Flashing Heater Plug Light

jiege01

Toledo TDI
Jan 11, 2006
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the heater plug light on my 2001 tdi toledo started flashing for about 2 mins tonight and then went off again. anybody have any ideas what this is/was telling me?
 

nick radwell

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Nov 12, 2004
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aylesbury
i had this fault on my leon tdi its the acc petentionmeter sensor but it happened to me twice on the autobahn both times at over 100mph in the fast line u just lose all power and the acc dont work ie no revving as u press the pedal !
mine was i think where i fitted my boost gauges water leaked down onto the sensor (at the back of the dash above the pedal) i think so might be worth a checking for leaks!!
 

basstard

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nick radwell said:
i had this fault on my leon tdi its the acc petentionmeter sensor but it happened to me twice on the autobahn both times at over 100mph in the fast line u just lose all power and the acc dont work ie no revving as u press the pedal !
mine was i think where i fitted my boost gauges water leaked down onto the sensor (at the back of the dash above the pedal) i think so might be worth a checking for leaks!!

flashing glow plug lite means a general prob with engine management, but if it occurs sporadically and the car drives ok then it will most prolly be the brake light bulbs or a brake switch failure [under the brake pedal],,,
 

nick radwell

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no if u actually check the book it says engine managemnt fault or acc pententionmeter if it comes on when ur driving u will see what i mean its not good! just checks for leaks as its a known prob with seats and u dont want that happening i assure its a pain in the *%$£! also if u refer to the petrols the warning light is in the position of the epc light on the petrol which is to do with the acc!
 

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nick radwell said:
no if u actually check the book it says engine managemnt fault or acc pententionmeter

that's why I said:

basstard said:
flashing glow plug lite means a general prob with engine management

as the book says,,,
but I wonder why you don't believe me since this [the brake light thing] has happened to me and the glow plug lite was flashin on the dashboard. This has happened to hundreds of people,,,
http://tdiclub.com/TDIFAQ/TDiFAQ-8.html#d
on third point,,,
 

nick radwell

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oh and the other reason why is bcos when i had a brake light out mine did not flash at all and thats why i found out by bieng pulled over by the police and told i had a brake light out!! maybe its just on foriegn models depends how its programmed is it not!?? im just warning to check the other thing as its a bit more dangerous than having a bulb out!
 

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it doesn't do it everytime on mine indeed,,, did it just once.
Probably that's because I have [don't know if it's the same on the leon] position lights and brake lights in the same bulb so maybe it just flashes when both of the wires inside the bulb get shot,,, :confused:
 

nick radwell

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Nov 12, 2004
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check for water in the footwells then get it tnto the garage even if they just interrogate the ecu they can find out what triggered it!!
 
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