're describing. Once that sensor was swapped it was fine. I'll come back with more info in a bit.

[Eelusive]

Originally Posted by mav1178

Check fuses too.

-alex

Fuses were A ok as well.

Originally Posted by Pneub

I had this same issue awhile back. It was a single sensor that went bad that caused exactly what you're describing. Once that sensor was swapped it was fine. I'll come back with more info in a bit.

Thanks keep me informed!

[stugray]

If the dealer needs to fix anything due to the mods being installed, they will likely NOT cover it under warranty.

And I also agree that the car shoudld not know that the alignment is messed up UNLESS it changed the spacing between the ABS sensor and the wheel.

[Pneub]

Ok so it appears we ended up jacking up the line to the speed sensor. I'd check that sensor and the line.

[raul]

It's possible you yanked on the ABS/Wheel speed sensor line hard enough to damage it. Other than that, I can't think of any other electronics that might be involved with installing coilovers.

[Eelusive]

Originally Posted by stugray

If the dealer needs to fix anything due to the mods being installed, they will likely NOT cover it under warranty.

And I also agree that the car shoudld not know that the alignment is messed up UNLESS it changed the spacing between the ABS sensor and the wheel.

Originally Posted by Pneub

Ok so it appears we ended up jacking up the line to the speed sensor. I'd check that sensor and the line.

Originally Posted by raul

It's possible you yanked on the ABS/Wheel speed sensor line hard enough to damage it. Other than that, I can't think of any other electronics that might be involved with installing coilovers.

I think I just have to replace the abs/speed sensors. Probably the cause of this, the shop installing my coilovers was putting to much pressure on the lines... I think it would be safe to come to the conclusion that he probably fucked over the wires internally.

[Pneub]

Originally Posted by Eelusive

I think I just have to replace the abs/speed sensors. Probably the cause of this, the shop installing my coilovers was putting to much pressure on the lines... I think it would be safe to come to the conclusion that he probably fucked over the wires internally.

I would do this before taking it to the dealership

[Chee-Hu]

I would take it to the shop and let them take care of it.

[Eelusive]

Originally Posted by Pneub

I would do this before taking it to the dealership

Why would they void my warranty?