Red light flashing ZT190

[Dallas]

Originally Posted by Mgaz

Funny thing.. I felt it did have a certain look to it that looked like the door open light.

I did have the bonnet open this morning cause I was checking the condition of the air filter.

Could the bonnet need a bit more effort when closing it?

Sometimes the slam panel and bonnet will need adjusting, do you have a larger than normal gap along the front where bonnet meets grill and lights etc?

Basically the bonnet switch has its pin protruding higher than normal, you can take off the rubber sleeve and introduce a small rubber cap onto the plastic pin, and then replace the rubber sleeve on top. This allows the bonnet to reach the pin and tell the switch the bonnet is closed.

...or

You can stick a small pad under the bonnet inline with the switch, this allows the bonnet to reach and trigger the pin as above.

[suzublu]

Plus of course the catches may not be, err, catching. The half moons may need lubrication & the slam panel bolts may need loosening a tad

[Mgaz]

Originally Posted by kelvo

Hi Gareth, glad the car is going ok. Double check the bonnet switch, I have had the bonnet warning flash up on the car a couple of times before - noticed it a couple of times in strong winds.

I always tend to the let bonnet drop the last 6" so it shuts properly

Hi mate. That's useful to know. Hopefully that's all it is.

Might go out now and take a look.

[kelvo]

Originally Posted by Mgaz

Hi mate. That's useful to know. Hopefully that's all it is.

Might go out now and take a look.

That's all I did was open and shut the bonnet again, I never like pressing down on the bonnet to shut it, might be worth checking the bonnet buffers are not a bit tight - dropping the bonnet the last bit might just compress them that little bit more than just by just pushing

[Mgaz]

Originally Posted by sewerman

the 120 kph speed warning symbol is red and in the bottom right hand corner of the top section of the low line instrument cluster 120 kph is about 75 mph so you might have passed it briefly?

wouldn't harm to check the coolant though.

Is that speed light always active? Or does it need to be 'enabled' some how? Can't say I've ever seen it illuminated. Guess I'm just not trying hard enough..

[Mgaz]

Originally Posted by Typhoon190

Check the coolant level as a matter of urgency anyway. Better safe than sorry. There isn't a coolant level sensor on these, only an engine overheat.

That's surprising. Even my 31 year old quattro has a low coolant warning light.

To me that seems quite an important warning light to be missing!

[maxi_crawf]

Originally Posted by Typhoon190

Check the coolant level as a matter of urgency anyway. Better safe than sorry. There isn't a coolant level sensor on these, only an engine overheat.

the 190 does have a low coolant warning light on the lowline display. it's just not connected to anything.

[T-Cut]

If there's a slight slop/rattle when the bonnet's fully locked down, the air ram will lift it off the sensor and pop the warning. If the locked bonnet is totally rigid, then the locking pins may be set too high. You alter this by screwing them slightly tighter into the bonnet/lock-nuts.
Quite often, just screwing the bonnet corner rubber buffers down half a turn will allow the thing to sit tighter onto the sensor switch. If that doesn't do it, stick a gap filler/cork disk on the bonnet edge where the sensor switch touches.

eDit: I have some photos, but PhotoBucket seems to be down atm.

TC

[Yorkshire GOC]

Originally Posted by Mgaz

That's surprising. Even my 31 year old quattro has a low coolant warning light.

To me that seems quite an important warning light to be missing!

Totally agree -that's why i fitted one of these - see link below - you can also rig up an in tank coolant level sensor -there is a how to on the site.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/E-Zee-K-B...cAAOSwtfhYsZwN