ELECTRICAL/DRIVING ISSUES

[kidcon]

Hey guys, I know some of this has been talked about in other threads but I am having a TON of issues that have popped up in the past 2 days.


Firslty, my fog lights stopped working. Then I got a Keyless entry error, then my hatch would open then shut (as seen on my cluster "hatch open", then I had a bunch of brake warning lights. When I got home I unplugged the battery over night. I wanted to flash back to stock (on KTuner v1.2) so I could see if the tune was the issue, when I was trying to turn the car off then on again to finish the flash, the car was clicking a bunch and i could hear the fuel pump prime and when i pressed the push to start the car started without my foot on the break. then I quickly turned the car off assuming the recovery flash was not successful but it was. So I decided to drive the car and see how it was, it idled really low and then when i got on it my RPMs would drop until I took my foot off the gas and then would allow me to rev back up, and I noticed every time the RPM would lower my doors would come unlocked and I would get the "hatch open" warning on the dash. No idea what is happening.


I do have a lot of mods but nothing new other than tints that i got 2 days ago, everything was running/working fine until this keyless entry issue. Any help would be appreciated before I schedule to bring it into my dealer!

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[kidcon]

 

[87elco]

I would double check that you flashed it to stock first and then put oem intake on if it's not stock

 

[kidcon]

I would double check that you flashed it to stock first and then put oem intake on if it's not stock

Just curious why the intake would matter? I havent had a stock intake for 20k miles

 

[shoegazer]

It's hard to imagine how tints would cause electrical gremlins. But I always look at the last mod whenever something new comes up.

Could the tinting folks have accidentally loosened a harness, kicked something, adjusting something, etc... while driving the car, trying to adjust the radio, seat, etc?

 

[kidcon]

It's hard to imagine how tints would cause electrical gremlins. But I always look at the last mod whenever something new comes up.

Could the tinting folks have accidentally loosened a harness, kicked something, adjusting something, etc... while driving the car, trying to adjust the radio, seat, etc?

They didn’t touch any harnesses, the tint place I go to is owned by a family friend so I know they didn’t personally do anything to the car. I have seen that people have been having issues since tints use water when being put on to the windows. And there’s a sensor that’s pointed up that has been getting wet and causing the keyless entry issue but I’m having a lot more issues than just that

 

[87elco]

Just curious why the intake would matter? I havent had a stock intake for 20k miles

If you're having idling issues and they can't figure it out they'll probably just blame it on that

 

[shoegazer]

They didn’t touch any harnesses, the tint place I go to is owned by a family friend so I know they didn’t personally do anything to the car. I have seen that people have been having issues since tints use water when being put on to the windows. And there’s a sensor that’s pointed up that has been getting wet and causing the keyless entry issue but I’m having a lot more issues than just that

Got it. The moisture part makes perfect sense then.

As these cars get so electronic; the troubleshooting logic sometimes makes no sense. I just had occasion to tap the smart entry circuit in the fusebox under the dash. I believe it's a dedicated circuit with just one feature on it. I suppose it wouldn't hurt anything to simply pull that fuse (and disable the smart entry sensor) and see if that makes any difference with the other issues. weirder things have happened.

Anyway... good luck with it.

 

[kidcon]

If you're having idling issues and they can't figure it out they'll probably just blame it on that

They can’t legally blame random things. They would have to prove the issue came from a modification

 

[kidcon]

Got it. The moisture part makes perfect sense then.

As these cars get so electronic; the troubleshooting logic sometimes makes no sense. I just had occasion to tap the smart entry circuit in the fusebox under the dash. I believe it's a dedicated circuit with just one feature on it. I suppose it wouldn't hurt anything to simply pull that fuse (and disable the smart entry sensor) and see if that makes any difference with the other issues. weirder things have happened.

Anyway... good luck with it.

Yeah it’s super annoying. Well today everything worked and my remote start worked. But when I was driving the locking stuff still happened but didn’t drop my rpm because I was taking it easy

 

[87elco]

They can’t legally blame random things. They would have to prove the issue came from a modification

I don't trust them at all..they can always give you the we can't find anything wrong with it speech like they normally do

 

[kidcon]

I don't trust them at all..they can always give you the we can't find anything wrong with it speech like they normally do

I’ve never had that issue with my dealer, they love when I bring my car in even if it’s just to get clips from the service shop. Always been very helpful with warranty things. My idle is fine now. I checked the tune and reflashed to stock and it was fine

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