A few days ago the warning lights on my ford fiesta's dashboard started flashing intermittently and the speedometer and tachometer keep dropping out.
I thought it could be damp or evening the battery not holding it's charge seeing as it's 6 years old now.
Any help would be appreciated.
J
Weird,sounds like your battery connections are possibly loose, but
the car wouldn't start properly, or at all, if this was the case. You might just have a loose connection to the dashboard controls?
If you are up to the task, I'd remove the guage console,if you can,and make sure all the connections are tight. Good luck.
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Everything is fine apart from the lights flashing.
Yes the car drives fine, the light and guages are the only thing wrong.
this problem hasn't been happening long so I've not been able to see any connections between whats happening on the dashboard.
J
I'm thinking it still could be a battery problem. If it was a bad connection, either on the battery terminal it's self or some other connection which was causing electrical interference to the car's ECM.
I'll test the connections the best I can and if I still have nothing I will try your suggestion and remove the console. Thank you for your help. I'll let you know how things turn out.
J
Well I've just be down to my local garage had on the off chance it was my battery had it checked and it turns out that one of the cells had gone. I had a new battery put in and would you believe it the problem has sorted it self.
I must say that I?m very pleased with myself.
Thanks for your help.
J
Does the car drive properly, even though the dash lights and guages are malfunctioning?
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