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Carcass · Jan 17th, 2003, 03:42 PM

My MCS had 6,000 care free miles on it until yesterday. On my way home the DSC and Tire lights came on and stayed on. They did not flash. The tires checked out fine. After stopping and starting the car, the condition did not change. I finally decided to check the DSC and did a major "burnout". The DSC did NOT control the wheelspin, BUT the lights did go out. The lights are still out today and the DSC seems to be working correctly.

Has anybody seen this before?

Thanks in advance!

Mardav · Jan 17th, 2003, 04:42 PM

Did you hold down the reset button under the hand brake? If you did and turned the car off and then on it should reset (there are instructions in the owners manual) I believe that when the tire indicator comes on it automatically triggers the DCS off (light on). Hope this helps.

MiniGirl · Jan 17th, 2003, 04:44 PM

I had the same thing happen to me on Tuesday morning. I stopped and checked all the tires and everything seemed fine with the pressure. I figured I would have to have it checked out at the dealer, and 5 minutes later the lights went out and haven't been back on since. I did a search as soon as I got to work and it seems like many other people here have had similar problems. Must be some kind of glitch. A little scary though.

phong13 · Jan 18th, 2003, 12:25 AM

I've had this happened to me 3 times. resetting the tire monitor will not do anything since is the a DSC problem and not a problem with your tires being flat. I got a steering wheel sensor replaced. it popped up once more, but has been okay since then.

BillK · Jan 18th, 2003, 09:40 PM

Discussed at length here:

http://www.mini2.com/forum/showthrea...&threadid=9833

Brushy · Jan 18th, 2003, 09:52 PM

it happened about 4 times on my S and when I have taken the car to the dealer it shows no fault on the management system. The lights have not stayed on for any significant time and my dealer has told me that there is nothing to worry about.

BruceK · Jan 21st, 2003, 01:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by BillK
Discussed at length here:

http://www.mini2.com/forum/showthrea...&threadid=9833

As BillK (no relation

) kindly pointed out, this topic is well covered in the thread he indicated.

To make it easier for everyone to follow this subject, I'm closing this thread. Please use the one referenced above. Thanks.

Jan 17th, 2003, 03:42 PM	#1
Carcass MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Austin, TX Local Time: 04:20 PM Posts: 34 Offline	DSC and Flat Tire Lights Stuck On My MCS had 6,000 care free miles on it until yesterday. On my way home the DSC and Tire lights came on and stayed on. They did not flash. The tires checked out fine. After stopping and starting the car, the condition did not change. I finally decided to check the DSC and did a major "burnout". The DSC did NOT control the wheelspin, BUT the lights did go out. The lights are still out today and the DSC seems to be working correctly. Has anybody seen this before? Thanks in advance! DS/B MCS

Jan 17th, 2003, 04:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mardav MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Nov 2002 Local Time: 04:20 PM Posts: 19 Offline	DSC Did you hold down the reset button under the hand brake? If you did and turned the car off and then on it should reset (there are instructions in the owners manual) I believe that when the tire indicator comes on it automatically triggers the DCS off (light on). Hope this helps.

Jan 18th, 2003, 12:25 AM	#4 (permalink)
phong13 MINI2 Regular Join Date: May 2002 Local Time: 01:20 PM Posts: 135 Offline	this is a DSC malfunction I've had this happened to me 3 times. resetting the tire monitor will not do anything since is the a DSC problem and not a problem with your tires being flat. I got a steering wheel sensor replaced. it popped up once more, but has been okay since then.

Jan 18th, 2003, 09:40 PM	#5 (permalink)
BillK MINI2 Senior Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Irvine, CA Local Time: 02:20 PM Posts: 541 Offline	Discussed at length here: http://www.mini2.com/forum/showthrea...&threadid=9833 MC/VR/B/PP&SP/CVT/Xenon

Jan 21st, 2003, 01:38 AM	#7 (permalink)
BruceK Moderator & Sponsor Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: San Antonio, Texas Local Time: 03:20 PM Posts: 3,759 Offline	Quote: Originally posted by BillK Discussed at length here: http://www.mini2.com/forum/showthrea...&threadid=9833 As BillK (no relation ) kindly pointed out, this topic is well covered in the thread he indicated. To make it easier for everyone to follow this subject, I'm closing this thread. Please use the one referenced above. Thanks. + 2002 MINI Cooper S - Dark Silver / White roof, Sport, Premium, Lapis blue leather + 1965 Mini Traveller - Tartan Red / White roof, 1275, Cooper S discs, fully restored/renewed

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Jan 17th, 2003, 04:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
MiniGirl MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Des Moines, WA Local Time: 01:20 PM Posts: 31 Offline	I had the same thing happen to me on Tuesday morning. I stopped and checked all the tires and everything seemed fine with the pressure. I figured I would have to have it checked out at the dealer, and 5 minutes later the lights went out and haven't been back on since. I did a search as soon as I got to work and it seems like many other people here have had similar problems. Must be some kind of glitch. A little scary though.

Jan 18th, 2003, 09:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
Brushy V twin land Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: On the edge Local Time: 10:20 PM Posts: 5,906 Offline	it happened about 4 times on my S and when I have taken the car to the dealer it shows no fault on the management system. The lights have not stayed on for any significant time and my dealer has told me that there is nothing to worry about.

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