vxr8 stability control off

[350]

Today I went for a drive and got the car nicely warmed up, then stopped at the shop for about 10 or 15 mins.
When I came out and restarted the engine it spluttered a bit on startup and then the display changed to 'stability control off'.
I turned it off and back on again, but the message was still there. I might have been a bit paranoid then but it could also have been running a little differently afterwards.
Couldn't find anything on the search, anyone got any ideas?
Cheers
Mike

[badboyburt]

Start of battery issues possibly, mine done this a few times before it gave up, new battery fitted no issue since.

[vxr2010]

A ht lead came off mine and showed same problem , only just bought car and thought oh s... But for me very easy fix

[350]

Just took a quick look and I've thrown a belt off! Going to call the RAC maybe they can refit it... Not sure what it runs off they have to cut it off?

[vxr2010]

Prob aircon belt , check by leads are still on , and has it caught any thing else when it's gone , some one was running with out the belt , there is a fix it kit by MF to solve it there are a few posts if it's aircon related

[350]

Thanks. Its the small belt about half inch wide behind the main one. Does it drive anything else do you know?
Cheers

[vxr2010]

If it's an aircon belt it can apparently be put back on again but apparently they tend to come off again , I think the aircon belt is purely for aircon , if you search on the site others know more than me

[GaryNoGrip]

350 said:

Thanks. Its the small belt about half inch wide behind the main one. Does it drive anything else do you know?
Cheers

It's just the air con on this, have just had to replace the pulley with a twin pulley set up ( from a monaro ) didn't get any problems with traction control though it just made a hell of a racket when it came off!
Not a nice job to do though yourself took me and a mate a good 3 hours to change it! Monkfish stock these though but you will need a longer belt but roger/Andy will know that anyway.
Maybe the belt got jammed somewhere and caused the issue?

[350]

The belt seems to have grooves on both sides, and a bit of a twist on it, looks like it might have turned over or was fitted incorrectly. Also I think that's a tensioner in the photo, looks rusty though... wonder if something seized.
On the plus side, car is now running normally just without air con. Nothing else appears to have been damaged, touch wood!

[350]

GaryNoGrip said:

It's just the air con on this, have just had to replace the pulley with a twin pulley set up ( from a monaro ) didn't get any problems with traction control though it just made a hell of a racket when it came off!
Not a nice job to do though yourself took me and a mate a good 3 hours to change it! Monkfish stock these though but you will need a longer belt but roger/Andy will know that anyway.
Maybe the belt got jammed somewhere and caused the issue?

I'm hoping to get this done under warranty, seeing as the belt didn't wear out, either it wasn't fitted properly or something seized to throw it off. maybe I can wrangle the twin pulley set up out of it.

Yeah maybe the belt hit something or got jammed. Hoping it's not caused any other issues.

[neiljohnson]

Unlikely anything physically wrong with the tensioner set up they are just a poor design it seems revving the car when stationary or hitting the Rev limiter can cause the belt to jump off

It's not expensive to have the twin pulley set up out on & once done its a permanent fix

[ARAF]

350 said:

I'm hoping to get this done under warranty, seeing as the belt didn't wear out,

Really? I've always thought of belts as consumables, so good luck with that one.

[350]

yeah I know what you're saying but it's worth a go.
Not sure why the tensioner appears rusty in the photo?
I'd say it was either incorrectly fitted or the air con pump or clutch could have seized, there is a definite twist in the belt and ridges along the side that's normally flat. if the belt had shredded then thats wear and tear but just starting the engine shouldn't throw the belt off?

[snowwolf]

Best to get the modded belt tensioner fitted that cures the problem, also some serious damage can happen if the aircon belt gets trapped around the other belt at high speed.

[350]

yeah I shall get that done, I'd already thought that it could have been a much different outcome!
Is it just Monkfish that do the twin pulley mod?

[GaryNoGrip]

It's not a mod just a standard part from the monaro, holden thought that a single pulley would be as good, they were evidently wrong,may be the case now as this is the standard replacement but don't take my word for it