Kash2001
Member
Hello everyone, this looks a fantastic forum full of great info and help from knowledgeable people on the RCZ.
My wife purchased a 2010 2ltr diesel a month ago and she loves it and its a great drive. However we have had a lot of rain and flooding has been difficult to avoid.
Yesterday evening she was going to drive the car to work, but it wouldn't start. The engine just clicked, the sidelights refused to turn off and the clock span like a windmill apparently!
She had to leave the car overnight with the sidelights on as the car refused to turn them off. We managed to get the windows almost shut using a battery booster connected to the car.
The rac came out to check it this morning at 7am. They think it's the Body management system sensor has become faulty. The car now starts and we've run it a while to charge the battery, we'll be disconnecting the battery each time weve used the car to protect the battery as the sidelights just won't turn off.
Is there an easy fix for this as all garages are booked for almost a month round us! As the weather has been harsh.
The only thing electrical we've done is replace 3 leds in the interior curtsy lights as one had blown and so we replaced all 3 leds. Although, just the interior lights were replaced, could this confuse the body management system enough to stop the car starting and force the side lights to stay on.
Any help would be fantastic as we just can't get the car to a garage for around a month and she really needs the car up and running.
Many thanks in advance for any advise on the above.
Atb
My wife purchased a 2010 2ltr diesel a month ago and she loves it and its a great drive. However we have had a lot of rain and flooding has been difficult to avoid.
Yesterday evening she was going to drive the car to work, but it wouldn't start. The engine just clicked, the sidelights refused to turn off and the clock span like a windmill apparently!
She had to leave the car overnight with the sidelights on as the car refused to turn them off. We managed to get the windows almost shut using a battery booster connected to the car.
The rac came out to check it this morning at 7am. They think it's the Body management system sensor has become faulty. The car now starts and we've run it a while to charge the battery, we'll be disconnecting the battery each time weve used the car to protect the battery as the sidelights just won't turn off.
Is there an easy fix for this as all garages are booked for almost a month round us! As the weather has been harsh.
The only thing electrical we've done is replace 3 leds in the interior curtsy lights as one had blown and so we replaced all 3 leds. Although, just the interior lights were replaced, could this confuse the body management system enough to stop the car starting and force the side lights to stay on.
Any help would be fantastic as we just can't get the car to a garage for around a month and she really needs the car up and running.
Many thanks in advance for any advise on the above.
Atb