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(Message started by: welshbest on Mar 31^st, 2007, 2:44pm)

Title: dials go mad
Post by welshbest on Mar 31^st, 2007, 2:44pm

when i start the car car the dials all go mad for a second is this normal?

Title: Re: dials go mad
Post by cossie_al on Mar 31^st, 2007, 3:05pm

It is normally a sign of the battery being on its last legs.
Check the rating is correct for the car.
Hope that helps,
Al

Title: Re: dials go mad
Post by macroy on Mar 31^st, 2007, 3:30pm

[]Definitely the battery,make sure you buy the right one too.Also don,t forget your radio code as you will need it when you change the battery. ;)Roy.

Title: Re: dials go mad
Post by big_neil on Mar 31^st, 2007, 3:59pm

mines done that only occasionly suppose it hasn,t done bad reallyas the car is still on its original ford battery,now nearly ten years old!

Title: Re: dials go mad
Post by TRACEYS_LIMO on Mar 31^st, 2007, 4:25pm

yep mine to I thought it was meant to do that till i had the battery changed ;D

Title: Re: dials go mad
Post by cossie_al on Mar 31^st, 2007, 5:00pm

As it happens a couple of weaks ago mine did it :o
The battery was changed summer last year with the correct one from ford.
Strange, said I. Put it on charge over night and has been fine since. Stil got the reciept though, just in case.
And I have seen bikes that do flick the neadles round as the ignition is turned on cant remeber if it was ducatti or bmw, it may have been a buell coming to think of it.

Title: Re: dials go mad
Post by jonnycab on Mar 31^st, 2007, 11:57pm

Yup...I've found that it is down to a weak battery also ;)

The only other time the dials flick around is when you start the car after messing around with the dash diagnostics :)