Worrying experience this afternoon - maybe electrics?

burmagirl · Post by **burmagirl** » Sat 15 Jan, 2011 17:45

I was driving back home half an hour ago, maybe doing 60 on a small A road. I flicked the switch to put full beam on - this may be coincidence - and as I did so, all my dashboard lights came on. I think I also noticed a surge in the engine.

The lights went off & my ASC & brake hydraulics (yellow) lights stayed on. I pulled over, stopped & put my hazard lights on & switched everything off. I turned the engine back on a minute or so later so I could pull off the main road, & everything was back to normal, and I drove home.

Any ideas, please? Could it have been something to do with the electrics?

TIA

Sue

burmagirl · Post by **burmagirl** » Mon 17 Jan, 2011 11:23

I know no-one's come up with an answer but I saw plenty of people read about the problem, so I thought I'd post an update.

I went into the garage this morning and they checked for error codes. There weren't any, but then they found they couldn't start the car. It turned out one of the battery terminals had come loose, so it had obviously lost connection for a moment on Saturday.

Phew! All it cost me was a drink for the guys at the garage! I'd done some more looking on the web since posting the original message and found a lengthy list of (horribly expensive) possibilities! Sort of the technical equivalent of readying a medical book, I guess!

Sue

yalden · Post by **yalden** » Mon 17 Jan, 2011 11:56

Sorry for not posting, I read the post but didn't have anything to contribute other than guess work! It sounds like a painless fix and hopefully a permanent one

burmagirl · Post by **burmagirl** » Mon 17 Jan, 2011 12:02

I do hope so!!

Sue

brently · Post by **brently** » Mon 17 Jan, 2011 12:39

That's the problem with cars these days, the more complex they get the more you tend to look for a complex solution. Anyway, glad you got sorted at (almost) no cost!

aceman · Post by **aceman** » Mon 17 Jan, 2011 13:07

Just read this and my immediate thoughts are it was the battery connection so if I had read this in time you could have solved it.

Oh well we shall have to try harder next time.

burmagirl · Post by **burmagirl** » Mon 17 Jan, 2011 13:52

We should have thought of it as wellt; my mistake for coming in and doing a search and getting sidetracked into stuff like the stability control sensor, drivebelt.... just to name two possibilities I found!!

Sue

Post by **Robert T** » Mon 17 Jan, 2011 16:59

My initial thoughts were instrument pod wiring getting chafed, but as it was too much of a guess and I was only using my mobile last night, I waited to see if anyone else would post. You're probably glad I didn't now.

You should drop by more often though - we miss you.

Cheers R.