C5 warning light
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mikal83

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5,340 posts

281 months

Friday 28th February 2014
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Driving home in my 2 litre C5 auto diesel exclusive the gearbox felt a tad strange. The main warning light..SERVICE...came on and it wouldnt change gear manually and in auto was very clunky changing to park and back to drive.
Also at the same time as I was coming to a stop a small warning light came on above the D.....which is not in the book???

Any ideas?

mikal83

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281 months

Friday 28th February 2014
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Bump

mikal83

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Saturday 1st March 2014
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there must be someone who knows what this warning light does.......

_rubinho_

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212 months

Saturday 1st March 2014
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mikal83 said:
there must be someone who knows what this warning light does.......
Try taking a photo of it or at least describing what it looks like. Not everybody is familiar enough with the C5 to know what the lamp above the D is or does.

mikal83

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Saturday 1st March 2014
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_rubinho_ said:
Try taking a photo of it or at least describing what it looks like. Not everybody is familiar enough with the C5 to know what the lamp above the D is or does.
its now gone off but to a C5 owner they would know what ans where it is mate.
Its right above where the large D is on the gear selector.

fathomfive

11,221 posts

219 months

Saturday 1st March 2014
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It's the panic and confusion indicator.

Its job is to make you worry something expensive is about to fail. Usually only illuminates for short periods of time and then goes off to leave your mind to wander.

SV8Predator

2,102 posts

194 months

Saturday 1st March 2014
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mikal83 said:
its now gone off but to a C5 owner they would know what and where it is mate.
Where are you going to find a C5 owner?

mikal83 said:
Driving home in my 2 litre C5

rswift

1,181 posts

204 months

Saturday 1st March 2014
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Probably depends on spec, and my Wife is out in hers so I can't check, but on ours there is a winter setting, which will give you a light, and a sport setting ... Same deal. Are your sure the service light is connected, as this comes on as a general warning for anything, low windscreen washer fluid for example. Have aook at French car forums , google it can't remember the exact address. Loads of C5 owners & info on there. If it is a potential fault, or low ATF etc, get it fixed ! I won't get better. Loads of cheap s/h C5 parts around if you don't want to spend a fortune on it.

_rubinho_

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212 months

Saturday 1st March 2014
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mikal83 said:
_rubinho_ said:
Try taking a photo of it or at least describing what it looks like. Not everybody is familiar enough with the C5 to know what the lamp above the D is or does.
its now gone off but to a C5 owner they would know what ans where it is mate.
Its right above where the large D is on the gear selector.
Yeah but instantly you're restricting responders to C5 owners who can be arsed to go and look in their cars, pal. If you can't be bothered to ask a question properly you can hardly be surprised if people can't be bothered to answer it for you. Also if you found the answer it's nice to share it just in case somebody else has the same problem; forums like this revolve on sharing knowledge not just taking it. If the 83 in your username is an indication of the year of your birth then you're not even that young so you should know better rather than coming across all grumpy teenager.

mikal83

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Saturday 1st March 2014
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_rubinho_ said:
Yeah but instantly you're restricting responders to C5 owners who can be arsed to go and look in their cars, pal. If you can't be bothered to ask a question properly you can hardly be surprised if people can't be bothered to answer it for you. Also if you found the answer it's nice to share it just in case somebody else has the same problem; forums like this revolve on sharing knowledge not just taking it. If the 83 in your username is an indication of the year of your birth then you're not even that young so you should know better rather than coming across all grumpy teenager.
Mmmmmmmmmm interesting not. Also did you know that rubinho means annoying patronising tt in Mongolian! Funny that.

Edited by mikal83 on Saturday 1st March 18:16

r11co

6,244 posts

259 months

Saturday 1st March 2014
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mikal83 said:
Also did you know that rubinho means annoying patronising tt in Mongolian!
It doesn't actually. I checked.

I do think though that there are about a dozen better places this question could have been asked if a detailed answer was needed so quickly. One thing I've found for sure is that the responses in PH to technical specifics of a motor are about as useful as a Haynes manual (ie. sometimes good but mostly not, and a massive disappointment after high expectations).

Try asking here instead.

mikal83

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281 months

Sunday 2nd March 2014
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r11co said:
It doesn't actually. I checked.

I do think though that there are about a dozen better places this question could have been asked if a detailed answer was needed so quickly. One thing I've found for sure is that the responses in PH to technical specifics of a motor are about as useful as a Haynes manual (ie. sometimes good but mostly not, and a massive disappointment after high expectations).

Try asking here instead.
Thanks I will.