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 Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 2:38 pm |
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Joined: Oct 03, 2010
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Location: Northern Ireland
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Hit a pothole and the car died. Everything shut down at 60mph and I had to find somewhere to pull over with crappy brakes and no power steering. Cursed away and rang the parents for help and left the car thinking I killed it.
Came back with my da who rang the mechanic. The car died due to a safety mechanism which acts as a killswitch if the car is in an accident on the Hdi engines.
So..pressed the red/orange button down and BAM car roars back to life.
Hope this helps if you hit one of the "few" potholes on our roads.
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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 2:42 pm |
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| Aar_Im_A_Pirate wrote: |
So..pressed the red/orange button down and BAM car roars back to life.
Hope this helps if you hit one of the "few" potholes on our roads. |
Did you shout "CLEAR" when you pressed it.?
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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 2:45 pm |
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nopes. I did the whole frankenstein thing of "ITS AAAAAALIVEEEEEE"
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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:28 pm |
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Mustve been a nasty pothole!!
Noticed some bad potholes on the M4 motorway between Swindon and London westbound...
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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:28 pm |
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Joined: Sep 14, 2010
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Location: llanelli
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iv always wondered, where is the killswitch?
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challenger alloys
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gti 180 calipers, groved discs
braided brake lines
turbo back pro-speed exhaust
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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:29 pm |
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just on the passenger side, behind the battery is a red/orange button you push
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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:31 pm |
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im gonna go have a look out the front at my car now, iv never noticed it before.
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gti 180 calipers, groved discs
braided brake lines
turbo back pro-speed exhaust
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Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:32 pm |
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wait! my car is stuck in work, guess il have a look tomorow, thansk again
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| 2.0 hdi 90
challenger alloys
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gti 180 calipers, groved discs
braided brake lines
turbo back pro-speed exhaust
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Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:47 am |
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its not uncommon, first thing to check when the car suddenly dies after having a pothole thud 
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| Please Dont take any of my posts as written fact. They are simply my opinion and although to the best of my knowledge true, the information within them may well be incorrect.
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Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:28 am |
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mine did that before and the pothole was about the width of my wheel, was pitch black so didnt see it
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Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:42 am |
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Location: redditch
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if you have hit one that hard it would be worth taking the wheel off and making sure its straight if the inside of the wheel is bent just get a leather hammer and beat it as straight as possible if the outsides bent its a little more difficult, you might also need the wheel re balancing
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Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 12:06 pm |
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| troy wrote: |
| wait! my car is stuck in work, guess il have a look tomorow, thansk again |
I reckon you wont be able to find it 
Multiplexed 206's don't use this type of kill switch 
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