A couple of weeks ago I had what I thought was a failure of the speed sensor. I cleaned the contacts and put eclectric grease on it and all was fine. The problem has resurfaced today but I also noticeed that when I went to start the car the "power" light was flashing. Is this linked or is it indicating a different issue. Same problems as before, i.e. no speedo, no power steering and cruise wont lock in. Anyone? Tony
All i know is if the power light blinks at startup it means there is an error somewhere but no1 really knows what the blink combination means. I was sometimes getting 13 - 15 binks at one time.
Mine flashes now after doing the manual conversion. I Just figured is was the lack of the auto and controls. It hasn't affected performance in anyway and everything is working. Will be keeping an eye on this thread.
I have just checked the car again having left it overnight without touching any of the wiring etc for the speed sensor and all appears well. I am thinking that there maybe an electrical gremlin at play possibly in the speed sensor. Tony
A faulty speed sensor will throw a fault code intermitently. Seen this before, just change out the sensor and all will be well again. Not an uncommon problem with our aging frail cars
Dielctricgrease Will cause this at times till the connector settles in with heat and vibration, then it goes away forever. I use it on both my zeds.:zlove:
Thanks Karl - sounds like my knee, aging and all that. I am going to get the sensor out of my old box tomorrow and put it in. Shame I can't do the same with my knee. I have used it for a couple of years on both of mine also and have never had any problems like that, but then again I always tension the connector. Tony
