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    Bodgers, why do they do it? Non Stag.

    The cheap runabout Honda Civic I bought last Christmas is due an MOT next month, so I have been checking through things in preparation. I didn't expect to keep it this long, but I may as well keep it through the winter if it passes. Anyway, I hadn't noticed before, but the engine management and SRS indicator lights weren't coming on with the ignition and as these are now MOT items I thought I'd better see if I could fix them. Took the instrument cluster out to find no bulbs in either location, which was rather suspicious. The engine management bulb was an easy replacement, but of course, the warning lamp stayed illuminated when the engine was started, which must have been why the bulb had been removed. A bit of surfing and a read of the Haynes manual helped me identify the fault as being related to the O2 sensor. A quick check revealed that the connector plug wasn't fully inserted. Pushed it home, pulled the Back Up fuse, waited 10 seconds and put the fuse back. Job done and working as it should.

    Great, now for the SRS bulb. This proved more difficult as it is a special, rubber based, bulb and the Honda dealer couldn't help me. After quite a bit of surfing and a few phone calls, I found that it is unavailable from any supplier, Honda, Rover or independent. Finally got one from a Rover 45 at a local scrappie for a quid. Yes, you guessed it; the light stayed on even after the engine was started. Some more surfing and I discovered the way to reset this one too, using the same paper clip I used to reset the engine management light.

    It must have taken the DPO longer to dismantle the dashboard, remove the bulbs and reassemble than it took to research and fix the faults. All of about 30 seconds each and one paper clip!!!!
    Last edited by DJT; 28 September 2013, 18:01.
    Dave
    1974 Mk2, ZF Auto, 3.45 Diff, Datsun Driveshafts. Stag owner/maintainer since 1989.

    #2
    True, but you don't need a brain to pull a couple of bulbs.

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      #3
      Absolutely.

      Those faults are stupidly simple. On some cars however, the fixes are not so cheap.

      Take a Renault Kangoo I was driving at work. The STOP and SERV light were on along with the brake warning light (brakes were fine). It seems that Renaults are known for a chip failing in the dashboard causing these issues. Naturally it is not a cheap fix.

      Most airbag lights IME tend to be the under seat wiring getting poor contacts (a clean tends to sort these, but sometimes one needs to bypass the connectors and hard wire the connections (I have never had to do that). In the case of my Passat however it was down to a broken steering wheel clock spring (£50 for a dealer) along with a shot module from what the computer was saying (not cheap in the slightest: £400 from VW + coding). Why the module became defective I shall never know (it was HPI clear etc.). On a car not worth much, that soon can be the end for it (unless of course, you are a bodger :/).

      FWIW I did not take the bulb out (although I may have scrapped the car for other reasons with that simply being one).

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