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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:28 pm |
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Joined: Mar 01, 2010 Posts: 16
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Location: London
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Hey all, haven posted in donkeys years lol mainly due to work and buying a van for work so been on the vauxhall forums lol
Anyway hopefully someone else on here has had this probably, car info 1st:
Peugeot 206 1.1 's' 04 plate (bought in 2005) done roughly 50k miles
i probably drive the car once every 3 or so weeks anway and after being parked up for 2 weeks went to start the car and straight away the ABS light came on tried to drive the car and the stop light kept on flashing aswell as the handbrake light being on when the handbrake is up
The milometer doesnt work so have no idea how fast im going lol, and all this was about 4 weeks ago now
Any ideas??, i havent had a chance to meet up with my mate to connect it to a diagnostic machine yet
And today tried to start the car and it wouldnt so did a jump start and 5 mins after disconnecting still doesnt start gotta check the alternator next
problems problems lol
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:49 pm |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010 Posts: 1301
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Location: rochdale
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abs light/fault my car used to act some strange faults with this and with other faults when the battery was knackered
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:18 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 2719
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Location: UK
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Agreed, if the battery is playing up, all different lights on the dash will start acting up!
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:20 pm |
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Joined: Mar 01, 2010 Posts: 16
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Location: London
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Steve206 wrote: |
Agreed, if the battery is playing up, all different lights on the dash will start acting up! |
But people the battery went wrong after all the lights were already on lol, battery just started acting up today after my alarm started going off for no reason
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:28 pm |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010 Posts: 1301
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Location: rochdale
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yes my car used to run/start operate fine, but would through abs fault/airbag fault ect up, was the battery
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:55 pm |
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Joined: Mar 04, 2010 Posts: 84
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Location: Leicester
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had the same fault on mine. i just disconnected the battery for a few minute and then reconnected and it was fine after.
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:57 pm |
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Joined: Mar 01, 2010 Posts: 16
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so people the problems might have been caused by a dodgy battery but the battery would not show any symptoms until a few weeks later?
Also the battery is new anyway, i just fitted it in August lol, its a bosch bought from GSF
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:00 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 2949
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Location: Athens, Greece
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1) Check the earth straps from battery to chassis.
2) Check the battery voltage with a multi-meter with engine running and engine off.
If the alternator is working correctly you should have >14V and >12.25V respectively.
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 7:21 pm |
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singh206 wrote: |
so people the problems might have been caused by a dodgy battery but the battery would not show any symptoms until a few weeks later?
Also the battery is new anyway, i just fitted it in August lol, its a bosch bought from GSF |
if your hardly running the car like you said, its probably not got enough charge
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 6:55 am |
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Joined: Nov 26, 2011 Posts: 26
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Location: Leicestershire
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singh206 wrote: |
so people the problems might have been caused by a dodgy battery but the battery would not show any symptoms until a few weeks later?
Also the battery is new anyway, i just fitted it in August lol, its a bosch bought from GSF |
Well that's OK then, because there is no chance of you having had a dodgy battery eh?
I had similar issues on mine, all the dials would sporadically jump to their max positions and everything would "dim" in and out. Turned out I had a faulty negative connection, followed by a dead battery
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 3:36 pm |
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Joined: Mar 01, 2010 Posts: 16
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burnmw wrote: |
singh206 wrote: |
so people the problems might have been caused by a dodgy battery but the battery would not show any symptoms until a few weeks later?
Also the battery is new anyway, i just fitted it in August lol, its a bosch bought from GSF |
Well that's OK then, because there is no chance of you having had a dodgy battery eh?
I had similar issues on mine, all the dials would sporadically jump to their max positions and everything would "dim" in and out. Turned out I had a faulty negative connection, followed by a dead battery |
nah mate just wanted to give the info re the battery being new and not everyone assuming its an old 1
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 3:43 pm |
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Joined: Nov 26, 2011 Posts: 26
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singh206 wrote: |
nah mate just wanted to give the info re the battery being new and not everyone assuming its an old 1 |
Fair enough, well I'd do as V9977 suggested, check your Earth strap and check your battery output (just remember when you check with the engine on that you should have it under load, all lights/blowers/stereo/etc on).
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 4:51 pm |
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Joined: Oct 22, 2010 Posts: 319
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Location: long eaton, derbyshire
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earth strap, dodgy battery or alternater. check what its charging at...
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