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Car Self Diagnostics (Gauge Sweep Etc)

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Ok guys how on earth do you do it my mate did it on his fiesta metal with ease but I have no clue obv only tell me if appropriate on here as I'm not sure if it will be



  1. On Trip computer hold trip reset button in , keep holding and turn IGN to position 2 , keep holding until Test comes up , approx 10 seconds

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Being totally thick here pree my car is push button start so how do I do it then ?

goto the trip reset , press and hold as if to reset keep holding , press the start button but do not put your foot on the clutch , keep holding until gauge test comes up , then you can scroll through :)

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Cool cheers pree got it working many thanks ;-)

Cool cheers pree got it working many thanks ;-)

It had my head scratching the first tiem i tried it , it's also the same on the Mk3 as well

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It had my head scratching the first tiem i tried it , it's also the same on the Mk3 as well

cool I shall remember that too

Im glad that they kept this one feature through the range to be honest, its a fantastic function! I think Ford did it to make the owners worry when they get a DTC, so that they rush the car to the dealers :P but they probably didnt think about us lot on this forum abusing it and sharing the answers and eating their commission :P

I like the fact i can put the display to read out Digital Speed and drive the car with it reading out lol

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Is there a way to do the gauge sweep on start up or is that verging into elm config

Don't think there is , only via the actual test mode , ELMConfig does not do this either.

the only time the gauge sweeps on start up is if the battery is low

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  1. On Trip computer hold trip reset button in , keep holding and turn IGN to position 2 , keep holding until Test comes up , approx 10 seconds

am i doing something wrong here? when i try it test shows then it goes strieght to showing my milage.

should i be doing anything else before this happens?

cheers guys, billybob66 ^_^

  • 1 month later...

still getting same thing :(

please help a thicko. :D :D

billybob66, ;)

put key in ignition dont turn it hold in trip reset on the end of the stalk and keep it held in turn ignition to 2 and keep the button held in within a few secs you shall get a beep youre now in test mode and can start the car

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