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Old Aug 24, 2009 | 07:16 PM
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Hahaha nice.

And here you had me thinkin I was a slacker

Hahaha
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Old Sep 1, 2009 | 04:53 PM
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took it to the dealer today. after and hour the tech came out and said that the front right caliper was leaking brake fluid,. they replaced the line seals in the caliper and flushed the brake fluid, at no charge of course. but now my rim is black on the inside. what can i do? take it to a rim place and see if they can clean it, or just buy a new rim? (vossen 082)

the tech said he has never seen that (caliper leaking brake fluid) in all his years)

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Old Sep 1, 2009 | 04:55 PM
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Oh man I forgot to update in here. All I did was check my fluid levels and saw that my brake fluid was a little low. So I added some more fluid and haven't had the lights come up since.

Oh and I'm pretty sure you just have to clean it up man, I don't think you'd need to buy a whole new rim IMO.
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Old Sep 1, 2009 | 05:05 PM
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thank god.
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 12:31 AM
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Vdc slip light

Originally Posted by Hiram Abiff
they stay on when im done drifting, they only go off when i turn the car off...ive had the car for a year, and didnt all of the sudden start driving differently last week. like i said, this just started happenning. the lights will stay on, both VDC and SLP.
You need brake fliud.check ur fluid.that a warning to let you know.
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 01:10 AM
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i get those lights too, what kind of brake fluid can i use?
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 01:22 AM
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im not sure, but of those lights are on, TAKE IT TO THE DEALER!
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Old Sep 2, 2009 | 02:07 AM
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Originally Posted by sahiwal007
i get those lights too, what kind of brake fluid can i use?
DOT 3, it says on the cap.
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Old Sep 20, 2009 | 09:51 PM
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my car does the same exact thing with the lights. they dont go off untill i shut the car off. and then as soon as i really get on it the two lights come back on and stay on.
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Old Sep 20, 2009 | 09:57 PM
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Add a little bit of brake fluid, then it should go away
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Old Sep 20, 2009 | 10:29 PM
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It is a brake fluid problem,when you hit the throttle the fluid is going to the bacl of the fluid res.that's why you are getting those lights.
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Old Sep 24, 2009 | 10:56 PM
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I got the same thing, but it is not the brake fluid. Basically when both the SLIP and VDC OFF lights stay on, it is because something is wrong with the system due to the self-check that occurs every time to start to drive the car at slow speed.

Mine came on first time I started it after changing my steering wheel. I have checked everything I can think of....and everything works.....not sure what else to try. May disconnect the battery for a while and see if I can get a full system reset.

Any ideas?
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Old Sep 24, 2009 | 11:41 PM
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happened to me too, just had to add some brake fluid
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Old Sep 25, 2009 | 08:10 AM
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I have had this happen to me also. I was driving and took a corner a little fast and the "VDC OFF", "ABS", and the "slip" light all came on and I just turned the car off and it went away and it hasn't happened since.
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Old Sep 25, 2009 | 08:29 AM
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Brake fluid is slightly above max line so not my issue. Not sure what it is, but going to pull steering wheel off this weekend and double check all connections. That is the only thing I did that caused the lights to appear.

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happened to me too, just had to add some brake fluid
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