Hi folks,
My Stilo seems to be having it first hard winter, never had any troubles before.
My baby is from 2004, and has a mileage of about 150 000miles (Yeah,.. I know). I can't say anything bad about this car, never had any big problems, and I could always count on it. But lately everything is acting strange.
Probs started some months ago, when the dashboard said:
Bulb Failure, rear right.
So I checked the lights with a friend, doublechecked, triplechecked, but all my lights worked perfect. So I just ignored this warning, wich is pretty annoying( especially that beepbeepbeep ). It doesn't go away.
Next, about 6 weeks ago, I get the following error when turning on contact:
Preheat failure
This message disappears on it's own, without my intervention, but shows up on every contact/engine start, to disappear after +-10sec.
Someone told me this could be the sparkplugs that are worn out.
My car will go to the garage soon for a full maintenance check, and a distribution belt change + waterpump, so I'm waiting for that.
Then, this monday, after a few frozing nights, (my baby sleeps outside)
I get into my car to get to school, turn on contact, and nothing happens with the dash, I can read Checking... but it seemed blocked at that point.
The dash didn't light up or anything, but everything worked fine.
Well, beside the whole dash. Speedometer and all that stuff didn't do anything either, all dead. After driving some kilometers (or miles, if you prefer), my dash turned back on, everything was back to normal, besides the clock that was flashing at 0:00, and the flashing mileage.
I setup the clock to the correct time, and the flashing stopped. Then I went to school. I came back, and went in my car. Started my baby, and everything was fine, except one thing:
The clock said: 0:20
Since I wasn't at school for 15hours, something was wrong...
I drove back home, and yes, again, the dash died on me, to get back alive after a few miles!
Then, yesterday, I was looking at the fuses, and the manual, since someone told me it could be the fuses. Not knowing anything of them, I started plugging out some of the big ones at the battery (those with the size like F07), but now I got an extra fault:
Engine fault
Maybe this is coïncidence, but I don't know.
My guess is a faulty battery, I can't recall a battery replace, so maybe it's about to die?
Then again, a friend said I should check the little glass on the battery, it should be green, and it is...
My car will go to the garage in the week of 10 jan, because I have my exams, so I can miss my car for a day or 2.
Should I be preparing for a huge bill? :'(
My Stilo seems to be having it first hard winter, never had any troubles before.
My baby is from 2004, and has a mileage of about 150 000miles (Yeah,.. I know). I can't say anything bad about this car, never had any big problems, and I could always count on it. But lately everything is acting strange.
Probs started some months ago, when the dashboard said:
Bulb Failure, rear right.
So I checked the lights with a friend, doublechecked, triplechecked, but all my lights worked perfect. So I just ignored this warning, wich is pretty annoying( especially that beepbeepbeep ). It doesn't go away.
Next, about 6 weeks ago, I get the following error when turning on contact:
Preheat failure
This message disappears on it's own, without my intervention, but shows up on every contact/engine start, to disappear after +-10sec.
Someone told me this could be the sparkplugs that are worn out.
My car will go to the garage soon for a full maintenance check, and a distribution belt change + waterpump, so I'm waiting for that.
Then, this monday, after a few frozing nights, (my baby sleeps outside)
I get into my car to get to school, turn on contact, and nothing happens with the dash, I can read Checking... but it seemed blocked at that point.
The dash didn't light up or anything, but everything worked fine.
Well, beside the whole dash. Speedometer and all that stuff didn't do anything either, all dead. After driving some kilometers (or miles, if you prefer), my dash turned back on, everything was back to normal, besides the clock that was flashing at 0:00, and the flashing mileage.
I setup the clock to the correct time, and the flashing stopped. Then I went to school. I came back, and went in my car. Started my baby, and everything was fine, except one thing:
The clock said: 0:20
Since I wasn't at school for 15hours, something was wrong...
I drove back home, and yes, again, the dash died on me, to get back alive after a few miles!
Then, yesterday, I was looking at the fuses, and the manual, since someone told me it could be the fuses. Not knowing anything of them, I started plugging out some of the big ones at the battery (those with the size like F07), but now I got an extra fault:
Engine fault
Maybe this is coïncidence, but I don't know.
My guess is a faulty battery, I can't recall a battery replace, so maybe it's about to die?
Then again, a friend said I should check the little glass on the battery, it should be green, and it is...
My car will go to the garage in the week of 10 jan, because I have my exams, so I can miss my car for a day or 2.
Should I be preparing for a huge bill? :'(