Problems

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A friend of mine's 08 GS showed a brake error, he filled the master cylinder, message did not go away. At the same time, with the key and kill switch off, the engine started to crank. He had to disconnect the battery to stop it.
He called me, I told him it sounded like the starter relay was welded closed, but there are a bunch of other things showing on his digital display.
I think I remember something about pressing the brake pedal to reset the low fluid, but the rest of it is beyond me.
Help?

john

 

[Lamonster]

Sounds like the brake light error is the least of his problems. :yikes:

 

[boborgera]

Sounds like the brake light error is the least of his problems. :yikes:

:agree:I would think by the time he got to the battery to disconnect , the starter would be fried. :yikes:

 

[groundeffect]

Yep, sounds like some problems that a dealer should take a look at. Trailer it to your nearest dealer, with the battery out of the machine.

Cheers and good luck.

 

[MoonChaser213]

Sounds like it might be haunted:yikes:

 

[M2Wild]

Did he sit on the auto start remote?:roflblack::shemademe_smilie:

But in all seriousness, I'd start with a known good battery. A weak battery can give all sorts of weird issue .... exactly like as if it was haunted.

 

[retread]

It's at the dealer, probably know more in a few days. (we can only hope)

john

 

[retread]

At the last report, the brake error message was caused by a bad master cylinder. The moveable contact in the starter relay had come loose and was randomly bringing in the starter, which drew the battery down and caused the LCD display to spaz out. That's so far, they're still checking things.

john