bernaaard Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Has anyone else had this problem ? Driving along after about an hour and suddenly the fuel guage drops to nil and the speedo rocks all the way round to over 140mph, which although impressive from a phot perspective, is concerning when it comes to speed cameras. Wondered if anyone else had this issue and what the fix might be for it ? X reg 1.8TD Finesse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin79666 Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 How's the battery charge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernaaard Posted December 24, 2012 Author Share Posted December 24, 2012 Charge seems to be fine. Lights are all ok, starts first time every time and it just seems to happen after about 45 minutes running. I turn the engine off for 5 minutes and things reset themselves and then after about another 45 seconds the problem happens again. I then come back to thee car again the day after and its all normal...........until 45 minutes or so again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin79666 Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Hmm unlikely to be a charge issue then. Could be the cable. Did a quick Google search and got this: http://www.rac.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?9727-1997-Ford-Fiesta-speedometer-probs Odd that it is intermittent, I'd have though it would present itself as soon as you started the ignition/drove off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernaaard Posted December 24, 2012 Author Share Posted December 24, 2012 Nah, seems to be always around he sort of 45 mins into the journey sort of time. Once or twice it hasn happened at all strangely enough so i am thinking of trying the battery disconnect, and reconnect idea to reset everything and see if it works. Either that or it is off to Ford to see what they say ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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