Amorok ....strange problem..

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acorn

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Livestock Farmer

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Lancashire, Home of the Deluge

• Oct 26, 2021

• #1

Just incase anyone else has this issue.
I have a car mechanic who sometimes works in the farmyard...
...a friend of turned up with a 2 litre amorok that could not be switched off, by that I mean the ignition key could be turned to the "off" position and removed from the vehicle...........and the engine and dashboard lights remained on!



After some initial tests............Google was consulted......

.......the diagnosis was...........water in the high level brake light was causing the problem........
Light unplugged.......sorted.....

 

PSQ

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Arable Farmer

• Oct 26, 2021

• #2

Was it not the XR3i, where if one of the brake lights was smashed it disabled the alarm...

 

5020man

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• Oct 26, 2021

• #3

Audi a4s will go into limp mode with water in brake lights

 

Timbo

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Location

Gods County

• Oct 26, 2021

• #4

PSQ said:

Was it not the XR3i, where if one of the brake lights was smashed it disabled the alarm...

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Mk1 mondeo

 

michael N123

Member

• Oct 26, 2021

• #5

If you get power back to the light does the ignition come back on ?

 

JMM

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Arable Farmer

Location

Northleach, Gloucestershire

• Oct 26, 2021

• #6

My favourite was the Vauxhall Nova and Cavalier where if you took the hazard light switch out, turned it upside down and put it back in and pressed the switch, the ignition came on, it was just a matter of a bump start and you were away without needing a key.

 

Netherfield

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Location

West Yorkshire

• Oct 26, 2021

• #7

JMM said:

My favourite was the Vauxhall Nova and Cavalier where if you took the hazard light switch out, turned it upside down and put it back in and pressed the switch, the ignition came on, it was just a matter of a bump start and you were away without needing a key.

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Be a bugger to steer unless it disabled the steering lock at the same time.

 

JMM

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Arable Farmer

Location

Northleach, Gloucestershire

• Oct 26, 2021

• #8

Netherfield said:

Be a bugger to steer unless it disabled the steering lock at the same time.

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Vauxhall steering locks wore easily, the one on my Nova was non existant