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[cam.in.head]

i see you have the same problem as me with auto text .  i have to read throu mine every time i type something and even then miss a few !

[chrisr]

The car sprayer is back from holiday soon so he will be the first point of contact. If no joy there I will contact Mr Wood. Fortunately I haven’t paid all the money yet.

[chrisr]

It turned out to be high resistance in the yellow plugs under the seat. A quick spray with switch cleaner and all is well. Don’t know what caused this but the guy with the scanner found it in minutes and said it can happen to a nearly new car.

[cam.in.head]

cannot see what he means ?   most likely either one of the plugs was disconnected and not reconnected properly or the internal contacts are dirty or weak.  if it happens again i would check them properly for corrosion,moisture damage or rust. no connector should have any real detectable 'resistance' through it ( of any appreciable amount)

[chrisr]

I was a bit sceptical, but I always am. Never had this problem in the 21 years I’ve had the car so I suspect it was something that happened while the car was being restored, anyway it’s fixed and he only charged me 40 quid so I’m happy.

[TheBoy]

It turned out to be high resistance in the yellow plugs under the seat. A quick spray with switch cleaner and all is well. Don’t know what caused this but the guy with the scanner found it in minutes and said it can happen to a nearly new car.

Easy with a diag reader that can read the correct ECU, particularly if it has live data capability.

I've seen this on a 6 year old car, where the contacts needed cleaning up under the seat to stop the airbag light popping up

[Doctor Gollum]

Over enthusiastic valeting or infrequent movement of the seat (so the wiring is disturbed suddenly) are probably the likely causes