Hello guys, first post here.
I bought a Seat Altea s 2010 1.9tdi 5 days ago. I noticed that it has always had a yellow engine bulb and a red battery light illuminated when the ignition is turned to accesories but I have not started the engine. Initially when turning to accesories all the lights flash up I assume as a test for us to see that the bulbs are working, then there is a second stage of lights before the engine is started. When the engine is started both the battery light and the yellow engine light (which I believe is an emmisions warning) disappear and stay off.
First question is why are these present and what does it mean?
After seeing these I plugged in my ANCEL VD500 OBD II Diagnostic tool that is designed to include vag systems and it couldnt find any error codes.
After driving it I found that a few times I stalled it fairly easily (could have been my driving) and when trying to restart the engine I noticed the battery light was then illuminated in red and the car would not start the engine, I could hear the starter motor trying about 10 times but no luck, however when I turned off the ignition waiting a few seconds and tried again it got going.
Perhaps the battery is a bit low?
I checked out the fuse boxes as I wanted to make sure that everything was present. In the engine compartment box I found that fuses 14 "coil" and fuses 21 "Lambda probe" were not present, should they be present?
I know very little about cars but expected these would be present in all models.
When looking at the cab fuse box below the steering wheel I found that the following fuses which I thought maybe should be present are not: 26 "vacuum pump", 48 "convenience controls", 49 "heating controls" should these be present?
I thought I would ask people who know about these things as I don't know enough and I dont understand the differences in configuration among the various years and models. Any help would be fantastic. I tried adding photos of the fuses but I couldnt get the file size small enough, I triple checked the missing fuses though.
It is worth mentioning that the mot garage I bought it from gave me a 3 month basic RAC warranty, So I can get them to fix issues soon.
Cheers
Dan
I bought a Seat Altea s 2010 1.9tdi 5 days ago. I noticed that it has always had a yellow engine bulb and a red battery light illuminated when the ignition is turned to accesories but I have not started the engine. Initially when turning to accesories all the lights flash up I assume as a test for us to see that the bulbs are working, then there is a second stage of lights before the engine is started. When the engine is started both the battery light and the yellow engine light (which I believe is an emmisions warning) disappear and stay off.
First question is why are these present and what does it mean?
After seeing these I plugged in my ANCEL VD500 OBD II Diagnostic tool that is designed to include vag systems and it couldnt find any error codes.
After driving it I found that a few times I stalled it fairly easily (could have been my driving) and when trying to restart the engine I noticed the battery light was then illuminated in red and the car would not start the engine, I could hear the starter motor trying about 10 times but no luck, however when I turned off the ignition waiting a few seconds and tried again it got going.
Perhaps the battery is a bit low?
I checked out the fuse boxes as I wanted to make sure that everything was present. In the engine compartment box I found that fuses 14 "coil" and fuses 21 "Lambda probe" were not present, should they be present?
I know very little about cars but expected these would be present in all models.
When looking at the cab fuse box below the steering wheel I found that the following fuses which I thought maybe should be present are not: 26 "vacuum pump", 48 "convenience controls", 49 "heating controls" should these be present?
I thought I would ask people who know about these things as I don't know enough and I dont understand the differences in configuration among the various years and models. Any help would be fantastic. I tried adding photos of the fuses but I couldnt get the file size small enough, I triple checked the missing fuses though.
It is worth mentioning that the mot garage I bought it from gave me a 3 month basic RAC warranty, So I can get them to fix issues soon.
Cheers
Dan
