May 2008
Hello
Just changed the batteries on the remote and now the remote wont work. Cannot just use key due to immobiliser.
Any ideas?
Thank you.
Mrs B Read more
Parked the car last night and set the alarm. Car was running normally.
This morning the car wouldnt start. The engine management light and battery light stayed on after turning the key and after resetting the alarm. Starter operates normally.I have disconnected and reconnected the battery without success Can an alarm immobilizer cause any problems with the engine management system/light (car alarm locking appears to be operating normally).
Any help advice would be appreciated
Ian Read more
if the immobilizer was faulty then the engine management light will flash, the fact that it is cranking means it not a immobilizer fault, only common thing is crankshaft sensors on this engine, which usually cause's not start issues
They do seem to be quite well regarded in the press, do owners back this up?
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Just a little aside - had our first mpg figures for our Picanto auto, virtually all town driving on 30/40 roads with stop start, usual stuff.
We got 40 mpg which seems about right for exclusive town driving. Will be posting combined figures after our week in Norfolk next week. Will be running over there at 55 mph, we arent in a hurry so should give up some optimum figures.
I know we all currently measure it using mpg, with some Europhiles doing l/100km, but I do wonder that if the roads continue to become more crowded whether we'll have to change to gals/hour like I used to measure consumption on a canal boat I owned?! :-) Read more
Our 93 Convertible Anniversary came with an in built sat nav system. I am sure you must be able to do this but how do you change the readings from kilometres to miles? I must admit I haven't spent too many hours leafing throught the instruction book but on the occasions I have read it I have not found any way of changing this setting.
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Hi All,
i hope some of yous can help me, my escort has a broken front bumper, i have tried nearly every car dismantler to try and find a coulor coded one in panther black but no joy,
After speaking to a sprayer to get quotes on spraying a new bumper he told me to buy an insurance approved pattern bumper as they fit nearly as good as an original, what i would like to know is does any one know any companys that do insurance approved parts. any help is greatly appreciated.
Regards,
escortgti Read more
thanks for all your replies, my sprayer could of sprayed a different couloured one but he was going to charge me £200 but he said he could spray a primed one for £80 which i thought was a good price.
thanks for the link galaxy that sites really helpful, they will supply and spray for £94 i think i might just go for that.
Regards,
escortgti
i have a 99 diesal sharan with air con. I have just replaced the reciever drier and gassed the system but the compresor wont kick in when i press the switch in the car. The fans come on but thats it. I have tested the compresor by putting live to it when the engine is running and the system works and cools. There is no power out of the plug to the compresor when switch is activated. any ideas??? Is there a fuse that runs the system or maybe a relay. Read more
BBC are broadcasting a programme on BBC2W (their Welsh branch). Just watched a brilliant programme on the mapmaker John Ogilvy. What makes this very special is that Monty Python's Terry Jones is trying to follow the Welsh maps in present day Wales via Sat-Nav. This is what the BBC is best at. We watch it on some obscure Sky Channel that SWMBO has found but also we've found it on iPlayer.
tinyurl.com/6z6l9s
here.
Brilliant - car related history, this is what makes the Beeb special.
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Terry Jones gives it a particular spin - and none the worse for that, I think Palin would have been a little too serious.
I tried to hire a car in Orkney recently. I am over the 76 year-old limit but the hire company said I would be covered under their policy (cost included in the hire price) so long as I could produce my insurance certificate. But my insurers, Equity Red Star, said they never insured for hire cars. They did not say why, just that they never did it. The hire company were baffled, as I am. Is this general policy? Read more
I assume its Equity Red Star - a venerable and much respected insurance company.
Having owned two of the brutes (and about to sell my much loved Defender) CAR magazine has a beautiful little supplement tracking the history of the brand. Something you can read in the bath - who said that t'internet had killed the car mag ! Read more
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>>infra-red type with a receiver in the interior mirror,
I don't know much about the systems with the pick up in the mirror, the system on my W124 is a bit earlier, but, I used a digital camera to see if the remote was working. The digital cameras can "see" the infra red, and you can see if the remote is working by watching the preview screen on the back of the camera while pressing the remote key. Also check with your other spare remote.
I found that on one of my key fobs there was a bad solder joint between the battery connection and the circuit board. Simply re-flowing this joint restored correct operation. As you've just disturbed this to replace the batteries, it's a possibility.