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Every now and then 3 lights come on simultaneously on the dash.
1. Malfunction Indicator (engine symbol)
2. TRC, Slip Indicator light (Car skidding symbol)
3. 4Lo symbol flashes (while the above two are on permanently).
Within about 30 seconds the car fades to limp mode. This is OK if you are on an easy stretch of road but recently got caught on a roundabout.
Turn the ignition off and then restart the car and it drives as normal but the warning lights are still on.
It usually takes 3 or 4 starts and stops and the lights disappear from the dash. This can take from 2 to 24 hours for the lights to disappear without any further effect on the driving.
This problem can occur three times in the one week and then not again for a month. It only seems to happen at relatively low speeds around town and never at high speed on the highway.
I cannot think of any action that brings it on, maybe mildly bumpy roads, a sharp turn but always less than 50 km/h.
Have just done a 3000+ km trip in the last week to Sydney and home via the west. It only let me down once and several times since I got home. Would hate to think about it failing in city traffic.
Local garage computer code says “a major fuel leak” which I know is clearly not the case.
The only thing I can think of was last year in July when I was driving in from the Gibson desert to Uluru and the “fuel filter maintenance required “ came up on the dash.
I drove about 100km into Uluru and had the fuel filter replaced.
The guys at the garage had trouble resetting the system so that the warning disappeared off the dash but they did get it off in the end.
I was wondering if some sequence they used might have upset the computer.
Look forward to any solutions.
1. Malfunction Indicator (engine symbol)
2. TRC, Slip Indicator light (Car skidding symbol)
3. 4Lo symbol flashes (while the above two are on permanently).
Within about 30 seconds the car fades to limp mode. This is OK if you are on an easy stretch of road but recently got caught on a roundabout.
Turn the ignition off and then restart the car and it drives as normal but the warning lights are still on.
It usually takes 3 or 4 starts and stops and the lights disappear from the dash. This can take from 2 to 24 hours for the lights to disappear without any further effect on the driving.
This problem can occur three times in the one week and then not again for a month. It only seems to happen at relatively low speeds around town and never at high speed on the highway.
I cannot think of any action that brings it on, maybe mildly bumpy roads, a sharp turn but always less than 50 km/h.
Have just done a 3000+ km trip in the last week to Sydney and home via the west. It only let me down once and several times since I got home. Would hate to think about it failing in city traffic.
Local garage computer code says “a major fuel leak” which I know is clearly not the case.
The only thing I can think of was last year in July when I was driving in from the Gibson desert to Uluru and the “fuel filter maintenance required “ came up on the dash.
I drove about 100km into Uluru and had the fuel filter replaced.
The guys at the garage had trouble resetting the system so that the warning disappeared off the dash but they did get it off in the end.
I was wondering if some sequence they used might have upset the computer.
Look forward to any solutions.
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