P38A Traction Failure. Anyone near me?

[aaronparke1]

Hi all,
Anyone close by me with software to clear my Traction Failure?

I had put disco 2 hubs on but the sensors threw up an ABS and traction Failure. I've reverted to the proper P38 hubs and the ABD failure has cleared but I'm left with the traction Failure.

Booked into Staffordshire 4x4 but that isn't till a week Tuesday

Help!

 

[Datatek]

Hi all,
Anyone close by me with software to clear my Traction Failure?

I had put disco 2 hubs on but the sensors threw up an ABS and traction Failure. I've reverted to the proper P38 hubs and the ABD failure has cleared but I'm left with the traction Failure.

Booked into Staffordshire 4x4 but that isn't till a week Tuesday

Help!

Not sure but I think it should clear itself if the fault is fixed. You need a Nanocom to see what is going on.

 

[aaronparke1]

My local garage has an up to date snap on diagnostic tool and it has cleared all the faults in the memory. It shows "no faults" but the digital readout when turning on the ignition still says "traction failure" and my ABS and TC lights are on.

 

[Datatek]

My local garage has an up to date snap on diagnostic tool and it has cleared all the faults in the memory. It shows "no faults" but the digital readout when turning on the ignition still says "traction failure" and my ABS and TC lights are on.

Snap on Diagnostics may not work reliably on the P38. Sounds like a sensor is not pushed fully home. Have you driven it?

 

[P38Seb]

Have you driven the car yet? Go for a lap around the block and see what happens. Might display Traction Failure when you turn the car off but on next start up it should be cleared.

 

[Mark Piercy]

I'm going through this at the moment, random traction abs lamps but 0 faults...
Beginning to think I've got corrosion on a plug somewhere as it just randomly comes and goes and under no particular circumstances

 

[aaronparke1]

I've driven it plenty of late but it doesn't clear

 

[Datatek]

I'm going through this at the moment, random traction abs lamps but 0 faults...
Beginning to think I've got corrosion on a plug somewhere as it just randomly comes and goes and under no particular circumstances

Can you view live data from the sensors with Nanocom?

 

[biketeacherdave]

Snap on doesn't work with the p38 you need to go old school

 

[aaronparke1]

Snap on doesn't work with the p38 you need to go old school

Anyone know anyone in Stoke on Trent area with this old school tech?

 

[RangeRoller dt]

Snap on is OBD2 your P38 isn’t. Few might clear the fault but it won’t tell you how to stop it coming back on.
You need a nanocom with the correct unlock code, test book t4 or a faultmate. If it’s stuffed a Hawkeye might do at a push, maybe?

 

[kermit_rr]

How many pedal presses before the pump runs?

 

[kermit_rr]

I'm not that far away but don't have a nanocom anymore. Pretty sure the fault should self clear though

 

[Mark Piercy]

Can you view live data from the sensors with Nanocom?

Yip, everything is present and correct

 

[Datatek]

Yip, everything is present and correct

No glitches in the wave forms?

 

[aaronparke1]

I'm not that far away but don't have a nanocom anymore. Pretty sure the fault should self clear though

Hmm, perhaps it should. It isn't doing so though.

 

[Mark Piercy]

No glitches in the wave forms?

Oooh, that I've never tried on the nano
I can try the graph on my autel diag as well, it talks to the abs ecu.
Cheers Keith, a good direction

 

[DanClarke]

Hmm, perhaps it should. It isn't doing so though.

Dodgy Alternator? My P38 threw up solid ABS/TC fault lamps each time the Alternator went bad. Eventually the bad alternator caused the rev counter and speedo to switch on & off, was most disconcerting 0mph 0RPM, real values, 0mph 0rpm.
New alternator (after each time) and the faults all cleared. One was the original after 100k miles of service, the other was a brand new replacement after 1 year of use.