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BASIE DU TOIT Posted on Feb 21, 2014

CAR CUT OUT & FAILED TO START AGAIN

THE AMBER ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT TIMES ON THE DASHBOARD. IT DID NOT STAY ON FOR LONG THOUGH, AND THEN IT DIED AGAIN. WHEN THE CAR IDLED THE LIGHTS AND DASHBOARD LIGHTS DIM SLIGHTLY AND CAME RIGHT AGAIN LIKE IN SECONDS AT A TIME BUT THIS WENT ON CONTINIOUSLY. EVEN WITH A NEW BATTERY IT KEPT ON DOING THAT. YESTERDAY THE AMBER ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND THE CAR DIED. IT WAS JUMPED STARTED BUT DIED AGAIN AFTER A SHORT WHILE. IT NOW FAILS TO START AT ALL.

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