Thread: S&M Lights and 3 Amigos ?

An interesting thing happened this afternoon;
Went to drive home and saw both the S and M lights on the dash flashing.
Car was slightly doughy driving on level ground but still drove.
So I kept going.
After stopping at a red light which was on a hill, the car (2004 TD5 Auto)
would Not move with normal throttle.
It did though after lots of throttle, so I continued to drive home carefully.

A quick Google search suggested one cause could be a Battery low on charge.
While it was on charge I got out my Nanocom to see what faults came up.
In the back of my mind also wondered if the Left Rear ABS cable fault had come up again, It hadn't.

At this stage I noticed that the Fuel gauge was on Empty, with the Red warning light on.
This was strange as I knew I had Half a tank of Deisel.

It was then I noticed that the 3 Amigos lights which I've had for a good 6 months were no longer lite Up.
I discconnected the battery charger and took the car for a drive to make sure those Amigos were definitely gone.
They were.

So before I had one fault - the Amigos,
Then got another , the M and S lights with Sluggish driving.
A temporary weird Fuel gauge read,
And Now Everthing working As it should, The car drives as it should and no lights or Faults.

Can anyone suggest why ???

Interested to hear.
Nick

Originally Posted by AK83

Then there's a problem of some kind.
Never seen this, and I run with the nanocom in instruments mode pretty much all the time(except when running the 2min drive to the shops or something).

Yep, same here. All dash functions continue to work as normal.