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Old 18th August 2012, 07:05   #1
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Help - EDC Malfunction after eibach spring install
Just installed eibach springs a couple weeks ago and it's been driving great but all of a sudden yesterday I get an EDC malfunction and it feels like I'm driving in sport mode all the time now. I tried the FTM reset but still no dice. Do I need to clear out the EDC malfunction somehow and if so how? I'm crossing my fingers that the lowering hasn't either damaged the shocks or just coincidentally failed. I've checked the connections and they are all on there securely. Any ideas? Will it damage anything driving it in the meantime?
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Old 18th August 2012, 07:36   #2
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Um, so I'm an idiot. After reading many threads on EDC malfunction, the usual culprit when it's right after a spring install is a loose connector. I'd done a wiggle check but realized upon closer inspection that though the driver side front connector was in the grooves, it wasn't snapped completely in. It'd worked itself off so it was only intermittently working I'm sure.

Didn't have to reset anything. Two ignition cycles and the EDC malfunction is gone and it drives in comfort mode again.

This does make me wonder about one thing though. I had hoped that when the EDC malfunctioned, the shocks would essentially just become comfort shocks. But if malfunction EDC makes the shocks ride like they're in uber sport mode, I guess my assumption is wrong?
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Old 18th August 2012, 11:09   #3
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Great to hear YOU found the fix...those are the best kinds!

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Old 18th August 2012, 19:33   #4
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haha I guess, I'm just extremely relieved it was something simple and not one of my shocks blown!
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