Hi all,
Not looking for an answer per se, rather simple feedback, experience or otherwise. Warning... this is long, sorry!
My wife's UK 2012 Captiva (manual) has started playing up in the last 48 hours or so - which sees it refusing to start, playing silly wotsits and other random things. It's being collected on Monday to be checked - again - by our local garage.
In recent days it didn't always start first time. On Friday it just refused to start, sounded like the starter motor couldn't do what was required. Had our automobile club come along to advise the battery wasn't the correct type for a stop start car but otherwise it was fine. No joy getting it going though and it was towed to the garage.
A while later the garage called to say it was alive. They'd experienced the same but claimed the ECU was bunged up with fault codes related to the rear tailgate always being open and the car had gone into self-preservation mode. They're good folks but that part just seems daft, but happy to be corrected.
Anyway, wife collected car with myself in tow just in case. After a few minutes the car decided the front, driver's side indicator would stop working after 3 blinks - and rapidly blink to indicate so. Got home and it would intermittently happen when using the stalk. Hazards didn't trigger it.
It's Friday evening and the car refused to start again.
Observation time... you'd unlock the car and whilst the headlamp indicator would illuminate they were in fact not - but the front fogs would be, along with the driver's side wing mirror indicator permanently on. The car's instrument panel refuses to show the fuel amount when switched to ignition and shows the check engine light along with a maintenance. EPB needs attention and traction control lights. Audible pings sound x4 so the car seems to know it's not happy.
An extremely basic OBD unit recognises my own, automatic 2012 model but has a link error with the wife's manual of the same year.
With an imminent MOT this is why the garage are being given the car on Monday. I'm hoping the car just needs a battery disconnect and ECU flushing. But anyone ever experienced such oddness?
Yours,
Jonty and missus.
Not looking for an answer per se, rather simple feedback, experience or otherwise. Warning... this is long, sorry!
My wife's UK 2012 Captiva (manual) has started playing up in the last 48 hours or so - which sees it refusing to start, playing silly wotsits and other random things. It's being collected on Monday to be checked - again - by our local garage.
In recent days it didn't always start first time. On Friday it just refused to start, sounded like the starter motor couldn't do what was required. Had our automobile club come along to advise the battery wasn't the correct type for a stop start car but otherwise it was fine. No joy getting it going though and it was towed to the garage.
A while later the garage called to say it was alive. They'd experienced the same but claimed the ECU was bunged up with fault codes related to the rear tailgate always being open and the car had gone into self-preservation mode. They're good folks but that part just seems daft, but happy to be corrected.
Anyway, wife collected car with myself in tow just in case. After a few minutes the car decided the front, driver's side indicator would stop working after 3 blinks - and rapidly blink to indicate so. Got home and it would intermittently happen when using the stalk. Hazards didn't trigger it.
It's Friday evening and the car refused to start again.
Observation time... you'd unlock the car and whilst the headlamp indicator would illuminate they were in fact not - but the front fogs would be, along with the driver's side wing mirror indicator permanently on. The car's instrument panel refuses to show the fuel amount when switched to ignition and shows the check engine light along with a maintenance. EPB needs attention and traction control lights. Audible pings sound x4 so the car seems to know it's not happy.
An extremely basic OBD unit recognises my own, automatic 2012 model but has a link error with the wife's manual of the same year.
With an imminent MOT this is why the garage are being given the car on Monday. I'm hoping the car just needs a battery disconnect and ECU flushing. But anyone ever experienced such oddness?
Yours,
Jonty and missus.