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C5 1997-2004 TECH & PERFORMANCE

SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING/TRACTION CONTROL/ABS???
George Borke
SERVICE ACTIVE HANDLING/TRACTION CONTROL/ABS???

This is a common problem on many C5 manufactured after 2000. About a year after I purchased my C5 my dash display started scrolling the above 3 messages. First open & print the attached document: DTC-Codes-etc..pdf. I did my research and found that something called the EBCM (Electronic Body Control Module) is at fault. What happens is a relay (one never designed for under hood use) fails causing one of the many, many computers on-board to give the above error messages. A dealer quoted me approx $1,400+++ to replace the module. Again, after a lot of research I did my replacement some years ago and have repaired several member C5's with great success. I'm not free but I'm a lot cheaper than a dealer.
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