jstrutt Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 While driving the new IT GOES home from AZ I began to get a message "Active Handling". No Service Active Handling or anything like that. I had the cruise on and it disengaged and then I got the message. This happened several times. I know there can be many reasons for this so I would like to track it down before I take it to a tech and they tell me I need wheel bearings, sensors, ECM, battery or the other 100 reasons for this error message. I just got home today and will check the codes tomorrow. It's a 2004. Any help would be appreicated but I guess giving the codes is the first chore. When it happened I simply turned the Active Handling off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quicksilver98 Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Oh boy...theres a bunch of hits over on the corvette forum for active handling problems. Any codes in the DIC besides the message? Here is one to start with. http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-tech/21...ng-problem.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstrutt Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 I won't get to checking the DIC codes until tomorrow. I've read tons of stuff from that Forum on this topic. There could be a kazillion reasons for the message (all the way down to dirty connections, poor grounds, etc.) Once I pull the codes I will post them. This should end up being a long drawn out affair. Then again, I can always keep it turned off which wouldn't be too smart.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCMSH Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Don't panic just yet John, my first two thoughts are: 1) Didn't you say you went through some rain and soon thereafter you got the message? If so, I'd suspect water has infiltrated a connection somewhere. 2) You said the car came from New York State, correct? I'd look for corrosion in a connection or at the grounds. Could be as simple as letting things dry out and cleaning up some connections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstrutt Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 You may be right Jim. It started in wet weather and ever since I hit Colorado it has been wet right up until I got home. I don't plan on spending thousands on this as some of the folks have done (Corvette Forum) replacing everything some dumb ass tech tells them needs replacement. Even if it becomes an ECM I'll shop around, you can pay $1,000 or have yours rebuilt with lifetime warranty for $300. I went through the "replace everything scene" with the '92 when the ECM quit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfoot Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Quit talking about it and get us the codes eh? But the other guys are right. Water or corrosion could be.But get us the codes. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstrutt Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 Ran the codes and there are none except 3 history codes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCMSH Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Ran the codes and there are none except 3 history codes. That's a good thing! Have the connections at the grounds taken apart and cleaned and I bet you had some water get into a connection somewhere. Which codes are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstrutt Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 Ran the codes and there are none except 3 history codes. That's a good thing! Have the connections at the grounds taken apart and cleaned and I bet you had some water get into a connection somewhere. Which codes are they?I didn't write them down but they all had a H behind them. I believe anything to do with active handling starts with a C and there were no C History codes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCMSH Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Ran the codes and there are none except 3 history codes. That's a good thing! Have the connections at the grounds taken apart and cleaned and I bet you had some water get into a connection somewhere. Which codes are they?I didn't write them down but they all had a H behind them. I believe anything to do with active handling starts with a C and there were no C History codes.I think C means current if its at the end of the code. Check out this pagehttp://www.c5help.com/c5_dtc_codes.htmI think you probably need to clean connections and grounds, my two cents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1EVLC7 Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 I think C means current if its at the end of the code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sidewinder Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 Can ya get the codes written down? that would help in diagnosis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Y Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 For God's sake, John. We need the damn CODES!!!:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCMSH Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 For the love of all that's decent and holy John, what are the damn codes?????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jstrutt Posted August 18, 2009 Author Share Posted August 18, 2009 OK azzhats....there are no freaking codes. History Codes are........B0361 H, B0441 H, B0367 H, B2860 H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MOTV8 Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 OK azzhats....there are no freaking codes. History Codes are........B0361 H, B0441 H, B0367 H, B2860 HWhat? No codes from the TCS? You sure???These others are mostly HVAC history codes...B0361 Left Actuator Feedback Short to GND B0367 Right Actuator Feedback Open B0441 Left Actuator Out of Range and...B2860 Telescoping Column Position Sensor Failure Maybe it sensed a Canadian behind the wheel..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfoot Posted August 18, 2009 Share Posted August 18, 2009 OK, Dean beat me to it. BTW, H does mean history John, but just that it's not seeing them at that moment. When it runs, if it's not seeing the malfunction it will automatically put them into history. When you pull those up again, clear them out and see if they return. It could be they did some work to the A/C system and never cleared them out.Take the car for a spin and see if you can duplicate the problem. If the warning comes up, run the codes right then and see what it kicks out.No matter what, clean all the grounds like everyone is saying.Check this LINK to see where to find them and how to clean them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstrutt Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 OK, Dean beat me to it. BTW, H does mean history John, but just that it's not seeing them at that moment. When it runs, if it's not seeing the malfunction it will automatically put them into history. When you pull those up again, clear them out and see if they return. It could be they did some work to the A/C system and never cleared them out.Take the car for a spin and see if you can duplicate the problem. If the warning comes up, run the codes right then and see what it kicks out.No matter what, clean all the grounds like everyone is saying.Check this LINK to see where to find them and how to clean them.When I take it for a spin (I read this elsewhere) when it happens leave it running and run the codes because after it is shut down and re-started it will put them in history, is that true? If so, that's what I'll do and I will have the grounds cleaned and connections checked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstrutt Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 Maybe it sensed a Canadian behind the wheel..... You're probably right but the beotch better get used to it or I'll paint it black, or green, or red, or I'll re-name it Sue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfoot Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 When I take it for a spin (I read this elsewhere) when it happens leave it running and run the codes because after it is shut down and re-started it will put them in history, is that true? If so, that's what I'll do and I will have the grounds cleaned and connections checked.It should put them in history, but some computers are finicky and forgetful.I've had stuff disconnected and put power on, had it kick out errors and not put them in history before even though I had codes.Give it a try and see what happens. :DEDIT: Now that I think about it...it was AH/TCS stuff that it did not put into history when I've messed with some things. Other AH/TCS stuff it does. Very weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstrutt Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 When I take it for a spin (I read this elsewhere) when it happens leave it running and run the codes because after it is shut down and re-started it will put them in history, is that true? If so, that's what I'll do and I will have the grounds cleaned and connections checked.It should put them in history, but some computers are finicky and forgetful.I've had stuff disconnected and put power on, had it kick out errors and not put them in history before even though I had codes.Give it a try and see what happens. :DEDIT: Now that I think about it...it was AH/TCS stuff that it did not put into history when I've messed with some things. Other AH/TCS stuff it does. Very weird.Like a geek on a computer......they created a monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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