So we just bought a '07 FJC for our daughter and on the way home all the Warning Lights came on; ABS, VSC OFF, VSC TRAC, and assuming Traction Control (vehicle with skid marks) There was also a flickering red 4x4 lock light? that never really came fully on too.
I gave the PO a call and he advised he had only seen it happen to him once, of course he had, after owning the truck for ~18 months. The PO mentioned that his mechanic told him it was a brake light switch problem but he never saw the issue again so he never fixed it. We never saw the issue during the test drives either. The PO advised during cooler ambient temps, the switch will not overheat but as the temps warm up, failures can present. Again, the guy said he only saw it once... By the time we got home with it, the lights went out.
This morning we were unable to get the shifter out of Park. My son found the manual override button and we were able to drive it. I attempted a Search here, I must be doing something wrong, and got nothing. I did a Google search and found the old thread in the HUNDY Tech threads.
Do the FJCs have the same Brake Light Switch issues as the 100s? Is the fix the same? The old thread suggested a very quick fix by removing the brake pedal exposing the switch. Is this the same here? What causes the switch to fail?
Cheers mates,
G
I gave the PO a call and he advised he had only seen it happen to him once, of course he had, after owning the truck for ~18 months. The PO mentioned that his mechanic told him it was a brake light switch problem but he never saw the issue again so he never fixed it. We never saw the issue during the test drives either. The PO advised during cooler ambient temps, the switch will not overheat but as the temps warm up, failures can present. Again, the guy said he only saw it once... By the time we got home with it, the lights went out.
This morning we were unable to get the shifter out of Park. My son found the manual override button and we were able to drive it. I attempted a Search here, I must be doing something wrong, and got nothing. I did a Google search and found the old thread in the HUNDY Tech threads.
Do the FJCs have the same Brake Light Switch issues as the 100s? Is the fix the same? The old thread suggested a very quick fix by removing the brake pedal exposing the switch. Is this the same here? What causes the switch to fail?
Cheers mates,
G
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