Spanner Light at Startup

[DTK0902]

Hi All,
Noticed the Spanner light is coming on at start up on my '05 Vectra C. As soon as the car starts it goes off and doesnt come on at all until you go to start the car again. Any ideas?

Daniel

[dh.dti]

It means the ecu has previously detected a fault which is not now present... it can be cleared with a code reader but if i were you i'd ignore it unless the spanner stays on after the motor has fired.

[DTK0902]

Thanks, No as soon as you turn the ignition to start it up it goes off immediately! only present on 2nd turn position. Might get it read and cleared just to see what it is anyways. Although have a feeling glow plugs could be suspect...few extra chugs in there on the cold mornings

Cheers,
Dan

[dh.dti]

Normally if the glow plugs are failing you would get the spanner after the engine has fired & will stay on for a minute or two until there's a little heat in the motor... might be worth having the battery tested to see if it's holding the correct ampage.

[DTK0902]

Normally if the glow plugs are failing you would get the spanner after the engine has fired & will stay on for a minute or two until there's a little heat in the motor... might be worth having the battery tested to see if it's holding the correct ampage.

Thanks, will check it with the multimeter tonight!

[k9vnd]

sound's a little similar to mine, will be curious to see if you get any code result's as ive not, in my case am thinking coilpack as it's a brief flash before ignition.

[DTK0902]

Will drop you a message when I get round to getting the codes read, at the minute all is well and if its a code which has previously been logged and won't effect it in the immediate future I won't be in a huge rush to get it checked...will let you know when I do though!

[justin32]

it will clear itself after a number of engine starts.dont know exactly how many but it definatly does as mine did