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Hold Light flashing and Speedo not working
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 5:16 pm
by mike2564
Any ideas, got up this morning, Bongo started fine, and was performing ok, the hold light began to flash and the speedo stopped working. I switched it off and re started further down the road.. now all ok... why? Mike
Re: Hold Light flashing and Speedo not working
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 5:34 pm
by mikeonb4c
mike2564 wrote:Any ideas, got up this morning, Bongo started fine, and was performing ok, the hold light began to flash and the speedo stopped working. I switched it off and re started further down the road.. now all ok... why? Mike
Have a search on here but I recall it being explained that the autobox takes a signal from the speedo. If the speedo has been 'chipped' to get KPH into MPH and if a connection goes dodgy (or summat like that) then the autobox gets a dodgy signal and the HOLD light registers a fault. Should not be a serious thing to get fixed but have a search for best advisce on what to do.
Good luck - keep us posted.
Re: Hold Light flashing and Speedo not working
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 9:31 pm
by bongomaan
i have had this problem and with dandywarhols help traced it to the middle temp sensor in the head,regards neil...
Re: Hold Light flashing and Speedo not working
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:52 am
by Matt&JoyBongling
If you have installed any electrical items connecting to the back of the dash - E.g some alarms, speedo chip, check that the connections are still OK - I had problem with mine which was down to a dodgy connection. All sorted now.
Re: Hold Light flashing and Speedo not working
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 1:13 pm
by mike2564
Hey thanks all for your advice, it seems to be behaving itself, but i will know where to look if it fails again. Thanks again Mike Off to Bala For the weekens... yipee!
Re: Hold Light flashing and Speedo not working
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:43 pm
by vanvliet
This happened to me - dodgy speedo connection. Hard thump on the dash top above the speedo fixed it - for a while - until I got around to (carefully) tightening the connections
Re: Hold Light flashing and Speedo not working
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:48 pm
by moonshine
I had this same problem too, and my speedo was fitted with a chip. It only occurred once in a while, and when it did I just switched the ignition off and re-started the engine. Cured it every time. Eventually I fitted a speedo from a Mazda 626 and it never happened again.
Re: Hold Light flashing and Speedo not working
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 3:13 pm
by D n D & K
same thing happens here from time to time but as said just restart and all is ok so we dont worry about it
Re: Hold Light flashing and Speedo not working
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:33 pm
by hembramacho
mike2564 wrote:Hey thanks all for your advice, it seems to be behaving itself, but i will know where to look if it fails again. Thanks again Mike Off to Bala For the weekens... yipee!
We're off to Bala this weekend also - may see you around. We're in a white AFT.
Andrew