April 2009
I am at my whits end with this problem. Ive had this Astra for 5 months and in the last 2 months 2 or 3 times the car has not started. After inserting the key and turning it twice, the engine light will flash. Pressing both pedals to bring up the error code displays ECN : 161450, fault with CID or transponder.
First of all the garage tried to blame my key, as it happens after another month of testing its happened with thier original key. The car is under extended warrenty now, so only the electrics / engine is covered.
Some googling of this error seems it is fairly common issue.
whats is doing my head in is its only happening maybe once every month I have a couple of questions
1. Will Evans Halshaw be able to pinpoint it? Considering it only happens 1/100 times.
2. Can anyone explain why its so intermitant. Could it be radio interfernce between the tranponder or something? I have no idea how it works.
Basically Im afriad of taking it back, and them fobbing me off. Read more
can i get a bit of advice.. just picked up a L200 warrior, noticed the temperature gauge quickly goes up to half way and sits there, doesn't move. it starts at cool but is quite quick to rise, never gone over this. is this normal and i'm just being paranoid? Read more
i'm hoping thats all it is. got this one as my pajero's head gasket went last week. advised by the garage that they cannot skim the 93 swb as it's got ceramic valves and it would be as cheap to buy another engine as it would to replace the cylinder head, the bottom block could be warped and i'd have to replace the engine anyway! can't help being a little paranoid. ;0) after all i'm a woman!? LOL
the L200 just passed it's MOT no problem and it's a clean tidy engine with no indication of anyone having been tinkering around in it. cooling system is clean, no signs of water in the oils etc... maybe i am just being a little on the cautious side!? having just forked out on it i don't need this one going down either.
As a high mileage driver I feel I have done well in modern Britain, to avoid speeding tickets in the past. I can't claim to drive everywhere within the limts but I don't speed excessively. In Nov. I got caught at 23.00 on a Sunday night doing 47 on a 40 mph semi rural dual carriageway, and was subsequently offered a speed awareness course which I did in March. At 4.5 hrs. this was padded out but there were some useful reminders.
Then in Feb. I got photographed on a near deserted motorway in a different county at 80 mph. I expected to get points and a fine this time, but I have just received (the peprwork had to go via the car leaser and my employer) another invitation to a speed seminar !
Following the March course, I still have not had the 'clearance' letter for the first offence advising that the penalty is withdrawn, as stated would happen, and maybe also therefore the details have not been sent to DVLA, who I understand hold a database of all these courses and attendees (?).
I guess I should be honest and advise the new prosecuting force of the last course, but of course I am tempted not to do this !
Does anybody have any advice on this please ? I guess my concern is that if I pay for the second course, that later on the error will be spotted and I will get a fine and points as well !
Thanks for any input
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Interesting you shouid say that Nsar, I know a number of people that have been on the courses (I've so far been lucky) and all have found them useful, to universal surprise.
I'm having an intermittent problem with starting the car - a '03 TDCI 130 6 speed estate.
Sometimes when you try and start the car, it's as if the ignition key doesn't work i.e. turn the key, nothing happens, the starter doesn't fire, no noise, nothing. The ODO display and trip computer etc. dim momentarily but that's it. If you have tried to start an auto in "Drive", you will know exactly what I mean.
If you switch off and try again, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. Nothing wrong with the battery from my reckoning because when it does fire, it starts first time.
It's been like this for sevral weeks now only failing once or twice before starting - so I just thought that the ECU was not "ready" or something .......
However last night I had to try for almost 10 minutes before it would start - the engine was warm btw, not that that seems to make any difference to this problem.
This morning it's fine, started first time......
I hope this is not a sign of impending wallet bashing.....
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I have a mondeo ST24 2.5 and on 2 occasions I turned the key and nothing totally dead.
Next to the battery is a black cable with a single wire in it which is an earth and noticed it was hanging by a thread .I replaced the bullet connector on it and perfect ever since.I think but not quite sure but it could be in circuit with the imobilizer.Hope this solves it.
Had my Tom Tom sat nav nicked and replaced it with a Binatone. I like the speed camera alert feature but can't figure out if I need to update this (suspect I have) so how do I do it? Read more
I have the original Tomtom 1, the bulky version. It works fine and yesterday I updated the software and its got a few useful new features. My map version is 6.5 I think from early 2006. Tomtom are selling the UK map for £30 (reduced from £40). Would it be worthwhile now for me to upgrade the map, considering its 3 years old and the new map is on sale?
I've been doing my research (online, on foot & in magazines) to find out which new (nearly new) small cars have:
i) a sunroof option (opening - not just fixed glass)
ii) a boot that folds completely flat
After many many hours of looking I'm beginning to lose track but I think the options are:
-Hyundai i10 1.2 Style
-Vauxhall Corsas (but not sure which models - can't find simple list of options vs model)
- Fiat Grande Punto (I think - maybe Panda too?)
- Mini Clubman - but way too expensive!
- Older Honda Jazz - but rare, aging and expensive for age
I'm after an economical car (low tax, insurance, running costs) with good reliability and I'm leaning towards the Hyundai i10 but before I commit, I wondered if anyone here knows of any other newish small car that I've missed that has the sunroof & fold flat boot?
Cheers.
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Cheers Avant & Focus Driver - your views are much appreciated.
What are the advantages / disadvantages of them?
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Our 2002 Mondeo TDCi and 2005 Focus TDCi both had DMF's. Our 2010 Kia Ceed CRDi has a soild flywheel.
The Kia can be a little rough when you are starting off compared to the Fords but normally you don't notice any difference....
The fuel consumption of my 2.0 HDI seams excessive. Best fule consumption I've acheived on a combined cycle (300 miles with aprox 60 non motorway) is about 47 mpg. Typically on the urban cycle it acheives around 42 mpg but more recently that has dropped to 36!
It did have a 2 week period last September when, despite being on the usual trips, it switched to 60 mpg and then dropped back to 42 again.
I'm always light footed, and never exceed the speed limits. The car has covered 94K but the fuel consumption was the same when I aquired it at 52K. The measurements have been take over individual fill-ups (larger error) and a few cummulative fill-ups but both give the same reading.
Has anyone any ideas why the fuel consumption is so high? Read more
I used to average 52-53 in my 2.0HDi Picasso. My current 2.0 dCi Qashqai is struggling to get to 40 however!
I've just bought an Rx 8 and have been told it needs regular oil top-ups. Does anyone know whether you can use other branded oil other than "Mazda" which isn't easy to find.
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You say it's a 1.8 but I assume you've made a mistake as it's a 1.3 rotary engine in the RX-8.
These will use a lot of oil and you should use the Mazda approved stuff. It will be costly but you did buy a rotary engined car.
You do know that it cannot be used for short journeys easily. If you start it and stop it before it warms up it may need a trip to the dealer to drain the petrol from the engine. A rotary engine injects a lot of fuel at startup - a reason for the rotor tips not lasting forever.
Anyway I have edited the thread to say 1.3 instead of 1.8. Unless it's a Mazda MX-5 :-)
On Thursday morning the Speedo, Rev Counter, Fuel Gauge & Temp Gauges were all working OK.
Got back to the car Thursday evening to find none working at all. Other than that car working OK and everything else seemed to work.
Could this be just a lead or two come out or something else?
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Not sure if its the same common fault as with the Corsa - where the multiplug on the back of the speedo pod separates itself from the socket connector in the dashboard. A cable tie usually holds the socket back in place.
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Can I ask, should this firmware been applied to my car when it was sold to me?
Will pay the 80 pounds, grudgingly however I had lost all faith in Evans Halshaw.