Astra 09 management light on, possibilities

silkyuk9

Yellow light on the dash car with spanner facing upwards. I know its a question how long is a peice of string but was hoping someone who has an astra might have had this issue and could throw a bit of info my way. As its Sunday cant get into garage and need the car for work tomorrow at a drive of 20 miles.

this is the light and bit of info in the manual,,,,, click pic to see full



this is the type of astra



So really hoping an astra driver has had this before, as before work at 5-30am so really need car as no other means of transport, also cant get the car checked out till tommorrow.

Cheers

Nodding_Donkey

There are literally hundreds of error codes that signify anything from a faulty exhaust to a serious fault in the engine. Anything anyone says will be just a guess.

Has it gone into limp mode i.e. it won't rev very high

Geodark

Nodding_Donkey wrote: »

There are literally hundreds of error codes that signify anything from a faulty exhaust to a serious fault in the engine. Anything anyone says will be just a guess.

Has it gone into limp mode i.e. it won't rev very high

As Nodding Donkey has said, this could be one of hundreds of things. You really need to get it stuck on a code reader to find out. Depending on the year of your car there is also a trick you can do with the pedals to get the dash to display the error code.

Is the light flashing? is it on all the time? I know my vauxhall if I stall it an error can be thrown, which will clear itself after 3 journeys, so if it is something simple it might clear and not show. It will still be stored though so you can still get it read and find out what it is/was

societys_child

Yellow light on the dash car with spanner

Think it just means your car's due for a service?

Thought the MIL "check engine" light was orange/red with a pic of a little engine ...

silkyuk9

Nodding_Donkey wrote: »

There are literally hundreds of error codes that signify anything from a faulty exhaust to a serious fault in the engine. Anything anyone says will be just a guess.

Has it gone into limp mode i.e. it won't rev very high

No not yet

silkyuk9

Geodark wrote: »

As Nodding Donkey has said, this could be one of hundreds of things. You really need to get it stuck on a code reader to find out. Depending on the year of your car there is also a trick you can do with the pedals to get the dash to display the error code.

Is the light flashing? is it on all the time? I know my vauxhall if I stall it an error can be thrown, which will clear itself after 3 journeys, so if it is something simple it might clear and not show. It will still be stored though so you can still get it read and find out what it is/was

its constantly on the car is 09, i have heard this 'trick' cant remember though but im sure you put down the clutch and brak at same time and start the car tyo get the code.

silkyuk9

societys_child wrote: »

Think it just means your car's due for a service? It's not the MIL "check engine" light.

I would have thought that but the car was serviced a few months ago

silkyuk9

Actually its my sons car, and im sure he has homestart so could be worth calling the AA anbd get them to run a test.

Marktheshark

Press and hold the odometer reset button and turn the ignition on to dash lights, wait 30 seconds, reset (turn to off +then start) ignition, start car see if it goes off.

TadleyBaggie

silkyuk9 wrote: »

I would have thought that but the car was serviced a few months ago

Wouldn't be the first garage to forget to reset the service interval system.

silkyuk9

Marktheshark wrote: »

Press and hold the odometer reset button and turn the ignition on to dash lights, wait 30 seconds, reset (turn to off +then start) ignition, start car see if it goes off.

Can you explain that a little more simpler, i would like to try this there is no reset button as such as like conventional older cars