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Old Feb 26, 2014 | 06:51 PM
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What can be trigging my ABS TCS OFF and SLIP lights on?

It doesnt want to come off... I went to autozone and advance auto and no abs codes were found? i have a 99 max GLE cali spec...
Old Feb 27, 2014 | 04:45 AM
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Have you checked to see if you still have ABS breaking. In a safe place push on the breaks hard and see if they lock-up or not. Just be careful, if they do lock up remember you won't be able to regain steering control until.you let off the breaks.
Old Feb 27, 2014 | 04:57 AM
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Usually, when all those lights come on together like that you have a misfire. Has the car shaken or jerked at all?

Is the CEL on? You need to pull your codes.

But yeah, usually this is how a misfire presents itself.
Old Feb 27, 2014 | 05:33 AM
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That's not a misfire...

Advance may not be able to pull ABS codes, check for a failed wheel speed sensor. There is a way to jump terminals on the diag port to make the ABS light flash the code. Search this site.
Is your speedo and tach working correctly?
Lastly, check the voltage at the battery, make sure your charging 13.5 to 14 volts when the engine is running.
Old Feb 27, 2014 | 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by njmaxseltd
That's not a misfire...

Advance may not be able to pull ABS codes, check for a failed wheel speed sensor. There is a way to jump terminals on the diag port to make the ABS light flash the code. Search this site.
Is your speedo and tach working correctly?
Lastly, check the voltage at the battery, make sure your charging 13.5 to 14 volts when the engine is running.
+1, this problem is not due to a missfire. If a miss.did somehow cause the lights to go on it would only happen for.a second or two if the missfire was bad enough that the car almost shut off.

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Old Feb 27, 2014 | 05:37 PM
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no misfires and drives smooth as a baby... I do have 2 codes ... one for knock sensor and the other sensor 2 bank 1 code...
Old Feb 28, 2014 | 06:00 AM
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no misfires and drives smooth as a baby... I do have 2 codes ... one for knock sensor and the other sensor 2 bank 1 code...
I would replace the o2 sensor then see if the code for the KS goes away. But I doubt that's related to the ABS lights though.
Old Feb 28, 2014 | 06:43 AM
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I had a misfire like that, so I threw it out there based on experience. But this looks like something else.
Old Mar 6, 2014 | 05:40 PM
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i fixed my check engine with new knock and 02 sensor but abs tcs off and slip lights are still on
Old Nov 9, 2014 | 02:09 AM
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Yellow lights everywhere

i have the same issue...been getting idling misfire, in turn now my abs slip tcs light is on and jus recently now my service engine soon...need to run codes asap!

Originally Posted by D.Stillwell
I had a misfire like that, so I threw it out there based on experience. But this looks like something else.
Old Nov 9, 2014 | 02:44 AM
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i have the same issue...been getting idling misfire, in turn now my abs slip tcs light is on and jus recently now my service engine soon...need to run codes asap!
Yup, just hope that code tells you the specific cylinder...Because otherwise on a hunt you will go! Lol

Those lights should go off after restarting the car...If they dont, probably a pretty bad misfire.
Old May 11, 2019 | 11:23 AM
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What actually is a misfire?

Originally Posted by D.Stillwell
Yup, just hope that code tells you the specific cylinder...Because otherwise on a hunt you will go! Lol

Those lights should go off after restarting the car...If they dont, probably a pretty bad misfire.
Greetings.. First time to post here.. My daughter's 2008 maxima will die without notice.. be hard to start.. and sometimes shutter as she is driving and then die? The TCS and SLIP lights usually come on simultaneously... Usually though... once it is started.. it may not do this for days? and at some point after.. will restart and run perfectly with plenty of power to spare..

Can someone give us a clue as to where to start looking? Thank you..
Old May 12, 2019 | 04:25 AM
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Did you all check this site?

ive a post or two in this onions of years back when had my 05 ....

start with simply cleaning the abs sensors with some soap and water.

Then go from there. ....

... check the forum.
Old May 12, 2019 | 10:03 AM
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Greetings.. First time to post here.. My daughter's 2008 maxima will die without notice.. be hard to start.. and sometimes shutter as she is driving and then die? The TCS and SLIP lights usually come on simultaneously... Usually though... once it is started.. it may not do this for days? and at some point after.. will restart and run perfectly with plenty of power to spare..

Can someone give us a clue as to where to start looking? Thank you..
Wish I could definitively help, but you have a 2008 Maxima and this section is for 95 to 99 Maximas. Something that works for ours, might have changed by your 6th Gen Maxima. But I will offer this: each sensor has a plug if you follow the line from the wheel. Test the two leads and make sure you have resistance between the two legs. All four should be similar. And if they are, most likely they are good. Another way to tell is to have your DMM set on AC Volts and spin each corresponding wheel that you are testing and see the voltages increase similarly the faster you spin the wheel. If all are good, there's a speed sensor in the transmission that needs investigation. Not sure how to test those though. YT might have a video.
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