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Old Apr 28, 2016 | 08:46 PM
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I have had my Acura TL-S for about a year now it has around 170,000 miles and i have four lights on ABS, VSA, SRS, and the "!" Light there were 3 at first i took it to the dealer for a recall and when they did the recall they also reset the lights after driving a while they came back on i would have thought the dealer would have pulled codes and givin me the info but they didnt it seems to shift smooth i have about 2500 to 3000 on new transmission fluid and filter every where i look it says Tranny is failing i have an appointment for diagnostic next week but if there is an issue with the SRS will they fix it free? how should i go about this? any help would be awesome
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Old Apr 28, 2016 | 09:31 PM
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A good start would be to get the codes read. All those lights on would might be a faulty computer or even simpler some wiring is off or fuse. Don`t do anything until they run that diagnostic. You will be lucky if it is just the computer failing because trannys are expensive.
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Old Apr 28, 2016 | 09:45 PM
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thank you! i will get them read and ill get back to you with results
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Old May 8, 2016 | 12:34 AM
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okay, i took it to acura and they did SRS diagnostic its the driver seatbelt buckle covered under Lifetime warranty just waiting on them to get part in. the VSA,ABS, /!\ lights are caused by a bad ABS Module but they did not go into depth with that because i didnt want to pay them $260 for 1.5 hours of "work"
they said it could be a bad module or bad/broken/corroded wires or connectors how can i go about checking myself? will a testlight work or would i need more then that?
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Old May 8, 2016 | 12:37 AM
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they said its a $2500 fix, i've found several used ones for around $100 i just dont want to buy a used one if its not covered under warranty. it could be a bad part. and also i dont want to waste money on it because i dont know what it is exactly has anyone else had this problem? know how to go about it?
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Old May 10, 2016 | 12:06 PM
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was this car crashed and reborn? Very rare is the ABS pump or other part a fail point
More likely a wheel speed sensor has bad wire- those corrode often
A brake specialty shop will have an ABS code reader and be of more help to you
Acura will charge 1.5 hours and only tell you what the codes say--
but codes are clues = NOT a diagnosis in themselves and the TL often gives false codes!

dealer didnt do full diagnosis the first time because you were not paying for it!

again- if you have no tools skills or ramps- take it to a private owner brake shop- not a big name place = who will do the same routine as the dealer~

If you ask the parts dept how many ABS whatevers they have ever ordered,,probably 0
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