Dash warning lights lit for apparently no reason...

[UoD]

I recall reading about someone having this happen before --- but I was unable to find it while searching.


It was a rainy day here in Tallahassee on Saturday. I got in my car to leave the mall parking lot and drove for about 2 minutes when I noticed that several warning lights on my dash were lit. I think there were 4 lights in total that were on ... The VTRAC, the one that looks like a car skidding, the e-brake light, and one other one (possibly the TPS? ... can't remember). The car felt like it was driving fine ... and my e-brake was not on. I pulled into a parking lot, turned the car off, and started it back up. Everything was normal after that.

Anyone have this happen? I am assuming it was just a hiccup in the ECU ....

 

[Spider5]

You might have gotten some water into the electronics from the rain. I had a sensor go bad but it did not effect the e-brake light just the other lights. It also did not reset until the sensor was replaced (I believe it was some kind of yaw sensor).

 

[KMX3060]

Mine did the same thing once when I was backing out of a parking place.

My warning lights went on and it went into diff lock also. Not just the light but it was on dry pavement and as I was making a short turn I could feel it binding up.

I could not turn the lock off by pushing the button so I stopped the engine and restarted it to clear it up.

It has never done it again.