Help And Advise!

[LOZ]

:rolleyes: While on holiday (as problems always seem to arise !) I noticed that the lights on the bottom section of the instrument panel ie temp control switch, blower switch and the air con, rear blower and air circulator buttons were not illunimated when my lights were on!

 

Also my hubby said he didn't think the air con was working, well I pushed the button and nothing happened to suggest it was working, (the light didn't come on and the engine rev didn't drop)as I tried the other two buttons for the rear blower and air circulation none of these were working either!

 

This has got to be connected! Any suggestions - I've had a play in the fuse box just in case but nothing there seems to have failed.

 

Air con had been ok - I leave it on all year round as it says in the book that its got to be run for at least 30 mins a month, I do about 30 mins driving a month!

 

Any help and advise - so IF I do need to go to Ford (oh hump!) I can at least tell them where to look! - Local Ford doen't like investigative work takes up too many tea breaks!

 

Thanks

[Masked Marauder]

Easiest option is to read any fault codes off with VAG-COM, if nothing logged you need to start chasing the wiring....

 

But you do realise the fusebox is multi-layered, so you may not have found the right fuse or relay.

[LOZ]

I may be thick but VAG-COM? What's that?

 

I only looked at the `instruction' book the car came with and changed some of the fuses with new ones.

 

Long story but one time I took car to Ford for service mentioned that the rear 12v plugs one didn't work, told never mind it woudl take too long for could be very expensive to find a `small' electrical problem! It was a fuse blown!

[Masked Marauder]

It is some hardware designed to read any fault codes from your VW/Audi/SEAT car into your PC so you can rectify the fault. It is a computer diagnostic system.