Gotta love a rig that fixes itself

[tom4bren]

Lately my 'Check' TOD light has started flashing after about 10-15 minutes of driving. I assumed it was either heat related (connector getting cooked by exhaust) or wheel speed sensor related (my front tires are worn significantly more than my rear tires). I checked all connectors under the VX & found nothing. I aired down my rear tires with no improvement. Never quite got around to checking for error codes.

Day before yesterday, I drove the VX to work (brother in law is driving my DD since he blew the head gasket in his jeep). On the way home I exercised my ABS ... panic stop ... darn near stood the VX on it's nose (did you know that in Virginia a shot nosed kid driving a slammed Prelude has right of way when pulling onto a primary road from a secondary road?). Anyway, TOD light still flashing at that point but then I stopped to drop some stuff off for blujfan. When I got back on the road ... no more Check TOD light. It's been fine ever since.

So what logical conclusions can we make:

1) TOD & ABS are interconnected and can effect each other (they don't).

2) Something was loose and the panic stop adjusted things back to normal & I should expect the light to come back on soon.

3) My Proton kinda likes blujfan's Proton & was just showin off by fixin itself

4) This thread was started for the sole means of setting a new record for thread jacking (twice in the original post ... 3 times if you count this sentence).

Anyway, does anyone have any thoughts or comments on the TOD issue?

[Ldub]

I have no response to that.

[deermagnet]

Just check and see why the TOD light came on.






#4 and #5 are the ground terminals.
This is a wire that you use to jump the terminals at the data port-


Here's a video I made showing the TOD check light flashing the code.
The code is 12 of course, meaning everything is normal.

5 seconds, 439 kb, wmv file-
http://www.drivehq.com/file/df.aspx/publish/mgpa/vids/tod.wmv

5 seconds, 5.9 mb, mpg file-
http://www.drivehq.com/file/df.aspx/publish/mgpa/vids/tod.mpg

Mark Griffin

[tom4bren]

Thanks Mark. I'll print this & keep it in the glovebox so it's handy if/when the light comes back on.

[Riff Raff]

TOM4BREN--- I suspect it was point #3. Proton's rule!!!

[deermagnet]

The highlighted green section indicates that there should be a code stored now, even after the light went out. You could check for codes now if you're curious. Maybe check a connection if the code points to a specific spot.

Mark

[tom4bren]

"You could check for codes now if you're curious."

I don't believe we've met. My name is Tom ... I procrastinate.

Point taken tho. I'll see if I can getr done this weekend.

Riff - Amen to that!!!

[WormGod]

Not out of the ordinary really. I have consistent 171 and 174 codes that come and go. I don't even reset them anymore, they just, come and go on their own. Imagine that. Fix them you say? Tried, don't care.

[circmand]

Lately my 'Check' TOD light has started flashing after about 10-15 minutes of driving. I assumed it was either heat related (connector getting cooked by exhaust) or wheel speed sensor related (my front tires are worn significantly more than my rear tires). I checked all connectors under the VX & found nothing. I aired down my rear tires with no improvement. Never quite got around to checking for error codes.

Day before yesterday, I drove the VX to work (brother in law is driving my DD since he blew the head gasket in his jeep). On the way home I exercised my ABS ... panic stop ... darn near stood the VX on it's nose (did you know that in Virginia a shot nosed kid driving a slammed Prelude has right of way when pulling onto a primary road from a secondary road?). Anyway, TOD light still flashing at that point but then I stopped to drop some stuff off for blujfan. When I got back on the road ... no more Check TOD light. It's been fine ever since.

So what logical conclusions can we make:

1) TOD & ABS are interconnected and can effect each other (they don't).

2) Something was loose and the panic stop adjusted things back to normal & I should expect the light to come back on soon.

3) My Proton kinda likes blujfan's Proton & was just showin off by fixin itself

4) This thread was started for the sole means of setting a new record for thread jacking (twice in the original post ... 3 times if you count this sentence).

Anyway, does anyone have any thoughts or comments on the TOD issue?

The bulb burnt out?

[tom4bren]

Naw

When the check lite is on, the indicators don't work.

My indicators are currently 'happy little campers'.

[pbkid]

The bulb burnt out?

nice! good call lol

[WormGod]

Found something interesting with dash CEL/issue lights this weekend. If I started the VX immediately after inserting the key, my CEL and ABS would stay on. If I waited until most dash lights cleared (ABS) and allowed the fuel pump to finish juicing up before starting, no annoying lights at all. There is a ghost in my machine. Almost as though they get pissy and stay on because I didnt allow initializing to complete before igniting. Go figure....

[tom4bren]

Worm,

I know what you mean. For a while, I thought that if I made a sharp left turn in reverse before taking off, the light wouldn't come on. That 'ghost' got tired of helping after a couple of days.

Tom

[tom4bren]

My Check TOD light started flashing at me again this morning. Rekin I'll hafta bite the bullet & actually read the code this time.

Shall we take bets on how long it'll take the 'king of procrastinators' to actually getr done??? I'm thinking it'll be 2 weeks before Moab 2011.

[Marlin]

There is a ghost in my machine. Almost as though they get pissy and stay on because I didnt allow initializing to complete before igniting. Go figure....

Maybe you should call those D-bags from ghostlab and they can come out and pretend that there is something in you VX?