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• Mercedes 350Sl 2003 (R230) - Mercedes Command 2.0 Sat Nav 3 May 2015 (Forum)
  Battery warning light came on and initially the vehicle carried on driving with no difficulty
• Corsa 1.3 CDTi Life 2004 - Corsa 1.3CDTI low power, EML/emission lights on 24 Aug 2014 (Forum)
  ? My thinking was that if the turbo looks OK then the MAP sensor could be faulty, I took it off, cleaned it and replaced it and disconected the battery for half an hour to clear any faults. Reconnected battery and no faut, engine runs fine
• Renault Megane (1996 - 1998) - 1998 Scenic 1.9DTi F9Q, where is pre-heat relay ? 14 May 2013 (Forum)
  I have a 1998 Megane Scenic 1.9dti and a while ago, on the way to work, the temp gauge went crazy and stuck on max. Checked it over before going into work for the day and it all seemed fine, thought it must have been a dodgy gauge/sender. That evening, totally flat battery. RAC man came
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 1998 1.4 Mad Electrics and Cutting out 11 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  with plenty of revs! I'm thinking this could be an earth fault? Last night I cleaned the battery negative terminal, and disconnected and cleaned the connection to the gear box housing. She started up and ticked over fine on the drive, but as soon as I reversed back the electrics went mad again and she cut out
• Chrysler Voyager (1997 - 2001) - 99 2.4 Car won't start - Immobiliser problem?? 13 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  been working on it without any luck. The engine won't start. The battery won't stay charged. The main problem was it started, runs for a few seconds then cut out. I searched the net for any help and found this website, I have read the previous thread about the heater matrix earth wire and the auto
• VW Golf 1.9 TDI 1999 - rear window leakage, no elec windows/central lock 19 Apr 2011 (Forum)
  Hi all. So i have a VW Golf 1.9 TDI 1999 and the other day the battery dies. so i got the AA out and they used thier booster to charge the battery and everything was fine until i realised 2 things. 1 - the electric windows do not work and 2 - the central locking does not work either
• Peugeot 306 Hdi - Advise needed on diagnostic results 11 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  is turned off (this is what set the management light off) So there was a crank sensor fault.  He then tested the battery and told me this was shot pulling only 200amps.  He explained that this could cause that fault to show up. The air flow sensor showed a fault.  He told me
• Ford Fiesta 1.25 Zetec (1997) - Fiesta 1.2 Uneven Idle problem 18 Sep 2010 (Forum)
  considerably worse) after we disconnected the battery to work on the elctric windows and then reconnected the battery. May be a red herring, but may be relevant? We
• Ford Probe (1994 - 1998) - 95 2.5 Electrical / water short 20 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  garage. The garage mechanic disconnected the battery and left it inside over the weekend. On Monday he went to examine what he and the AA man thought must be two wires rubbing in the steering column somewhere, reconnected the battery and hey presto, the headlights readjusted themselves and the car
• Rover 200 (1995 - 1999) - 97 2.0D - a rattle, then black smoke, then stopped 25 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  was coming from the exhaust then the engine stopped with a burning smell and smoke coming from under the engine. After pushing the car onto the verge I opened the bonnet and found the battery had leaked and checking the cooling fluid bottle found it was empty. The engine won't start as the electrics
• Ford Fiesta (1989 - 1995) - 1993 1.1 - Starting problems 10 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  it wants to go but won't catch and fire up even when I connect my jumpstart battery booster. Sometime if I leave it an hour it will start ok. Battery is good and spark is evident. Without exception if I tow it for a bump starts it starts ok after 25 yards and runs fine immediately. Have tried various
• Citroen Berlingo Multispace (1998 - 2010) - 01 1.9 Got speedo working, but help 24 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  . Fuse now fitted with a pushbutton to press before starting car, until I can resolve problem. When battery went flat during investigation speedo would sit just off end stop and work. This stopped when battery charged. Where is the speedo interface unit? is this built into the dash panel
• Renault Laguna (1994 - 2001) - 95 2.0 M Reg - Weird wiring explanation 21 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  wires running to a relay (split charge relay?) taped near the battery. Two more wires run from this into the bulkhead. From there I lose them, but running to the fan connector are two more red and black wires with two cut wires spliced into them, a blue one and a light brown one. Now I'm assuming
• FIAT Punto (1994 - 1999) - 55 SX 1108cc 97 R. Alarm/Immobiliser Problem 5 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  which didn't work when i first got the car but i wasn't too bothered about that as i could replace it for a working one. But one day i got into my car and the alarm started going nuts.. working out of nowhere, now i have the keyfob and rpelaced the battery and the alarm would not turn off. Once
• Peugeot 307 SW (2002 - 2008) - 02 2.0 FAP Regen Electrical Issues 11 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  whilst the regen is being carried out (probably for 12-30 miles). People have mentioned this maybe a battery issue which it maybe but before buying a new battery I'd like to get my mind clear why the relay would be clicking on and off a fair bit durring the regen and why in the past I never noticed
• Citroen Xsara Picasso (2000 - 2010) - 2002 1.8 - Lambda probes 31 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  All (posted in different form on a shop forum) The engine ecu warning light came on a few weeks back, the garage told me it was a fault with the lambda probes - the light reset itself (perhaps when the battery was disconnected for other work) and so nothing was done. The light is now on again
• Isuzu - Tachograph - can anyone help? 1 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  Hi, I really hope someone can help with this as I am tearing my hair out trying to find someone to ask! I have a 1999 Isuzu NQR 7.5 ton lorry fitted with a horsebox body, used for private transport of our horses and taxed as private HGV. To prevent the batteries going flat when not in use we
• Ford Fiesta (1989 - 1995) - 1993 1.1 - Starting Problems when Cold 29 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  Hi - had a 1993 1.1 Petrol Fiesta auto choke for six months. It currently often refuses to start after a long rest (eg overnight) which may be temperature related. Engine turns over and you can hear it wants to go but won't catch and fire up even when I connect my jumpstart battery booster
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 1.8 Zetec, engine cuts out when revs drop. 16 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  dies. The battery, oil and engine light comes on and you have to re-start the car. It ok when you going along only when you slow down dies. This problem has gone from rare to every time driven near enough!!!!! Have had tracking light come on on a couple of occasions and WILL NOT turn off until car
• '91 Peugeot 205 Gti Starting issue 22 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  does move, i put a screwdriver on the casing and tried to make sure the starter moved, the alternator moves but not much and that's it. It won't turn at all so i checked the battery, Brand new so no issues there, battery connections, brand new, immobiliser connections, all sound, engine earth, sound