Beanie Stilo
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Hi,
I'm new too this and not particularly techy so please bare with me.
So, this morning I started my Stilo 54 plate 1.9 Diesel JTD after having not driven it for 10 days due to not needing to. It usually starts fine even when not used whilst away on holiday.
This time it didn't start, bump started it and all seemed ok. Took it for a spin (2miles) to try and give it a bit of charge. 5 mins after bump starting it (whistle driving) all the dials went to 0 including petrol and heat. They they reappeared but it had reset the clock etc...
Then ALL the lights on the dash lit up and the dials stopped again. At this point I had stopped driving it but hadn't stopped the engine at any point. Half of the lights were not constantly on, including some of the light ones even though the lights where not switched on?!
Now, 90% of the lights are now on constantly and still no dials when the car is switched on/running. I remember before I attempted to start the car initially I noticed that one of the indicator lights (on dash) was on even though I hadn't even put the keys in the ignition which was probably why the battery was dead.
Now, even when the car is off and locked both indicator lights are constantly (not flashing), so are the full beam lights and the dipped beams (on the actual dash and not the lights themselves).
Car drives fine other than this.
I had someone check the charge on the battery and it's fine even though it's never actually been changed. But apparently it's working fine, holding and sending charge. Someone's checked the fuses near the battery, they are fine. I've tried disconnecting the battery to see if that would spring it into life - nothing.
Any ideas?
I'm new too this and not particularly techy so please bare with me.
So, this morning I started my Stilo 54 plate 1.9 Diesel JTD after having not driven it for 10 days due to not needing to. It usually starts fine even when not used whilst away on holiday.
This time it didn't start, bump started it and all seemed ok. Took it for a spin (2miles) to try and give it a bit of charge. 5 mins after bump starting it (whistle driving) all the dials went to 0 including petrol and heat. They they reappeared but it had reset the clock etc...
Then ALL the lights on the dash lit up and the dials stopped again. At this point I had stopped driving it but hadn't stopped the engine at any point. Half of the lights were not constantly on, including some of the light ones even though the lights where not switched on?!
Now, 90% of the lights are now on constantly and still no dials when the car is switched on/running. I remember before I attempted to start the car initially I noticed that one of the indicator lights (on dash) was on even though I hadn't even put the keys in the ignition which was probably why the battery was dead.
Now, even when the car is off and locked both indicator lights are constantly (not flashing), so are the full beam lights and the dipped beams (on the actual dash and not the lights themselves).
Car drives fine other than this.
I had someone check the charge on the battery and it's fine even though it's never actually been changed. But apparently it's working fine, holding and sending charge. Someone's checked the fuses near the battery, they are fine. I've tried disconnecting the battery to see if that would spring it into life - nothing.
Any ideas?