Motoring Discussion > Checking warning lights on a S/H car Buying / Selling
Thread Author: bathtub tom Replies: 13

 Checking warning lights on a S/H car - bathtub tom
I may be spending the weekend as the 'mate' of a second-hand car purchaser.

You know, the bloke that kicks the tyres, sucks on his hollow tooth, calls his mate to one side and whispers in his ear whilst vaguely pointing to something.

On a serious note. Is there any way of checking what warning lights should appear at switch-on for any particular car? The owner may not even know if it's got ABS, EBA, TC, SRS, ESC etc. Different levels of the same model may even have different extras.

I'm trying to spot the ones that disconnect the fault warning light!
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 Checking warning lights on a S/H car new bathtub tom 12 Jan 12 20:14
 Checking warning lights on a S/H car new Meldrew 12 Jan 12 20:33
 Checking warning lights on a S/H car new borasport 13 Jan 12 13:40
 Checking warning lights on a S/H car new spamcan61 12 Jan 12 20:33
 Checking warning lights on a S/H car new Lygonos 12 Jan 12 20:37
 Checking warning lights on a S/H car new spamcan61 12 Jan 12 20:43
 Checking warning lights on a S/H car new - 12 Jan 12 20:52
 Checking warning lights on a S/H car new Dave_ 12 Jan 12 21:07
 Checking warning lights on a S/H car new Alastairw 12 Jan 12 21:47
 Checking warning lights on a S/H ca.. new Dave_ 12 Jan 12 22:22
 Checking warning lights on a S/H ca.. new Slidingpillar 12 Jan 12 22:26
 Checking warning lights on a S/H c.. new TeeCee 13 Jan 12 11:35
 Checking warning lights on a S/H .. new Iffy 13 Jan 12 11:38
 Checking warning lights on a S/H.. new spamcan61 13 Jan 12 12:22
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