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    Fixing a battery cable ground "flaw"

    Thanks. this is very interesting and makes a lot of sense. Tightening the retaining tab has made my care work better. I suppose it could just be the overall force pushing down on the fuse box has helped better establish the grounding connection at those three other bolts? Or maybe it was the...
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    Traction Control Warning Light Followed by Power Steering Light While Driving

    It's been a month since I tightened the fuse box nut, and it's still running fine. Knock on wood. I'm actually a bit dumbfounded that something so simple might have been the source of so much headache. Hope your car is working okay now.
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    Fixing a battery cable ground "flaw"

    That's what I first thought, but the three screws marked with a red dot in the picture are what actually hold the box in place. Underneath the arrow is a bolt and nut clearly marked as the positive battery connection. If there's a positive coming in, there has to be a negative going out. (The...
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    Fixing a battery cable ground "flaw"

    Posted this in another thread, but if you find that replacing the negative cable doesn't resolve the issue with electrical gremlins (in may case, loss of power steering and traction control, no transmission shift, intermittent locking and unlocking of doors, radio failure, AC blower failure)...
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    Traction Control Warning Light Followed by Power Steering Light While Driving

    I THINK I may have fixed the issue. I saw a number of YT videos that a bad negative battery cable often causes issues like this, so I replaced the negative battery cable on Saturday. It was a bit of a pain getting to the ground point for the cable (it's under the battery tray), but I was...
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    Traction Control Warning Light Followed by Power Steering Light While Driving

    Sorry for the necropost, but I've had the same issue and it's driving me crazy. It's gotten worse so that now I cannot drive the car. OP, did you ever get this solved?
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