I've visited 3 garages today to try and get a price for supply and fitting of a new throttle cable on my 2000 P38. All had the same response, pursed lips, intake of breath and a shake of the head. At least one of them told the truth and said he didn't need the job and basically couldn't be...

Of course you're right. It's a Bosch.

Thanks for that, I've removed No 9 fuse and it is blown. I'll tape up the two door light wires, change the fuse and see what happens.

It's a 2000 Gems 4.6 petrol. I've just been out and had a look under the drivers door and where there should be a light, there's just two wires sticking out of the hole. Further investigation required in daylight!

Noticed today that mirrors are not working either, would that be the same fuse? If it's saying fuse 9 has blown, what's that for?

Since removing battery to charge, the message Fuse failure has came on. When I've opened the fuse box it looks like I've got 3 fuses marked 9. The only things I can see that's affected are the front windows, anybody know which fuse I should remove? I've tried removing them by hand but they're...

Thanks to all for advice. I charged the battery overnight and it started straight away this morning. Good news, Gearbox Fault has vanished from screen. Not so good news, Fuse 9 has blown which I think must work the front windows as they've stopped working. I'm still in a much better place than I...

That's exactly what I thought after seeing all that stuff on the engine. Surprisingly it's almost up to the upper limit. Of course, that's only the engine oil.:)

That's probably the best news I'll get today Data. I've already took the battery off and I've got it on charge now. I've been under the car to have a look see and there's oil EVERYWHERE on the engine. If it starts in the morning, everything crossed for that, it's going into the garage for an...

I thought things had being going too well.....till just now. Went out to take the car to the allotment and nowt! Wouldn't turn the engine over at all. I keep a spare battery in the garage so tried that...nowt! Sign on the dash saying "gearbox fault". Could this simply be low gearbox oil level...

Yes, and when the lock one is pressed.

Checked and I had the batteries in right way round but hadn't turned the carrier to make the contact.:eek: Having rectified that, red lights and signs of life, woo hoo. Unfortunately. my problem with the central locking remains the same, locks with the fob but wont open. Back to square one I...

Ok, finally got out and bought 2 new 2025 batteries, put them in and....nothing! No red light on the fob, no locking or opening. What I'd like to ask is, does anyone on here do replacements, where I can send my old fob away to and receive a nice new one in return? To be honest, the old fob is...

Hi , the central locking on my 2000 4.6l vogue has stopped working as far as opening the car. It locks the car using either button on the fob. I did have a dash message saying my fob battery was getting low...is that the problem? I'll get a battery tomorrow and try it. If it's not that, is there...

I know its not much but I've been looking for this clip for months and can't find one anywhere. It's part No AMR 5256. I'll even buy the complete unit as long as it comes with the clip. TIA.

Cheers Data, I'll do it regularly. Is every 6 months excessive? I was surprised at the water but it obviously gets in from somewhere. What's your device?

It WAS the throttle cable. When I oiled the cable, quite a bit of rusty water came out at the pedal end. I don't know if this is common or not but it was certainly the cause of my problem. Another lesson learned so I'm very happy. Thanks once again for all the help[.

Thanks for the help, I'll have a go at following the instructions.

I've cleaned the throttle body this morning and thought I'd solved the problem but I was wrong, just the same. I did get loads of black crap out of the body so not a total waste of time. I'll see if I can read up on disconnecting the throttle cables and try that. There's definitely something to...