Vauxhall Meriva

[smiglyy]

hi guys my missus has the above she was on her way to glasgow today and an orange light came on and she has lost some power its a orange outline of a car with a spanner through it is it just the service light ?????? or more serious

[apllrd]

sounds like it's in limp mode m8, best get it to a garage to run a diagnostic.

[smiglyy]

thanks bud read the manual it was she turned it off and back on its fine now but yip it goin in garage next week thanks again

[Argyll]

I'm pretty sure the wrench symbol means it needs a service but don't quote me on that. Don't go to a main dealer as they will charge you an arm and a leg. Find a small garage with a tech 2 scanner or obti scanner (I think) and they will find the fault and charge you a fraction of the cost.

I wouldn't drive around for too long though as it MIGHT be something more serious.

[Argyll]

Ahh just read your reply mate after posting. If it went off after she switched off and on then it sounds like your key might need re-coding.

[Little John]

Yeah it means there is a fault and in needs investigating before doing too many more miles. It happened on my vectra a few month ago and turned out to be a faulty wiring loom according to the dealers.

I took it to the local dealers and they wanted me to pay them before they would even look at it, even under warranty. I drove it round to another garage who checked it out and their computer whatever was telling them an injector fault which would have cost a small fortune so once I knew what it was I returned it to the dealer for them to fix under warranty. The best bit the 2nd garage didn't charge me. so a delivery of stella was made after it had been sorted.

weather it was a loom/harness or the injectors the car drove like shit, I managed to shut it down and restart and it cleared the error but after a while it came on and stayed on The car goes in to limp mode to prevent any damage being done to the engine.

[smiglyy]

cheers guys bookin it in 2moro she hasdriven a further 25 miles with no light but gonna get it checked if light not on when i take to garage will it still show a code

[Argyll]

I don't know mate sorry.

[Over Carl]

Should still have the code stored in memory to retrieve, even if light is off. There is a trick with a paper clip that works on some vauxhalls - maybe worth looking up to save on the diagnostic fee?

[smiglyy]

so wots the trick m8?????

[Little John]

The car will store a log of whats gone on, they will be able to find out exactly when the problem occured.