just been out showing off my new zed, when on my way home all the lights came on on he dash .....battery light, lights lamp, abs , plus diff and trans lights .. they then went off then came on dim then came on bright , the battery light stayed dim, also last week the battery light came on dim then went off untill today .

anyone any ideas , is it an earth or is it the alternator problem..

 

please help ..i need to get back to blowing off scoobies

 

thanks ronnie

I had a problem where all the lights came on after about 10mins driving.....it turned out that the alternator has a diode inside it that had to be fixed.

 

When alternators are re-con'd they don't usally change this part - you have to specifically tell them to do it.

 

 

Mine was also over charging my battery.......

cheers mate ill get the alty looked at

cant understand why my warning lights for something else come on as well, i know if its the alty then that light comes on but why the others???

It was all to do with the diode on the alternator.

 

It would send the wrong voltage up throught the sensors, when the voltage changed the car recognised it as a fault and puts the lights on.

 

Because the alternator was sending a high voltage through the whole system all my lights came on. ABS, HICAS, LIGHTS, BATTERY the lot all bright as you like......they would firstly come on dim, then the more you drove the brighter they all got to the point that they were all on.

 

Switched the car off for about 20 mins ..... no lights on till you drove it again.

 

Hopefully it's the same problem you have as it was an easy repair (well I had to take mine back because despite the fact I told them it was the diode....they didn't bother their backsides to change it for a new one!!!)

 

Hope this helps..............but mind you it might be something else, but it seem really similar to my problem.

It was all to do with the diode on the alternator.

 

ITS GOING IN AFTER THE BANK HOLIDAY TO GET SORTED

 

IM HAVING A CLUCH FITTED COS THE BEARING IS NOISY , THE ALTY DONE AND AN OIL LEAK THAT I THINK STARTED THE WHOLE THING THEN HOPEFULLY ITS OUT TO PLAY AGAIN

THANKS FOR THE IMPUT ...MUCH OBLIGED