I started my car and the power light was blinking. Took it for a run down the road and stomped it and the power light came on again this time not blinking. Before this I have experience heavy stering and the speedo not working. I have cut the car off and restarted it and the stering has been fine and the speedo started working. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks

 

Konrad

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it sounds like the speed sensor is goosed, or a bad connection. the signal from this is used for the speedo and for the HICAS control.

the autobox uses this signal so it knows where and when to change properly.

 

The power light will flash when the ignition is turned of because it does a self diagnosis check before starting. it would have sensed the speed sensor was open or short circuit and brought up an error (displayed by the blinking power light)

when you went for a drive and booted it, it would have gone into 'genuine' power mode (rather than blinkin to show a fault) so thats why it stayed on.

 

its an easy fix, the speed sensor is inexpensive and probably can be cured by cleaning the contacts (which will have got corroded at this time of year by the salt and crap on the road).

The sensor is located on the back of the gearbox near the propshaft

 

hope this helps,

 

Fraser

Thanks Fraser. I will check it out

 

Konrad