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| Thread ID: 118357 | 2011-06-01 03:01:00 | Astra - what are these warning lights? | wratterus (105) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1206056 | 2011-06-01 03:01:00 | Got a friend looking at one of these - this pic is off trademe, obviously the left hand light is the handbrake, any idea what the other two are? With the car running, I would think there shouldn't be any showing... thanks. :) | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1206057 | 2011-06-01 03:16:00 | I'm no expert but if the car is running lights should not be on. The orange ones are warning lights. Need to plug it in and get the error codes. |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 1206058 | 2011-06-01 03:39:00 | Yeah that was pretty much my thought too - will call the car yard that's selling it later and ask - they haven't mentioned anything on the auction about the warning lights, I would have expected them too, if they are going to post pics of them it's hardly like they are trying to be sneaky about it. They are in Chch actually. www.trademe.co.nz |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1206059 | 2011-06-01 03:41:00 | Seen something similar before it had something to do with the turbo I think and they go out once the car is started usually, not sure as the car I'm thinking of was a turbo diesel | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1206060 | 2011-06-01 03:48:00 | Yep. Could be a turbo timer but I'm not 100% certain. | Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1206061 | 2011-06-01 03:49:00 | No turbo in this car, but a good thought - may be an emissions/cat thing of some sort, that might go out when the engine is up to temp? Will ask my mechanic mate who's over the road... | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1206062 | 2011-06-01 03:53:00 | Its not a diesel is it with a glow plug? | DeSade (984) | ||
| 1206063 | 2011-06-01 04:03:00 | Nope, petrol, that was the first thing I thought of. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1206064 | 2011-06-01 04:44:00 | The one to the far right looks like ABS. www.carservicetips.com.au Not sure about the other one, but it may be that they have only just started the car in the picture. All the warning lights should come up for diagnostic purposes when you turn on the ignition, and all should go out within about 5-10 seconds of starting the engine. |
ryanjames.powell (13554) | ||
| 1206065 | 2011-06-01 15:26:00 | The one on the right side of the pair with the P in the center of it is the Parking Brake warning light. It may also be telling that there's a low fluid condition or that either the front of rear brakes have failed. This light is tripped by 1) P-brake even partially on 2) Pressure differential switch senses loss of pressure on either/both brake systems 3) low fluid in reservoir. The other one is somewhat obscured, but appears to be the ABS Failure light - which means that the ABS is disabled and the brakes have resorted to normal (as in: no ABS operation) condition. The brakes still work but without the ABS enhancement. The ABS light is the only one that can be addressed by a data scanner, as the other one is purely physical in application and is very elementary to repair. Heck - I'd buy it if all the lights were blinking and little flags were waving from the dashboard - since the car has a 210 MPH speedometer. Buy it! |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
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