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Hello fellow masochist and enthusiasts! First want to say thanks for all the great info on this site over the years, it’s been extremely helpful. I’ve typically been able to read, search and find similar, if not identical issues to my own, fix based upon the forum recommendations…and in doing so keep this rolling box on the road. What a plush nightmare it has been!

With that said, I have hit a figurative wall. I have the classic lr3 3 amigos HDC Fault , ABS & Amber brake light (wear sensor light I believe), transmission fault, lowered suspension etc etc. It was happening intermittently during the initial system check on startup. It’d fail essentially, id cycle the key off and back on, that would clear it and all was well for a few months until one day they just stayed on.. I read a ton and started by replacing the brake switch under the dash. No help.. so I moved to the battery which was replaced less than 2 years ago, and is stamped July 2021. It reads beautiful voltage both under load and when removed from vehicle, hooked it up for top-off per say and it clears all tests on the battery maintainer, terminal posts and cables are clean, grounds at body on both sides show zero corrosion and are secure and so on. I looked at the transfer case module and all associated wiring in that area, no signs of any corrosion or water. I replaced both brake wear sensors, pulled tail light bulbs, calibrated steering angle sensor, checked fuses in both locations etc… even broke down, bought a diagnostics tool to read the live engine data and any stored codes. Which puts us to current events… plugged it in, went through each selectable module or system and this is what she says:


Abs-
•invalid data received from steering angle sensor
•Invalid data received from rear diff control module

Instrument Pack-
•Lost communication with ride level module

All terrain Control Module-
•invalid data received from vehicle dynamics control module
•invalid data received from transfer case control module
•invalid data received from ride level control module

Ride level control module-
Invalid data received from vehicle dynamics control module

Body control module-
•Passive start ignition relay coil circuit

Rear differential control module-
•clutch position is not learnt

Vehicle dynamics control module-
•Invalid data received from steering angle sensor module
•invalid data received from rear differential control module

I feel like if I read or say the word module one more time my head is going to spontaneously combust. I hate beating a dead horse but I would any help or direction here. Car has been off the road for a month now while I try and figure this out, wait on parts etc.

Thanks in advance
 

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Pulled center console, no visible corrosion and all looks well under there. Pulled the Tcm behind battery and it’s connections.. all looks good, no corrosion. Going to keep hunting tomorrow
 

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Checking resistance at the obd port between can hi and lo pins I have 0.0 ohms Disconnected/Broken canwire? Maybe I need to check same resistance from a different location 🤔?

Planning to order GAPiiD tool in April. Just using multimeter for now.

Any advice? I know there are gurus out there!
 

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Maybe I missed it but when you plugged in your diagnostic tool to scan the modules, did you clear the codes first to see if they were current, permanent or historic? And if you did clear it, I am assuming the faults you listed re-appeared after starting the vehicle
 

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Maybe I missed it but when you plugged in your diagnostic tool to scan the modules, did you clear the codes first to see if they were current, permanent or historic? And if you did clear it, I am assuming the faults you listed re-appeared after starting the vehicle
Correct. All current codes, clear them and nothing changes, they are still there when you re-read the network.

iCarSoft CR Pro reader wasn’t reading any EAS codes, if there were any being thrown none appeared but I also don’t know if the reader even recognizes them. Another reason there’s a Gap tool in my future.

With current situation/faults the compressor does not engage so I’m just stuck on the lowered setting. Currently reading and diagnosing the can-bus network, both grounds and battery voltage are good at the obd port but no resistance across the can high and can low prongs in that location. Worked on many many things throughout the years but can- bus hasn’t been one until now. Just working with my multimeter until after spring break… until then I feel like a blind man putting together a jigsaw puzzle!
 

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I can calibrate the steering angle sensor and the live data resets accordingly in both the steering angle sensor and the abs module but the live data for the VDCM stays 700° off even after calibration with diagnostics tool and lock to lock wheel reset. Currently the live data for abs and SAS are reporting identical, and from what I can tell, true degrees of steering angle. The VDCM live data even responds to the movement at the steering wheel but just doesn’t reset.
 
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