rklages

2006 GX, 15k miles and the other day a bunch of the lights on the dash started coming on intermittently, now they are pretty much on.

It is the following lights,

VSC Trac light
VSC Off light
The picture of the car skidding light
The diff lock light (which comes a goes when the other 3 are on)

The manual says for each light to see the dealer if it is on, but doesn't mention them all coming on at once.

Anyone had this issue - going to call the dealer, but I probably can't get it in until after Thankgiving.

Thanks,

Rob

purplehazek4

These lights are on while the engine is running?

Dan

rklages

Yep, they started intermittently, they would come on light normal when you start the car and then go out. Then maybe 1 in 5 times I drive the car, they all stay on, that started on Friday, on Sunday they came on the 3rd time I started the car and have been on since. The only exception is the diff lockup light which occasionally goes off and on while driving, but the rest stay on all the time.

Rob

justfixit

If you turn diff lock on, it automatically shuts VSC off. The condition you are describing is normal. Just make sure you turn diff lock off and the other lights will go off.

rklages

It's not normal, the diff lock isn't on and when the lights are off, turning the diff lock off doesn't turn all the lights on. When all the lights are on, turning the diff lock on and off doesn't change any of the lights. Maybe the diff lock electronics are going bad and causing all the lights to come on.

Booked it in for next week, dealer things some module has lost it's mind, going to try to get the clunk fixed at the same time. Mysteriously after 4 days of the lights be intermittently on, yesterday they never came on - some weird electronic mystery I guess!

The G Man

Those lights can mean anything ranging from VSC sensors, transmission problems or feul evaparation system failure. Let the dealer pull the code and go from there.

V8_Fan

Is your gas cap tight? If it's leaking, most cars will throw a number of lights in the dash, often unrelated to the cause. In this case, if you pull the code, it'll indicate a bad O2 sensor when it may not be bad at all. That's the first thing I'd check. If all is well, you can erase the code yourself by disconnecting the battery, but the ECU will have to relearn the idling, etc. Since you're under warranty, I'd have the dealer pull the code.

rklages

The interesting thing is that it never threw a code - check engine light never came on and no codes are being held - the lights that did come on - all related to traction and stability and the diff lock where intermittent and now have not been on in 2 days weird. I have had the gas cap issue with other cars, but it always turns on the check engine light.

Have a service date setup for next week, but after having the issue for 4 days it has dissappeared for 2 days - probably won't have anything for them to look at next week. Oh well - they are supposed to fix the clunk also, so I will have them go at that!