Tod gone crazy?

[Ldub]

all tires are all season same size about same tread . if it was the tire wouldnt it happen at other times not when my foot is off the gass and under 30mph comming to a stop. this dont happen when crusing the hw. also i thought that the tod kickes in if there is slipage, there is no slipage under 30 and on the brake lightly

So, did you ever figure out what caused this?

[zadam123]

tire pressure is good, i havent gotten a chance to try to rotate my tires yet but when i do ill let you know if this solves the problem

[VehiGAZ]

Chalk up another ToD spasm to tire pressures. I drove the VX to work on Friday, and the check light was on from start. About half way to work it went off, but I was getting spastic indicators - no lights to all lights, to some lights...

Today it started out fine but the check light came on again. Then it went off but showed no indicator lights. I search and found this thread, so on the way home, I stopped at the gas station to check tire pressures... 45+ psi all the way around!?! How the heck did that happen?!? Even if I filled them to 33 psi on the coldest day of the winter, I would not expect that much of a pressure increase. It hasn't been serviced recently, so there was no reason to suspect a grease monkey mistake.

Anyway, all was fine and normal the rest of the way home. Hope it holds... I don't want to fix a car I am trying to sell!

[VehiGAZ]

Posted too soon... I think I summoned the wolf from the woods (a translation of a Ukrainian saying...)

The ToD spasms persisted after adjusting the tire pressures. I brought it in and they traced the problem to the ToD sensor wiring harness. The insulation wore away where the harness passed through/by/over/under the frame, and it was shorting out intermittantly.

Oddly enough, I had a similar problem over the 2007/2008 winter, but that time the wiring harness came loose and was resting on the catalytic converter, which of course melted the insulation and caused it to short out.

Zadam - have your ToD wiring harness checked. I saw your video, and it shows the exact same ToD light spasms I was having.

[zadam123]

Posted too soon... I think I summoned the wolf from the woods (a translation of a Ukrainian saying...)



Zadam - have your ToD wiring harness checked. I saw your video, and it shows the exact same ToD light spasms I was having.

thanks I will look into this. Do you by any chance know where this is? maby a pic ?

[VehiGAZ]

Sorry, I have no idea - I brought it to the shop to fix it (both times).

[zadam123]

Sorry, I have no idea - I brought it to the shop to fix it (both times).

just curious did your tod go crazy only when almost comming to a stop like mine or was it all the time?