General Dashboard lights on starting

[Tarry]

Recently when starting my 2007 Punto the dashboard lights all go out and then on again, and the heater dial goes to the top and down again all in about 3 seconds. The starter motor was playing up but I have replaced this thinking it may solve the problem but alas it hasn’t. Any ideas? Thanks for reading.

 

[jackwhoo]

Hi,
you have typical symptoms of a bad earth strap between body and engine/ gearbox.
J

 

[Tarry]

Thanks Jackwhoo someone else did mention that so I will get it looked at. Thanks again for replying.

 

[The Panda Nut]

I agree with this suggestion, or the battery is starting to playup. Just dobe a post in teh Panda Forum. (parasitic battery drain) Its not too difficult to change and they are avaiable on ebay.