Corsa Lite Issues

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Lukcydog

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Hi Guys,

The wife's Corsa (2007, 1.4i) was serviced on Wednesday. They did a oil change, oil filter and air filter. They also replaced the globe that lights up the odometer/mileage indicator. After the service the car struggled to start but eventually did and thereafter no issues.

This morning while driving she experienced her headlights dimming, the instrument cluster switching off (petrol gauge drops to zero and the refuel light came on), and the radio switching on an off intermittently. The engine management light didn't indicate any issues. The engine runs fine without any problems so I suspect that there might be a fault on the instrumentation circuit. I did notice that the car's battery terminals have some form of grease applied to them, could this be that its causing a bad connection?

Any other advice would be much appreciated.
 
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Grease on the terminals would have been put there during the service and should not be the problem.

You appear to have a major short circuit somewhere.

If a dealership did the service, just phone them up and ask for help.

If it was a back yard job, best you go to an auto electrician before your wife gets stuck out on the road somewhere.
 
Fazda said:
Grease on the terminals would have been put there during the service and should not be the problem.

You appear to have a major short circuit somewhere.

If a dealership did the service, just phone them up and ask for help.

If it was a back yard job, best you go to an auto electrician before your wife gets stuck out on the road somewhere.
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Done at dealership. I will check later today but if it was a major short, surely fuses would have blown which it doesn't.
 
Lukcydog said:
Done at dealership. I will check later today but if it was a major short, surely fuses would have blown which it doesn't.
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Not necessarily - Electrics and cars are very weird things - not like a house where a fuse will trip everything - get it to the dealer ASAP.
 
Check the main fuse link on the positive terminal at the battery..Common on these vehicles.
 
Sounds very very similar to my own Corsa Lite where the battery terminals just weren't tied down properly.

After tightening the bolts all was well again.
 
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