I hate to have this to be my first post but I've looked everywhere on this site and on other forums and cant seem to find an answer.
Today I installed an aftermarket Amp/Sub to my SSL evo 8 and everything is perfect until I started the car and came across this. The ABS light is flickering not just flashing at a consistent rate its pretty sporadic. NONE of the ACD lights are on (used to be all 3 on at the same time which is a common problem apparently) and while the car is in motion, the ABS light just flickers.
Things I've tried already:
Checked every fuse (Interior and Exterior)
Unplugged battery for a 15 mins and plugged it back in
Turned off aftermarket amp using my built in "killswitch"

I've seen multiple people having a problem having all ACD lights on but couldn't find one thread with all of them off + having this abs flickering problem its just an odd situation.

 

Did you also install a head unit at the same time? What exactly did your install consist of? Just running a remote wire from head unit to amp, power wire from battery to amp, ground from chassis to amp?

 

I did not install a headunit at this time, also my remote wire was actually connected to I believe my rear wiper fuse because I was having a hard time finding the control wire on the headunit which is weird. And yes power wire from the battery and ground is somewhere up top on the trunk of the car

 

Pretty sure you have to go back and check your wiring job. Which power and ground did you tap?

 

Power for the amp was to the battery, ground was somewhere in the trunk, I’m going to disconnect the amp from the sub and remove that remote wire to the fuse box to see if that does anything. The remote wire was actually wired to the windshield wiper sprayer I believe which is fuse 12 according to this picture I found online

 

Resolved:
I added another fuse to my “add-a-fuse” adapter going to the fuse box. I never used one of these before so I thought I could use just that one fuse that I pulled from the fuse box. Everything seems to be working just fine now

 

Now get your ACD issue fixed!

 

Maybe sometime down the road lol apparently it’s not a big deal when they are all on and I never drive on gravel or drive the car when it’s snowing

 

Its fine, however if you launch the car or make enough power, all of its going to just spin the front tires. ACD wont lockup and send torque to the rear.

 

Hi, Sorry for dragging up old post but my 7 is doing the same thing after having an aftermarket alarm fitted.
was fine before fitting.

how did you resolve this? Send help plz

 

I’m not exactly sure how aftermarket alarms were fitted but are you able to see where they are getting the power from? If it’s from the fuse box maybe you have to do what I did and use a “add a fuse” adapter

 

thanks for your response.

have you got a picture of what you added to your fuse box, I’m unfamiliar with the “add a fuse”

i can only assume it’s powered from fuse box as I am experiencing the exact same problem you have said.
did you have a blown fuse somewhere?

ive searched and searched and can not find any other people experiencing this other than yourself.


i don’t trust the alarm fitter to touch the car again and I can’t get my mechanic to look at the car until the end of next week.

i appreciate your input.

 

the add a fuse is the correct way to wire something into your fuse box because it uses two sets of fuses instead of one. I’m not sure how they wired it for you and I totally forgot if my fuse was blown or not. But this is a picture of what it looks like [img]blob:https://www.evolutionm.net/c677c339-6ab2-44b0-baf7-1af9942689c7[/img]

 

Sorry I’m using my phone I’m not sure if the picture went through but you can click this link

https://www.walmart.com/ip/2-Add-A-C...831817&veh=sem

 

thanks man.

ive ordered a couple.

hoping mechanic can solve the issue without having to return to the alarm fitter.

just finally, did you drive your car while this problem was happening? Any issues?