Morrisman
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My dad recently scrapped the Volvo he has owned for 20 years, due to an engine fault, some problem in the central brain. It was so old a spare was not available.
So, he bought a Citroen Picasso diesel, three years old, diesel, of some model or other. A few days after he bought it he noticed an engine fault light come one. Took it back to the garage and they told him that is cause by pressing the brake and the throttle at the same time. He doesn’t remember doing it, but it happened several times, flashes up that engine needs repair, then the warning light stays on.
Yesterday the garage plugged their diagnostics lap top in and demonstrated that it is correct.
Sounds to me like that in itself is a fault, if merely brushing the brake pedal at the same time the throttle is down can turn an alarm on, because then that alert light can’t be used for anything else. And he has to get the garage to reset it.p, it doesn’t go away on its own.
Does it sound normal, plausible, or an indication that there is a related fault? If it is correct, then every one of those cars must be driving around with a light on the dash.
Dad is 85, still likes the freedom of his car as he can’t walk very far, but I really don’t want him to find himself stuck at the side of the road somewhere.
So, he bought a Citroen Picasso diesel, three years old, diesel, of some model or other. A few days after he bought it he noticed an engine fault light come one. Took it back to the garage and they told him that is cause by pressing the brake and the throttle at the same time. He doesn’t remember doing it, but it happened several times, flashes up that engine needs repair, then the warning light stays on.
Yesterday the garage plugged their diagnostics lap top in and demonstrated that it is correct.
Sounds to me like that in itself is a fault, if merely brushing the brake pedal at the same time the throttle is down can turn an alarm on, because then that alert light can’t be used for anything else. And he has to get the garage to reset it.p, it doesn’t go away on its own.
Does it sound normal, plausible, or an indication that there is a related fault? If it is correct, then every one of those cars must be driving around with a light on the dash.
Dad is 85, still likes the freedom of his car as he can’t walk very far, but I really don’t want him to find himself stuck at the side of the road somewhere.