Help - strange electronics problem 58 astravan ????
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Hi , hope someone can help I'm lost for ideas . any advice is very much appreciated .
Driviing along symptoms where engine management light , flashing then abs , airbag and various others flashing .
I then lost the radio , power steering , window wipers etc and eventually the turbo would only work occasionally , all this happening on the same journey. Occasionly things would start working again while driving along for example the power steering would start working at 50mph , the speedo would come back to life mid journeythen stay at what ever speed I was doing at that point . Electronics doing crazy things .
Van would run ok but eventually having no electronics/displays at all. I stopped and triied to restart the engine , it seemed the battery was dead . Had to bump start it and drive it with no electronics to the garage .
First diagnosis was alternator which I also assumed ...alternator changed all ok for few days then same symptoms appear.
Van back to garage , next diagnosis was dead cell in battery ....battery changed all ok for one day then again same symptoms .
Latest breakdown had all the above symptoms then just completely died on me .
Van has 80k miles , I have owned since around 75k everything has been ok , only grumble would be that it was always a little slow to turn over (2-3 seconds). It's the 1.9 cdti.
I also noticed that when I did have it idling with no electronics , it was a little lumpy..
Hoping theres maybe an auto electrician around here who can advise on the best course of action , I understand electical problems can be a bit of a PITA .....I'm also not sure whether it was necessary to replace alternator and battery if fault still exists ? Is there any way a fault could be frying a brand new alternator ?
Really appreciate any advice , thanks .
Jamie
Driviing along symptoms where engine management light , flashing then abs , airbag and various others flashing .
I then lost the radio , power steering , window wipers etc and eventually the turbo would only work occasionally , all this happening on the same journey. Occasionly things would start working again while driving along for example the power steering would start working at 50mph , the speedo would come back to life mid journeythen stay at what ever speed I was doing at that point . Electronics doing crazy things .
Van would run ok but eventually having no electronics/displays at all. I stopped and triied to restart the engine , it seemed the battery was dead . Had to bump start it and drive it with no electronics to the garage .
First diagnosis was alternator which I also assumed ...alternator changed all ok for few days then same symptoms appear.
Van back to garage , next diagnosis was dead cell in battery ....battery changed all ok for one day then again same symptoms .
Latest breakdown had all the above symptoms then just completely died on me .
Van has 80k miles , I have owned since around 75k everything has been ok , only grumble would be that it was always a little slow to turn over (2-3 seconds). It's the 1.9 cdti.
I also noticed that when I did have it idling with no electronics , it was a little lumpy..
Hoping theres maybe an auto electrician around here who can advise on the best course of action , I understand electical problems can be a bit of a PITA .....I'm also not sure whether it was necessary to replace alternator and battery if fault still exists ? Is there any way a fault could be frying a brand new alternator ?
Really appreciate any advice , thanks .
Jamie
Okay AA came out today to recover the van ....
Looks like the brand new alternator isn't producing the correct voltage to charge the battery , we made the reading at the alternator itself so cable between alternator and battery is ok .
I'm wondering if it's just coincidence that the new alternater is a dud or if there is anything that could be damaging the alternators?
As far as I know the belt drives the alternator which creates voltage , charging the battery I'm not sure there is much else could go wrong ?
I forgot to add on my first post , I have another issue but not sure if it's related . When the fuel light comes on the car cuts out ?
Runs absolutely fine so long as I don't let the fuel go below the fuel light stage which is around 1/8th of the tank .
Any suggestions ?
Looks like the brand new alternator isn't producing the correct voltage to charge the battery , we made the reading at the alternator itself so cable between alternator and battery is ok .
I'm wondering if it's just coincidence that the new alternater is a dud or if there is anything that could be damaging the alternators?
As far as I know the belt drives the alternator which creates voltage , charging the battery I'm not sure there is much else could go wrong ?
I forgot to add on my first post , I have another issue but not sure if it's related . When the fuel light comes on the car cuts out ?
Runs absolutely fine so long as I don't let the fuel go below the fuel light stage which is around 1/8th of the tank .
Any suggestions ?
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