davewill Posted February 15, 2005 Report Posted February 15, 2005 Yesterday, a warning light came on just after i started the car (Galaxy 2002 1.9tdi zetec) which looks like a coiled springIt flashed away until i had done about 5 miles then went offThis morning it did it again, going off after about 10 milesI left the car for a few minutes, then stared up again, and back on it came flashing its yellow warning :P According to the manual, it is an engine management warning lightThe car has now done 35,000, and has not had the glow plugs changed.Is this warning anything to do with glow plugs, and should i get it into the local fraud dealerThanks Quote
Ivor_E_Tower Posted February 15, 2005 Report Posted February 15, 2005 First - check your brake lights are working (strange but true)Second - mine did this on Sunday (flashing of glow-plug coil lamp) - I put it down to starting up too quickly and not leaving key in position "2" with warning lamps on for a couple of seconds before turning all the way to start the engine. I stopped at the end of my road, switched off and re-started (pausing in position "2") and all was fine :P Quote
Masked Marauder Posted February 15, 2005 Report Posted February 15, 2005 I know I have 3 glow-plugs not working and my glow-plug light does not flash. Quote
davewill Posted February 18, 2005 Author Report Posted February 18, 2005 Ivor - you were correctNo Brake lights and a new switch needed ;) Fortunately fitted by fraud dealer under warranty Thanks dave Quote
AMacdonald Posted February 18, 2005 Report Posted February 18, 2005 I was just about to post with exactly the same issue. I've just had mine back from the local dealer and the diesel heater light starts flashing about 30 secs after starting off. I had it once when both brake light bulbs had failed but they're fine this time. It was fine before it went into the dealer but since it's just taken them 8 days to replace a brake servo, I'm not all that keen to send it back anytime soon if there's an easy fix. The car starts very quickly so I think my glowplugs are OK. Quote
Ivor Posted February 22, 2005 Report Posted February 22, 2005 I had this problem last week. My bulb failure indicator came on, I changed the bulb then my brake lights stopped working. The Deisel pre-heater lamp started to flash and I had no brake lights. I searched the internet and found that this combination meant "No plausible signal from brake switch". I bought a new one from the main dealer, fitted it and it still didn't work. The plunger on the brake switch is on a self adjusting ratchet. I booked it into the dealer, who took 6 days to fix it. They disconnected my towbar electrics (wasn't that - they fitted it previously anyway). Eventually they determined it was a faulty new brake switch. I said hey - I just bought that from your parts department. They asked if I pushed the plunger in on the switch - I said most likely I did. They said that that breaks them! They charged me Quote
paulmpaciorek Posted February 22, 2005 Report Posted February 22, 2005 ......So they wanted to charge you Quote
Ivor Posted February 22, 2005 Report Posted February 22, 2005 To be fair, it went in with a brake light fault that I couldn't fix even after I replaced the switch. It took them ages tracing the wiring to determine the new switch was faulty. But... I checked the contacts with my multi-meter on both the old switch and the new one. They both seemed OK to me, with the normally open and a normally closed contacts working ok. That's why I took it in, didn't look like the switch to me. But... They said pushing the plunger in breaks the switch, something they have discovered to their own cost many times. Thinking about this later, why then didn't they spot this straight away, instead of taking 6 days tracing the fault (I think 2 days were waiting for the auto electrician because he was on holiday, and 2 were over the weeked, even so I had no car for 6 days). Quote
Guest monty Posted March 11, 2005 Report Posted March 11, 2005 I'm confused :rolleyes: coil light on our galaxy diesel is flashing. Checked brake lights (after reading forum thread) and they are not working. The thread is unclear to me. Is it: - fuse- bulbs- switch (wherever that is) Do we: change fuse, change bulbs and then take it somewhere (no good at car diy!). Advice please. Thanks. Quote
paulmpaciorek Posted March 11, 2005 Report Posted March 11, 2005 Monty It almost certainly sounds like your brake light switch which is located (suprisingly enough !!!) on your brake pedal.Hope you have little hands and dont't mind shedding a little blood cos its "tight and sharp "down there.There are posts on this site on how to do....just type in "brake light switch" in the search facility and it will come up. Good luck Get you tetanus jab topped up in case of cuts :rolleyes: Quote
paulmpaciorek Posted March 11, 2005 Report Posted March 11, 2005 MontyTry this link...hope it helps. http://www.fordgalaxy.org.uk/ford/index.ph...ke+light+switch Quote
Guest monty Posted March 11, 2005 Report Posted March 11, 2005 Thanks guys. Will try to fix myself. Fingers crossed. Quote
Guest catteeclan Posted March 11, 2005 Report Posted March 11, 2005 Had this myself last year. Light flashers, take it for a code reading=brake light switch.Got it, took it home and fitted, not change, bugga.Fitted the old one again to make sure I didn't get them muddled up, no change.Check both bulbs, both blown. Don't trust these bloody electronics. Should have stuck with the old test lamp etc. Quote
AMacdonald Posted March 18, 2005 Report Posted March 18, 2005 Mine is still flashing but the brake lights are fine and everything else about the car seems OK too. Quote
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