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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: terry paget on 08 July 2014, 20:36:29
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OE03 EWW 3.2 petrol manual police saloon
In the lower display panel (upper displays date, time and temperature) a lamp facing left comes on with ignition turned on, then after a few seconds it goes off, and stays off . I start the engine, it stays off. Then I reverse the car 5 yards out of the garage, and the light comes on. This performance is repeatable.
I used to think this meant a failed stop light bulb, but both bulbs are on. I have changed both bulbs, cleaned up both both bulb holders. Fault remains.
What could it be?
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bulb out in reverse lamp? :o
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Sadly, no. Both reversing bulbs OK. Number plate bulb OK too.i
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Reading my car handbook (old rule, if all else fails read the handbook) it looks like it could be the headlight automatic levelling system. I recently changed the nearside wishbone, to which is attached the self levelling sensor. I wonder if it has come adrift.
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Halfords bulbs? Or a bulb that doesn't fit or is tight in the holder?
Had this on my old cdx, as did several other members at the time. Stop using Halfords bulbs. No more problem.
Suspect you have a slight flickering or bad connection with the bulbs or in that circuit somewhere.
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Plods only have two lights in that display iirc, one is brake pads, tother is headlight leveling so your probably onto summat :y
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Ah, thought we where talking headlight tail light. :(
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Ah, thought we where talking headlight tail light. :(
If you're lucky the basic TID only shows time, temp and radio station (if fitted) ;D
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It was the wishbone height sensor. The operating arm had fallen out of the switch body. I have popped it back in, and now the fault has gone. Of course it will fall out again. Can I glue it in? Or should I just buy a new sensor?
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No it's supposed to rise and fall with the suspension, and therefor turn in the sensor body, hence its sees the movement and adjusts the headlights accordingly.
...although that would stop the fault showing ;D then again, the lights won't adjust as designed, if the boot is full for example, you'll be blinding everyone. Its bad enough with normal headlights miss aligned, but hids are way too bright for that.
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Thanks Chris. I appreciate what the sensor does. I don't know how it works. The end of the arm attached to the wishbone is a disc a bit like a chocolate Smartie but smaller, which pops into a matching cavity in the sensor body. Mine now pops out again.
I imagine the cavity is a cylinder that rotates in the body of the switch, moving a carbon track resistor and thus advising the electronics where the suspension is. If I am right, then gluing it in should work. Perhaps I could wedge it in. If all else fails I buy a new sensor.
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Glue it carefully, but do it soonest, else you'll be wanting a new sensor :y
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Strategically placed cable tie can often hold the little bugger in whilst still allowing full and free movement .. :)
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Thanks for advice gentlemen. I have stuck it in with Loctite super glue, and it's still there after one day's motoring. If it fails, I shall try a cable tie. Now you mention that, entwood, I think I saw a cable tie holding the arm on the sensor on JAP188. car I bought in May.
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Thanks chaps, all seems to be well now. I have done 200 miles since gluing the arm into place and the lights is remaining off. I raisd the wishbone to central position before gluing it in, and hope this was correct.
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Sorry, late to this, but the warning is the Fld/Vision warning that MIDs/GIDs and CIDs show, and nought to do with stop lights (TID equipped cars lack Check Control, so do not monitor and bulb).
So it has HIDs and a TID, thus ex plod :)
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I have a brake light warning light come on every now and then. It would of failed its MOT at kwik fit but I paid £5 for new bulb if they fitted it, it would pass MOT.. umm.
So did it and 2 days later warning light on again.. if I press the brake fairly hard the light goes out and stays out for a few days before warning me again.. so I was thinking about the brake light switch ,seems as all 3 brake lights work..
I could be wrong but gotta be worth a check?
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I have a brake light warning light come on every now and then. It would of failed its MOT at kwik fit but I paid £5 for new bulb if they fitted it, it would pass MOT.. umm.
So did it and 2 days later warning light on again.. if I press the brake fairly hard the light goes out and stays out for a few days before warning me again.. so I was thinking about the brake light switch ,seems as all 3 brake lights work..
I could be wrong but gotta be worth a check?
Better quality bulbs may help, but also clean up the bulb holders :y
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Yeah tried that before the mot.. the bulb that was in it was working if I pressed the pedal.. yet warning light would still come on.. just didn't work on mot day.. go figger.
Bought new one still the same..
I had cleaned it all before the mot just to make sure..
the bulbs are probably all made in some factory somewhere and sold to different companies who put there own packaging on it and sell it to us..
You could pay £0.99p for a bulb or £5.99p. For another but inside the pack could be identical bulbs.. how would we be able to tell?
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GM bulbs are known to be good. Personally, Hellfrauds bulbs now work OK for me, though never used to a few years ago, bringing on the check control warnings.