WHATS THE HOLD LIGHT MEAN???

[paul ex surf man]

DONT BELIEVE IT AFTER SPENDING DAYS TRYING TO FIND OUT WHY ME GLOW PLUG LIGHT IS FLASHING NOW THE BLOODY HOLD LIGHT AS COME ON BUT WHAT DOSE IT MEAN?????

[paul ex surf man]

ITS OK PEEPS DIDANT KNOW IT WAS WORKED OF A BUTTON THORT SOME FAULT HAD APEARD JUST ME BEING THICK !!!

[aitch]

i also did this in my early days with the bongo but i do find the button is easy to catch while putting things in the dash pocket so beware at high speed as this will do damage to the gearbox!!!!!!

[dandywarhol]

It won't aitch........I as curious and tried it............... The speed sensor only allows it to drop to direct 4th

[aitch]

thanks for that i was a little worried if i caught the button when shooting up the M5 at 80+ felt like the gearbox might reach the moon before me i can feel a little better now. Happy new year to all.

[mikeonb4c]

Interesting. I've caught the 'Hold' button a few times (and a few were me just carelessly playing with the knob on the motorway - steady matron!) and thought gosh, that's a scary bit of design. I've tended to to 65-70 in the interest of fuel economy so less traumatic when it happened but still....

I can only think that the Mazda designers and testers between them must have observed that this could happen, but knew that their design prevented serious mishaps. I mean, it would be a very big price for a very small mistake - not good marketing!