Intermittent Warning Lights - S1
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Hi,
Grateful for any help anyone can offer. I have a Elise S1, which has been fine to date, just passed its' MOT no snags. Very recently, some or all of the lights on the instrument binnacle light up randomly. This can happen soon after starting or 40 minutes into a journey, or not at all. Lights vary in brightness from dim flickering to full on. It usually starts with the orange light plus one other and then extends to high beam, indicator etc etc. They then can go out and stay our or go out and come back on. I have tried a code read but my simple code reader is too new.
Clearly intermittent but where to start? Is this an instrument binnacle failure? Alternator fault?
Mileage around 50K, 2000 year car. New battery about 12 mths ago. Car runs fine, no over-heating or misfiring.
Many thanks for any suggestions.
atb
Clive
Grateful for any help anyone can offer. I have a Elise S1, which has been fine to date, just passed its' MOT no snags. Very recently, some or all of the lights on the instrument binnacle light up randomly. This can happen soon after starting or 40 minutes into a journey, or not at all. Lights vary in brightness from dim flickering to full on. It usually starts with the orange light plus one other and then extends to high beam, indicator etc etc. They then can go out and stay our or go out and come back on. I have tried a code read but my simple code reader is too new.
Clearly intermittent but where to start? Is this an instrument binnacle failure? Alternator fault?
Mileage around 50K, 2000 year car. New battery about 12 mths ago. Car runs fine, no over-heating or misfiring.
Many thanks for any suggestions.
atb
Clive
Possible earthing fault maybe?
there are two places to check this;
1 - the battery connection at the front. The earthing point is to the right hand side if you are looking at it from the front of the car. My earth cable snapped once when i went to a garage for petrol and it lit the dash up like a christmas tree when i turn the ignition on; had to jump start it and fit a new cable.
2 - The earth point from the gearbox/engine to the rear chassis; easier to check from underneath but you could do it from above.
on both of these you need to remove the earth cable, clean up the ends with a bit of sandpaper, re-fit and test. both jobs are easy to do.
there are two places to check this;
1 - the battery connection at the front. The earthing point is to the right hand side if you are looking at it from the front of the car. My earth cable snapped once when i went to a garage for petrol and it lit the dash up like a christmas tree when i turn the ignition on; had to jump start it and fit a new cable.
2 - The earth point from the gearbox/engine to the rear chassis; easier to check from underneath but you could do it from above.
on both of these you need to remove the earth cable, clean up the ends with a bit of sandpaper, re-fit and test. both jobs are easy to do.
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