Author: Buckie4U
Subject: KEY NOT IN CAR ????
Posted: 08 Feb 2014 at 10:45pm
After a very heavy bout of rain with the wind helping it along... My dash came up with a warning light KEY NOT IN CAR ! I could not start the car ?
I then though Ah..the emergency key. Fiddling about and getting it out and in the ignition hole I though everything would be fine, but NO still KEY NOT IN CAR ? The missis was going mad as we had to pick the grandson up...
It was still pouring down and I popped the bonnet, not knowing what to look for really... I got the tester out and found 14 volts in the battery, so all was well there. had a push about on all connections and felt most were wet or very damp, so dried them over with a cloth.
Got in and it started, but that message was still displaying, but couldn't wait had to go and pick up the grandson... She rushed in and got him them it was off to the shops where I had to wait a while as ahe got served and I had to keep the engine running. We got home and I decided I had to go to Ford... Driving off and the message went off. I turned everything off, and tried to start the car and everything returned to normal even with the emergency key removed. ?????
I just couldn't figure it out, I put it down to water ingress again... somewhere !!!
Subject: KEY NOT IN CAR ????
Posted: 08 Feb 2014 at 10:45pm
After a very heavy bout of rain with the wind helping it along... My dash came up with a warning light KEY NOT IN CAR ! I could not start the car ?
I then though Ah..the emergency key. Fiddling about and getting it out and in the ignition hole I though everything would be fine, but NO still KEY NOT IN CAR ? The missis was going mad as we had to pick the grandson up...
It was still pouring down and I popped the bonnet, not knowing what to look for really... I got the tester out and found 14 volts in the battery, so all was well there. had a push about on all connections and felt most were wet or very damp, so dried them over with a cloth.
Got in and it started, but that message was still displaying, but couldn't wait had to go and pick up the grandson... She rushed in and got him them it was off to the shops where I had to wait a while as ahe got served and I had to keep the engine running. We got home and I decided I had to go to Ford... Driving off and the message went off. I turned everything off, and tried to start the car and everything returned to normal even with the emergency key removed. ?????
I just couldn't figure it out, I put it down to water ingress again... somewhere !!!