mikeal1892

redhot, make sure you changed your coolant by now. It needs to be changed at 5 years or 100,000 miles, Mike I couldnt agree anymore ! Change it !! Michael-

great, ill check that out. thanx mike! michael

khe, whats timeserting ? michael

wow, Ive never heard of such a thing as timeserting. I must be new.. lol I've had 5 cadillacs and I have never had to have this done but only the last two have had the Northstar. I do belong to several other forms and in the short time I have been a member I have learned more on here than the other! Michael S

maybe its time to check the connections to the computer. my struts would work fine off and on like that and then it was the computer. and with the resistors thats what really made me question it. michael

hello, now do you think if the suspension computer was bad that the resistor wouldnt effect the service light ? i have bought a new computer for mine . michael

its a never endind battle. i think the computer that controls the struts is prolley bad. everything else seems to check out. suspensionless in indiana, michael s

its c1711 b1009 i have tested the connections between the computer and the struts and ohmed the struts to check to see if they were good . that they're Good. but the computer says that the left front strut is shorted to the ground. when it is not. because i tested the wires. i went by thing that the guy that works on the suspension system at the cadillac dealership. suspensionless in indiana, michael

Just to make one point clear for anyone willing to go with non-electronic struts / shocks. The resistor value that fooled the CVRSS OBD on my '98 was a 4.7k Ohm, 1/2 Watt. That is 4,700 Ohms, 1/2 Watt. The Radio Shack package will say "4.7k-Ohm" and is #271-1124. For a '97 and earlier (with RSS), if the 4.7k Ohm does not work (which I doubt), I would try a 10k Ohm, 1/2 Watt resistor. That is 10,000 Ohms. Radio Shack #271-1126. Feedback is always welcome. hey jim, that is just what used and it didnt work. any ideas ? ive replace the sturt that the cimputer claims is bad and found out it was stiill good but still nothing same old run a round. suspensionless in indiana, michael

I SECOND THAT! MAN, You cannot beat the RIDE & CONTROL of the STS with active suspension. That's what makes it an STS! SLS', without the active ride, just don't do it for me... My '97 Deville is a fill in car for me 'til I find another Caddy with Active Suspension... My '97 rides like a Buick, or Olds, Or any other da*n car on the road! You will HATE the ride without active suspension... I noticed that ride ON MY '99 sts every time I drove it! Now I notice how I don't notice the ride when I drive the '97 Deville! GMPartsDirect or whomever should have active struts for about $350 each... Pretty Easy DIY project.. You might reconsider... Take that baby out a flog it a little, (read - whole bunch). Throw it into some corners! Do some evasive manuvers! FEEL THE ACTIVE SUSPENSION! Then just do the same if you put passive struts on it... so you can (kick yourself?)...LOl Good luck... ive replaced the strut that was bad and the struts its saying was bad was good to. we ohmed them out like the suspension guy at the dealership told us to. i love the actvie but at some point its just going to go out again. i sold my old deville to a freind and i had replaced all 4 struts on it and they didnt last 50k miles so its not worth it really.

The strut is connected to the computer via a two wire plug. you disconnect the strut and connect a resistor on the side that goes to the computer. I think Jim said that a 4.7 ohm 1/2 watt resistor does the trick. IF and ONLY IF you are certain that your damper valve is bad in your strut you can CUT the wire and wire in the resistor and keep the plug in place. Jim will comment on the resistor value for your 98 I am sure. Mike hello its me again ! well i tried doing that. just slipping the resistor into the two wires while having it un plugged from the sturts ?it still comes up with the service suspension system on the read out. i've tried everything with this car im at wits end. if i were working and not finishing up my ba . i would have a new one. any ideas on what else could be done ??? please help, michael

i own a shop so i can get them at cost, but i really dont want to put something back on the car thats going to go bad again. ive had 5 cadillacs and never had this much trouble with the suspension. my car was wrecked by the orig owner i dont know if thats what caused this but the suspension started working again after i had it for a while and worked fine for almost a year ! its been off again on again. ive put more money into the cadillac in repairs that i have the last 2 i have had togeather.

THANK-YOU !!! well we took this tool and checked them and they tested as being good both but i still am getting c1711. i just want to rip the out and go passive less problems , and not have to see that aweful light it hurts my eyes i learned from buying a spring kit from strutmasters really the only thing you pay for is the info to shut the light off.

i was wondering how you used the resistors and such ? i have had an on going problem for a long time. sometimes the suspension works and sometimes it doesnt ive replaced one of the struts that the comuter says its bad and ohmed them out like cadillac said to do and by what they say thier good. thanks, michael