Vauxhall Corsa B (1993 - 2000) - 99 1.5td Warning Lights/Overvoltage?

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Fri 18 Jul 2008 12:52
99 1.5td Warning Lights/Overvoltage? - michael1744
Hi, this is driving me nuts! Car was running fine then occasionally after first driving away, the ABS and Airbag warning lights would come on, ABS first. The tach will also drop to zero revs for a second or two then bounce back up. The lights would go out when ever I changed gear so its seems they come on at 1100 rpm and above. While driving at night, when the fault occurred, all the lights got quite a bit brighter (headlights etc) as in an increase in voltage. Battery is fine, no warning light there. Any ideas?

Edited by Dynamic Dave on 18/07/2008 at 19:21

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Fri 18 Jul 2008 13:22
99 1.5td Corsa 1.5td Warning Lights/Overvoltage? - Screwloose
michael

Take this to an auto-electrician - urgently. You are at significant risk of the whole thing catching fire. Two of my customer's Corsas have done just that - one on the way in....

Do not even attempt to fiddle with these horrendous charging systems yourself.
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Fri 18 Jul 2008 18:25
99 1.5td Corsa 1.5td Warning Lights/Overvoltage? - HyundaiOwnersClubAdmin
AGREED
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Fri 25 Jul 2008 17:05
99 1.5td Corsa 1.5td Warning Lights/Overvoltage? - michael1744
Odd thing is, its stopped doing it now. It was always very intermittent and dropping revs or switching ignition on/off always cleared it. Maybe a bad connection on the voltage sensing wire.
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