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Strange instrument happenings

Started by Rally, Jan 31 2012 08:40 PM

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#1 Rally

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Posted 31 January 2012 - 08:40 PM

My GF has a Mk4 1.4 on a W plate. This cold morning when she switched on the ignition the speedo and fuel gauge needles both flipped to max and then settled back at zero. The trip reset itself too.

Is this a sign of impending destruction? If the instruments did self destruct would the car still be drivable?

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Posted 31 January 2012 - 08:55 PM

More like a discharged battery.

Did the car start or not, if it did start check for a poor battery connection.
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Posted 01 February 2012 - 05:23 PM

Yes it did start. I will check the connections.

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 06:33 PM

i'd be inclined to agree on battery...
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Posted 05 February 2012 - 04:46 PM

Another vote for the battery. With luck, it's just that the connections couldn't cope with the drain of a cold start. This will do all sorts of weird and wonderful things to the dashboard LCDs and lights. On mine, it also resets the stereo.
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Posted 05 February 2012 - 05:03 PM

Fitted a new battery today. It seems the old one was indeed getting sluggish in this cold. There are markings on it suggesting it could be 12 years old!!!!

Time will tell but the engine turned over so fast today that I am confident this will sort stuff for the foreseeable. Cheers, Guys.
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