flashing spanner light

**carp** · 7th April 2006, 18:02

hi guys have just had a service from vx cost £204 and told them i had a spanner light coming on ,they serviced it and told me that they had checked the fault code and could not find the fault ,now a day later i have just turned off the ignition and now i find that the spanner light is now flashing this car must be the worst car i have ever bought 2.2 sri diesel had from new 2yrs old and i think the only thing vx have not changed is the colour can any one give me advise please what the fault may be or if they have had the same problem many thnks

**AndrewTi** · 7th April 2006, 18:20

According to the handbook, it's a fault that may damage the catalytic converter. Consult a workshop, yada yada yada.

Welcome to the I'm a Vauxhall owner and I have to yell at my dealer club!!

**carp** · 7th April 2006, 18:29

many thanks have now used car all day and the light seems to have corrected its self but cant trust it that it wont happen again many thnks
andrews sri

**AndrewTi** · 7th April 2006, 18:37

Just get it in bud, best be on the safe side.

**cp123** · 27th April 2006, 11:03

I have a VX 2003 and my spanner light used to come on and then would rectify itself. Initially the dealers couldn't identify the fault and kept clearing the error log. But spanner light kept coming on, eventually they found the fault with the instrument panel. One of the pins on the connector was intermittently loosing contact. In my case they replaced the whole instrument panel.

**greeningr** · 27th April 2006, 14:53

Just a thought, The dealer mentioned to me that there is a fsoot filter on the newer diesels that needs cleaning. If you only do short distances or town driving, there is a warning light that flashes to advise you to do a long journey of 50mph for 30 minutes, so that the exhaust can get to a temperature to burn off the soot. This sounds like what has happened to yours...