Spanner light

[otto]

Hi,

Anyone got any ideas? When i drive my 2003 1.8SRI round town the car is fine. When i get on the motorway and open up to around 80mph the spanner light comes on. The light stays on with no loss of power or acceleration until i either drop the speed down to around 50mph or when i come off the motorway when yet again the light stays off.

Doin my head in , any ideas?

[otto]

hi,

Just tried the fault code reading method using the brake and acceleartor pedal medal on my 1.8 2003 SRI. The code comes up as P1481 cooling fan circuit anyone got any ideas how to fix?

[diesel dog]

Could be any number of things.You need to get the codes read.

[diesel dog]

It's probably the control module that is faulty.

[Big Sig]

If you leave it ticking over on your drive do the fans ever cut in when it gets hot?

[John C S]

Could be any number of things.You need to get the codes read.

Errm, He did!!

He read the codes using the brake and accelerator pedal method, which seems to be there for the cheapjack pleasure for 1.8 owners, as it doesn't seem to work on other engines!!!!!

[John C S]

Hi Otto,

This thread maybe worth a look!


http://www.vectra-c.com/forum/showth...ighlight=p1481

May be the cooling fan control module or bad connection/broken wiring!

[Celes]

He read the codes using the brake and accelerator pedal method, which seems to be there for the cheapjack pleasure for 1.8 owners, as it doesn't seem to work on other engines!!!!!

Works on my V6CDTi

[John C S]

Works on my V6CDTi

Nice one!

[otto]

Errm, He did!!

He read the codes using the brake and accelerator pedal method, which seems to be there for the cheapjack pleasure for 1.8 owners, as it doesn't seem to work on other engines!!!!!

I got the method from this forum smarty what's wrong with that.

I guy I know gave me a code reader but no codes were showing so i thought I would give it a go before putting the car in.

Sorry for using my noggin!!!!!