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Vauxhall "Service soon" yellow warning light with spanner

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  • mrmot
    mrmot Posts: 192 Forumite
    It means that a fault code has been logged in the engine management system, probably quite minor and intermittent, given that it has extinguished.

    Vauxhall use a two tier system for such error codes, the usual engine management light for mandatory OBD 2 codes and the spanner for Vauxhall specific codes
  • Nodding_Donkey
    Nodding_Donkey Posts: 2,738 Forumite
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    Lot's of videos on Youtube how to get fault codes from a Vauxhall by pressing both brake and accelerator then inserting key into ignition - but these codes would mean nothing to us!

    So do that and get the codes, then someone on here may be able to help.
  • rich13348
    rich13348 Posts: 840 Forumite
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    This is a download for your users manual here download it and print it off if you want to keep it in the car. The light suggests you are getting a service soon message(page 86) and the 1 suggests it wants an oil change(page 95).
  • liltzero
    liltzero Posts: 74 Forumite
    You should be servicing your car every month to keep it in top condition
  • bigadaj
    bigadaj Posts: 11,531 Forumite
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    liltzero wrote: »
    You should be servicing your car every month to keep it in top condition

    Go away you tit.
  • Mercdriver
    Mercdriver Posts: 3,898 Forumite
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    liltzero wrote: »
    You should be servicing your car every month to keep it in top condition

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  • Thanks for the (helpful) replies.

    Hard to post as much as I want to, busy with a sick 7 month old boy :(

    Will try and DIY the codes myself, and if it WAS serviced and MOT'ed, then surely the oil level would have been detected?

    And, am I within my rights to get the garage to fix/reset the fault for free? Stupidly bought a 3 year extended RAC (boo, hiss!) warranty that came with one years full UK breakdown cover, but that does not cover basic wear and tear, and oil levels etc etc.

    We've only had it 3 weeks and already this fault light has come on :(
  • rich13348
    rich13348 Posts: 840 Forumite
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    Its probably not detecting the level of the oil, but based on the driving over the time it has decided that oil needs replaced. The dealer probably did not clear the counter when it was serviced.
  • General_query
    General_query Posts: 429 Forumite
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    edited 14 May 2017 at 7:42PM
    Hi, tried keeping feet on brake and accelerator then inserting key (but not starting ignition) and...... zero, diddly squat, nothing.

    No beeps, no codes, nothing flashed.

    Then went for a drive and do a shopfor baby food, got home, dropped off shopping, went back to start car to put away in garage - and yellow warning light came back on.

    So, you just think the garage just need to reset the light then?

    Thought I could try myself but obviously failed, plus would still like them to look at it tomorrow a.m. and check there's nothing else wrong with it.

    Still not happy we've just bought it, paid for the extended warranty and this will still cost us extra to reset some silly light and look up some fault codes with a reader (which I couldn't get to display despite trying using the brake & accelerator combo menthod).
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  • Iceweasel
    Iceweasel Posts: 4,882 Forumite
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    Please don't dismiss this as 'a silly little light'.

    Opal/Vauxhall put it there for a purpose.

    It may be something trivial - like a reset after servicing or .....

    ...... it may be something indicative of an impending potential major disaster that could cost a packet if ignored.
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