Hold button flashing!

acnels · Post by **acnels** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:46 pm

When travelling long distances, i.e. couple of hours, the hold button light on the dashboard flashes and/or the gears are stuck in 3rd/jumps out of 4th into 3rd. However the next day when rested for a day or so it seems to be working again ok. Does anyone have a similar or problem or know how to fix it?

dandywarhol · Post by **dandywarhol** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:55 pm

If you join the club acnels you have full access to the factsheets. Loadsa info about the hold light codes.

Peg leg Pete · Post by **Peg leg Pete** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 8:24 pm

Does the speedo play up at the same time?

acnels · Post by **acnels** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:00 pm

No problems with speedo it works fine but has been changed to MPH rather than KPH

smartmonkey · Post by **smartmonkey** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 9:18 am

If it has been changed by putting a little box of tricks at the back of it then try disconnecting that. They often give problems and are a waste of time. I find the only reliable way to convert is to stick a new dial on the face or get a set of Mazda 626 clocks.

Veg_Ian · Post by **Veg_Ian** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 10:01 am

But that doesn't account for the problem with the gears. More like the hold light is in fact reporting a fault. The error code can be read by correlating the long and short intervals between the flashes, which repeat in a cycle, against the error codes as listed in the members area.

Many autobox problems stem from old ATF. I would be inclined to change it and clean the filter before looking any further.