snippyt Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Hi all, Yesterday I found out what was causing my 'code 42' - Turned out the solder on one of the surface mount resistors had cracked completely on my odometer (as seen in pics below) I took off the resistor (242 - 2.4kΩ) - then lost it - So used the closest I could find which was 2.5Ω. Soldered it on and no more 'code 42' and my power steering wasn't light all the time. Since doing this my car had stalled 3 times, randomly, and the slip control has started flashing but no 'code 42' etc.... I know the resistor values aren't the same but being so close wouldn't of thought it would cause this problem, especially with it not throwing any codes.??? Any idea's??? My car is a j-spec auto TT, Mines ecu - so no SLD. https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/528824_10150940822053020_463752792_n.jpg https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/539740_10150940804738020_1636205653_n.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snippyt Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 (edited) Is there a way I can disable the slip control properly and fully without just taking the 'trac fuse' out so I can rule out whether it's the slip control causing it without stressing my auto box? Cheers. Edited July 9, 2012 by snippyt (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snippyt Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 Reset my ECU again and no stalling or flashing Slip Cont, so everything is working as it should and has been for 2 weeks now :-) As for the problems I was having - My first thought was to do the odo bypass, but glad I took the time to check the odo unit itself (not that there is anything wrong with bypassing - as It obviously works) but IMO, for how long it takes to remove, it's worth checking the unit for dry joints etc... :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 ...I took off the resistor (242 - 2.4kΩ) - then lost it - So used the closest I could find which was 2.5Ω... ...I know the resistor values aren't the same but being so close... There's quite a difference between 2.4kΩ and 2.5Ω - a factor of 960! Did you mean 2.5kΩ? It's good that you've managed fix it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snippyt Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 Haha - yeah I meant 2.5kΩ Cheers mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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