Electrical Gremlins

The wipers on my 110 have taken to refusing to stop on the odd occasion, has
anyone else experienced this? I was thinking maybe a relay is sticking or
the parking switch in the motor has gone a bit dicky.

If it is a relay, where is it?

Also the brake warning light on the dash comes on intermitently, not the
handbrake one but the one that I think indicates worn pads. AFAIK my 110
doesn't have the necessary to sense worn pads so does anyone have any ideas
where I should start looking? Is this light related to the trailer electrics
somehow?

Any suggestions welcomed.

TIA.

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Simon Barr.
'97 110 300Tdi.

On or around 4 May 2005 10:40:40 GMT, Simon Barr <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>The wipers on my 110 have taken to refusing to stop on the odd occasion, has
>anyone else experienced this? I was thinking maybe a relay is sticking or
>the parking switch in the motor has gone a bit dicky.

parking switch in the motor or maybe a wiper switch fault.

>Also the brake warning light on the dash comes on intermitently, not the
>handbrake one but the one that I think indicates worn pads. AFAIK my 110
>doesn't have the necessary to sense worn pads so does anyone have any ideas
>where I should start looking? Is this light related to the trailer electrics
>somehow?

I think it might have a switch for brake circuit failure which responds to
pressure difference; either that or low fluid level. Might even be a
low-vacuum switch on it. what age vehicle? there are generally more
warning devices the later the motor.

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Simon Barr wrote:

> The wipers on my 110 have taken to refusing to stop on the odd occasion,
> has
> anyone else experienced this? I was thinking maybe a relay is sticking or
> the parking switch in the motor has gone a bit dicky.
>
> If it is a relay, where is it?

No relay on mine - would guess the parking switch is sticking on, the column
switch is faulty (most likely), or there is a wiring short.

>
> Also the brake warning light on the dash comes on intermitently, not the
> handbrake one but the one that I think indicates worn pads. AFAIK my 110
> doesn't have the necessary to sense worn pads so does anyone have any
> ideas
> where I should start looking? Is this light related to the trailer
> electrics somehow?
>

Some 110s at least have a warning switch that activates if there is more
fluid goes to front or back. If you have drum brakes, this can be activated
if the rear brakes need adjustment - took me ages to find this!

(snip)
JD

In article <[email protected]>, MVP wrote:
>
> intermittant generally could be low brake fluid.
>

This could been it. I may have been getting my warning lamps confused!

In my defense I must say that the handbrake warning lamp has never worked
in my 110 so I wasn't 100% certain which one it was! I don't class it as
a necessity so it's stayed that way, in fact the switch is mostly missing.

The only manual I didn't have until today was the owners one, which I have
now downloaded. From this I can see that the light that is coming on is
the handbrake one that also indicates a fault (like low fluid) if it comes
on with the h/brake off.

I checked the fluid level and it was maybe just below half way between
low and full. Perhaps this was low enough for the warning to come on
intermitently?

So, what is the warning lamp like the handbrake one but with a P in the
circle instead of a !, the manual doesn't show that one?

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simon at sbarr dot demon dot co dot uk
Simon Barr.
'97 110 300Tdi.