Touring with my parents in the mid seventies we used to hire a spares kit from the AA. Was not much use as it did not contain the bonnet, wing & radiator damaged after Dad got confused over which side the Frenchies drive on!!
Later, in a Ford Granada, we thought we'd be OK after the alternator stopped charging, after all there were a few Grannys around locally and a Ford dealer. Errr no; the Dagenham version had Lucas (or maybe Smith's) electrics. The local Ford dealers spares were all Bosch!! They managed to cobble it & get us home.
Personal one was about 4 years ago in France/Switzerland. Dropping off the Jura towards Divonne les Bains the 'lingo's caution 'bong' sounded, the STOP light on the dash came on accompanied by the brake fault light. Stopped as soon as was safe and checked levels/leaks/function and all seemed OK so proceeded with caution back to campsite. After about 10 mins dash returned to normal. I wore what my daughter calls my worried car face for the rest of the day but could not muster the French to try and explain a transient fault!! It never happened again (though the dealer in the UK replaced something under warranty (as a precaution) when we got home.
The incident happened very close to something under a 'golf ball' type cover - probably an ATC radar head. I reckon some form of electromagnetic interference triggered the warning.
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AA Car Components Guide (1984) new
AA Car Components Guide (1984) new