Mr2kyle Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Hi all, small issue I noticed tonight whilst driving the car. Was slowly driving around a car park, so the car must have been either first or second but it was then changing between first and second as if it couldn’t decide what gear was best. It then started to bog down and the dials on the dash dimmed. I’m thinking it’s an alternator issue but would this make the auto gearbox act the way it did? Car has been sitting up for the guts of two years so what are your thoughts. Auto fluid and filter were both changed within the last 3 months so I can rule that out. Didn’t notice any lights on the dash either. Let me know your thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC93 Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Possibly alternator, but usually when that goes the lights on the centre dash pop up... More and more ECUs are failing, might be worth checking the capacitors? But first easy job would be checking the battery and alternator if that's your hunch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evinX Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 ECU failure and flickering dashes are common and the ECU will control the autobox to. If it were just the autobox i would reflow the odometer first as they are just as bad as the ECUs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr2kyle Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 Hmm ok I’ll have a look at the voltage output and then investigate the ecu although I found it odd how it tried to get into second and bogged down...dash went dull and then I picked up again. Rest of the journey was grand and I slowed down later to see if I could try and get it to happen again and it seemed perfect. I’ll have a look. Many people replace the capacitors in the ecu ect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr2kyle Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 Thanks for the replies lads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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