flashing hold light
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:00 pm
hi all,
sorry for not trawling through old posts,or using the search option,but i`m in some discomfort,and can`t spend long on pc at a time.
when coming home from work today in the bongo(a journey of only 1.5 miles)shortly after leaving work,i had to stop at some traffic lights.when getting ready to move away,i felt a slight`lurch`like when the autobox is put into drive,and raised my foot off the brake slightly in readiness to move off.surprisingly the bongo didn`t`creep`forward as normal,and in the periphery of my vision i saw the `hold` light on.thinking i`d accidentally hit the button,i looked down at the light,only to see that it`d gone off,then it flashed on,and off etc.i quickly realised that i might have a problem,and worried that i`d be stuck at a busy junction with a bongo that wouldn`t move.so,i quickly turned off the engine,selected park and restarted the engine.then all was well and i continued my journey home with no further problems.
as i restarted the engine so quickly,i didn`t have chance to count the flashes or check the frequency.
any ideas?
i haven`t checked the gearbox fluid in a while,but when i did(with engine running,select all positions in turn several times then finish off in`drive`with the handbrake on)all seemed fine with no nasty coloured fluid.i have never cleaned or removed the gearbox filter.
thanks
jamie
sorry for not trawling through old posts,or using the search option,but i`m in some discomfort,and can`t spend long on pc at a time.
when coming home from work today in the bongo(a journey of only 1.5 miles)shortly after leaving work,i had to stop at some traffic lights.when getting ready to move away,i felt a slight`lurch`like when the autobox is put into drive,and raised my foot off the brake slightly in readiness to move off.surprisingly the bongo didn`t`creep`forward as normal,and in the periphery of my vision i saw the `hold` light on.thinking i`d accidentally hit the button,i looked down at the light,only to see that it`d gone off,then it flashed on,and off etc.i quickly realised that i might have a problem,and worried that i`d be stuck at a busy junction with a bongo that wouldn`t move.so,i quickly turned off the engine,selected park and restarted the engine.then all was well and i continued my journey home with no further problems.
as i restarted the engine so quickly,i didn`t have chance to count the flashes or check the frequency.
any ideas?
i haven`t checked the gearbox fluid in a while,but when i did(with engine running,select all positions in turn several times then finish off in`drive`with the handbrake on)all seemed fine with no nasty coloured fluid.i have never cleaned or removed the gearbox filter.
thanks
jamie
